Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Don King hosted a luncheon at the Rainbow Room in New York City yesterday to announce the first big fight of 2007. Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter will face James “Lights Out†Toney for a WBC-ordered rematch at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino…
It was the perfect holiday gift for the Seminole Warriors Boxing promotional team, as they were informed on Tuesday, December 5th that the Nevada State Athletic Commission unanimously approved their application to promote boxing events in the state of Nevada.
The year is 1990, and two former heavyweight champions of the world, George Foreman and Mike Tyson, have both recently appeared together on the same bill for the first time ever. Foreman, now just over three years into an improbable seeming comeback designed to see him regain the title he last held two decades ago,…
Sherman Williams-Gonzalo Omar Basile Headlines Stevie Johnston-Fernando David Saucedo Co-Feature “Big Drama in Little Bahama,” January 27 in Nassau, The Bahamas Bahamian heavyweight Sherman “The Caribbean Tank” Williams returns home to defend his WBC CABOFE & NBA titles on January 27, headlining “Big Drama in Little Bahama” against WBC Mundo Hispano title-holder Gonzalo Omar “El…
Hennessy Sports promoted British Lightweight champion Lee Meager believes that his superior technique will see him overcome Jon Thaxton at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham this Friday. Meager  who stopped fellow Hennessy Sports boxer Dave Stewart in six rounds to win the vacant belt in May goes straight in against his mandatory contender…
By Christian Giudice The first and definitive biography of the boxing legend often called the greatest fighter of all-time. ROBERTO DURAN is a sporting legend. Often called the greatest boxer of all-time, he held world titles at four different weights and is the only professional in history to have fought in five different decades. His…
Santa Comes Early To 500 Midshipmen As Boxing Returns To Long Island Final Forum Boxing will put on pro boxing at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Great Neck, Long Island, NY on Friday, December 15 and the promoter is donating 500 free tickets to Midshipmen as an early Holiday gift. “We want to…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing At Tuesday’s press conference formally announcing Peter vs. Toney 2, promoter Don King and Ken Hershman, Showtime Networks senior vice president of Sports Programming, announced the addition of Rivera vs. Simms to the Jan. 6, 2007 edition of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. The world title doubleheader…
Don King is making the biggest boxing match ever staged in Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Saturday, Jan. 6 an even more star-studded affair with the addition of a World Boxing Association super welterweight championship, which will join the World Boxing Council-ordered heavyweight rematch between Samuel “The Nigerian…
After suffering a detached retina early on in his fight against Sergei Liakhovich former WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster has been given a clean bill of health. He is eager to prove he remains the best and most exciting heavyweight out there, and intends to take on any of the current champions and unify the…
“All-American Prizefighter†Rob Calloway will be going for his 65th professional win and his 50th Knock Out when he takes on Doug Kaluza on Thursday, December 7th at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO. This fight will be televised on tape delay, nationally through Time Warner and locally through Metro Sports and St. Joseph…
Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion – Matt Skelton, was scheduled to fight Audley Harrison this Saturday at ExCel, London, but with just a week to go before the fight – he was forced to “pull-out’ with a hand injury. Danny Williams has stepped-up to take the fight against Harrison and, at such short-notice – Williams seems excited…