As most boxing fans will no doubt already be aware, Bernard Hopkins is ready and willing to move up to heavyweight and challenge WBC ruler Oleg Maskaev next June. Apparently the idea of retirement didn’t last very long as an attractive option for the restless Hopkins, and he now wants to make the most audacious…
Light welterweight Ted Bami aims to echo the feats of countrymen Ricky Hatton and Junior Witter this Friday when he meets travel-hardened Italian Giuseppe Lauri for the vacant EBU title on a Sky Sports televised bill at London’s famed York Hall. Bami, 28, is reeling off seven straight victories – four inside the distance –…
Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions, has announced details of his shared promotion with Top Rank, October Fury, the next huge evening of world class professional boxing set for Friday, 20 October at Cicero Stadium in Suburban Chicago.
Tonight at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia former WBC Interim Super Middleweight Champion Danny Green takes a dangerous risk by stepping up to light heavyweight in order to tangle with longtime nemesis Jason DeLisle for what very well could be the right to challenge for both the IBF and WBA world titles. Officially at stake…
I have to admit. I love watching pro wrestling. As ridiculous and sometimes plain out stupid it can get at times, I still watch it on occasion. When a story line gets out of control though, I will take a break for a few months ’til something new develops. I mean, they start ramming into…
Championship boxing returns to Hartford for the first time in nearly a decade Saturday night (Sept. 23) when a cruiserweight unification bout between WBC USNBC champion Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey (12-0, 7 KOs) and WBC Continental Americas title-holder Danny “Boy” Batchelder headlines the “Night of the Rising Stars” Pro-AM boxing show in the beautiful Grand…
Like a young, promising fighter, Sycuan Ringside Promotions is amassing an impressive record while on its way to the top of its weight class – heavyweight among promoters. With five current world champions and a winning streak that dates back to March of 2005, Sycuan Ringside Promotions, which was launched during 2004, can be considered…
Johnny Lange, father and manager of top middleweight contender Jimmy Lange, announced today that boxing legend Angelo Dundee will serve in Jimmy’s corner for his 10-round Main Event bout against Tommy Wilt on Saturday, October 7 at the Patriot Center. “I’m extremely honored that one of the true legends in the sport will be in…
Perhaps he would be a major belt holder in many divisions, or maybe not. However, Alex Arthur could certainly not find another weight that is more competitive than his own. A weight that boasts legends such as Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales; a division that can call top ten pound for pound fighters its…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Don King hosted a press conference yesterday at Gallagher’s Steak House Trophy Room in Manhattan, promoting WBO Heavyweight Champion Sergei “White Wolf” Liakhovich’s first title defense against Brooklyn’s Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs.
With the hours counting down to Green Machine Promotions’ hotly anticipated IBF Pan Pacific/PABA Light Heavyweight Clash between arch rivals Danny Green and Jason “The Nailer” DeLisle at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia this Wednesday, 20 September, Green Machine Promotions Director Justin Manolikos is ecstatic about the high quality support bouts on the bill. “We’ve…
Chris Sanigar’s West Country Boxing will host a press conference in Bristol, England on Wednesday featuring former world super middleweight champion Glenn Catley who will announce the details of his comeback fight after an absence of more than three years from the ring.