Big Ticket Boxing Productions, the specialist boxing division of leading Australian sports and entertainment marketing group Cross Country Entertainment, announced today that have signed an agreement with New York based Star Boxing that will see them work as co-promoters on a series of major bouts in Australia commencing in early 2007.
Main Event Patrick “El Elegante†Lopez (9-0, 7 KO), 140 lbs., Salem, NH via Venezuela WTKO6 (2:54) Agustine Valez (7-2, 4 KOs), 141 lbs., Raleigh, NC
Teetering On The Brink Of Greatness: A Doctor, A Dragon and A Defensive Master The word “great” is one that is often based on opinion. Everyone’s opinion varies, so while one person may think that McDonald’s is a great place to eat, another may disagree, nominating the Russian Tea Room instead. One is a fast…
A Genuine Crowd Pleaser, Back In Action Friday Night Raw crowd pleaser Vinny Maddalone is back in action against an opponent TBA tomorrow night in New York. Fighting for the first time since his tough points win over Jermell Barnes in August of this year, a fight in which the thirty-two year old Vinny was…
Hennessy Sports are promoting a championship-laden bill headlined by Junior Witter at the Alexandra Palace in London that will provide the UK leg of the Sky Box Office Pay Per View Event on January 20th featuring Ricky Hatton. On the show Witter – Hatton’s long-term rival – will make the first defence of the WBC…
Promoters Dennis Hobson/Fight Academy and Banner Promotions, in association with Top Rank, Inc., will present a sensational world championship fight card on Saturday, January 20, 2007, at Paris Las Vegas, located at 3655 Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas . The main event and co-featured fight will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship…
World Boxing Association light middleweight champion “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera hopes to eliminate the phrase “boxing’s best-kept secret” from his portfolio with an impressive performance January 6 on Showtime live from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Rivera (38-4-1, 24 KOs), a three-time world champion in two divisions, defends his…
Patrick Lopez 140 lbs. Agustin Velez 141 lbs. Frank Houghtaling 152 lbs. Jimmy LeBlanc 152 lbs. James Clancy 238 lbs. John Battle 191 lbs.
In the ring, Scott Harrison is anything but dull, and it seems from his troubles outside the ring that it is in the squared circle that he is truly at home. But the recent farce in the run-up to what would have been his ninth defence of the WBO Featherweight title has left his reputation…
A mere four months after one of the most exciting heavyweight fights in years ended amid a whirlwind of controversy, Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter (27-1, 22 KOs) and James “Lights Out†Toney (69-5-3, 43 KOs) are set to go at it again in the main event on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP…
Howard Eastman has vowed to put his recent setbacks behind him and begin the process of rebuilding towards another world title shot when he takes on long-term friend Richard Williams for the vacant British middleweight title this Friday at the York Hall in Bethnal Green live on Sky Sports.
Only 10 shopping days until Christmas and only three shopping days until boxing’s most popular attraction, Manny Pacquaio, celebrates his 28th birthday. Undefeated WBO super featherweight champion Joan Guzman’s Christmas gift list is long and he will not be able to work on it until after his title defense here Monday, December 18, against Antonio…