This past June, undefeated British Bantamweight Champion Martin Power was shocked by the unrelenting ferocity applied to him by South African visitor Tshifhiwa “Atomic Spider” Munyai, who battered the London man from pillar to post before Power’s own corner pulled the plug in the ninth to save the British Champion from lasting damage. With the…
On Monday, October 16, Thompson Boxing Promotions will make its return to the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA, with a stellar boxing card. Making his comeback to the Inland Empire venue will be highly regarded prospect “Desert Storm” Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. (15-0, 9 KOs) who will face veteran Alfonso Sanchez (20-5, 18 KOs) in…
NBC’S “Contender” star and wildly popular middleweight boxer, Joey Gilbert (12-1, 9 KOs) will headline a jam-packed Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing event on October 11 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York, that will co-feature a USBA Title clash between world-rated junior middleweight contenders.
The “Kosovo Kid†Elvir Muriqi (31-3, 19 KOs) will appear in an exciting light heavyweight scrap as one of the many top-rated contenders featured on promoter Joe DeGuardia’s next jam-packed Star Boxing event on October 11 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York.
Pro boxing comes to Houston’s Grand Plaza Hotel on Thursday October 12, 2006 when Rock Solid Promotions presents a five bout fight card which includes a main event for the WBC United States (USNBC) Light Heavyweight Title when Rayco “War” Saunders challenges the champion Chris Henry for his title. Other fights on the card will…
When last seen in a boxing ring, Australian super featherweight Robbie Peden was being given a boxing lesson by his former employer. Challenging the man he once served as chief sparring partner for, in a bout that contested both men’s world titles, Robbie was soundly out-pointed by the superb Mexican, Marco Antonio Barrera. As such…
Two boxers with a genuine disdain for each other will duke it out with bad intentions for a third time when Corrales defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) and RING lightweight titles against former world champion and longtime adversary, southpaw Joel “El Cepillo†Casamayor, on Saturday, Oct. 7, during a Free Preview Weekend on SHOWTIME.
In 2006, SHOWTIME continues to live up to its billing as America’s No. 1 Boxing Network by televising the most compelling championship fights on the first Saturday of every month. The memorable 20th anniversary year of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will conclude in sensational style on Saturday, Dec. 2, with an outstanding world championship doubleheader featuring…
After a highly controversial 12 round decision defeat that rocked the boxing world and caused the media and fight fans to speak out in droves against the injustices done to “Uncrowned Middleweight Champion’ Edison Miranda, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) decided on September 29 that Miranda will retain his number one spot in the sanctioning…
The countdown has started for “The Contender Special – Put Up or Shut Up” on October 14, headlined by The Contender I star Peter “The Pride of Providence” Manfredo, Jr. against Providence cross-town rival Joey “KO Kid” Spina, on ESPN2 from the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
The WBC Continental Americas light middleweight title fight between defending champion Jose “Temible” Varela and former world title challenger Manuel “Shotgun” Gomez headlines “Friday Night Fights,” promoted by Guilty Boxing in association with Silverhawk Championship Boxing, on October 13 at the Orleans Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas.
Silverhawk Championship Boxing announced it has signed former NABF heavyweight champion Robert “Desert Storm” Davis to a promotional contract. Davis (31-7, 19 KOs), fighting out of Akron (OH), turned pro in 1997, registering a first-round knockout against Donald Harris in Nashville (TN). Robert won his first 21 pro fights, including a fifth-round knockout of Keith…