Over the years, Philadelphia has produced many men that have made great contributions to the sport of boxing both inside and out of the ring. From Bernard Hopkins and his improbable title run, to George Benton molding champion after champion, to Russell Peltz setting the bar on how to promote a show, this city has…
by Kevin Iole Click for larger image © Mary Ann Owen/For Showtime Boxing Everybody, whether 8 or 80, seems to remember a time when there was only one champion per division and all of the champions took on the toughest challengers all the time, even though such times never existed.
Briggs vows ‘to get everything right’ By Norm Frauenheim The Arizona Republic Options can be dangerous in a place where there aren’t many. Ask Shannon Briggs. He was born amid circumstances where there is only survival. Briggs was good at that, good enough to fight his way into a position that lets him make choices.
Spanish Harlem star Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana (19-2, 12 KO’s) will take center stage in the main event on Wednesday night, November 15th, when DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by StubHub returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City.
Hanley boxer Chris Edwards will top the bill at the Kings Hall on November 24th when he faces Huddersfield’s former Commonwealth champion Dale Robinson. An application has been made to the British Boxing Board of Control for the ten round bout which has been made at the 8st flyweight limit to be made an English…
Two Native American promotional entities, Sycuan Ringside Promotions of California and Seminole Warriors Boxing of Florida, considered by many to be sleeping giants of the boxing industry, may prove in the immediate future they are just that–giants. Sycuan Ringside Promotions and Seminole Warriors Boxing have announced they are pledging their considerable resources to better establish…
This Saturday (October 28), trainer James “Buddy” McGirt returns to the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT, for the first time since May 18, 2002, when he worked the corner of Arturo “Thunder” Gatti in his epic slug-fest with “Irish” Micky Ward. Believed by many to have been one of the greatest fights of all…
Undefeated Mike Oliver, 16-0 (7), enters Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, October 28th to battle Adam Carrera, 18-1 (8), in a 12-round bout for the vacant USBA Junior Featherweight Championship. The undercard features a group of young talented Massachusetts fighters including Joe McCreedy (5-0, 4 KO’s) from Lowell, Tony LaMonica (2-0, 1 KO) from South…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Ray Hatton, father and manager of the fighting Hatton brothers, Ricky and Matthew, was shocked last Friday when his younger son was disqualified from a British Welterweight title eliminator against Alan Bosworth with just two minutes remaining at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, England.
A tremendous supporting cast has been added to the Wladimir Klitschko vs. Calvin Brock World Heavyweight Championship card at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, November 11. “We now have two World Title fights, an IBF eliminator, and two NY State Championships,†announced Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions. Undefeated Laila Ali (22-0, 19 KO’s) makes her…
New York’s Fordham University plays host to “An Evening With Barry McGuigan And Friends” today as part of their exhibit “Fighting Irishman: A Celebration Of The Celtic Warrior”. The former WBA Featherweight Champion McGuigan and hot middleweight prospect John Duddy will reflect on their respective careers, Irish boxers and other topics of interest before engaging…
As part of it’s ongoing World Boxing Cares program, the WBC paid a visit yesterday to ailing kids at the Arnold Palmer Hospital For Children and Women in Orlando, Florida. The organization was represented by Ariel Aburto, who was joined by former Women’s boxing champion Christy Martin, her husband Jim along with Rowland Bryant and…