Today Joe Goossen’s Los Angeles area gym plays host to the media workouts of WBC Lightweight Champion Diego Corrales, IBF Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan and NABA/NABO Flyweight titlist Glenn Donaire. The occasion is part of the continued buildup for the long awaited Corrales vs. Casamayor III card, billed as Manifist Destiny and promoted by Gary…
Diego “Chico” Corrales: “I Know I Got One More In Me!” SaddoBoxing had the privilege to speak with WBC Lightweight Champion Diego “Chico” Corrales, 40-3 (33), recently to hear his views on his up coming third fight with Joel Casamayor, scheduled to take place on a Gary Shaw promotion at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas…
British Light Middleweight Champion Jamie Moore, 24-3 (17), faces his biggest challenge to date on Friday, 29 September 2006 when the hardened southpaw clashes with the massive Irish Middleweight Champion Matthew Macklin, 17-1 (13), on a Maloney Promotion at the sold out GH Carnall Centre in Davyhulme, Manchester, England.
Two boxers with a genuine disdain for each other will duke it out with bad intentions for a third time when Diego “Chico†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…
TO:Member Commissions FROM: Tim Lueckenhoff, President RE: Boxers’ Official Records It has come to my attention that, on a number of occasions, “boxing service providers” (promoters, managers, sanctioning organizations, trainers, seconds, cutmen, or matchmakers) have suggested to boxing commissions that the record of a particular boxer is different than the official record of the boxer…
Former World Boxing Council light flyweight champion Eric Ortiz of Mexico City and highly regarded, young, undefeated heavyweight Shawn “The Sioux Warrior†Hawk of Los Angeles headline “Salute to America’s Heroes 2,†a benefit card at United States Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (Calif.) presented by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Sept. 29….
Fight Night Live Fight Thursday, Sept. 28 9:30PM ET on Versus The first Fight Night Live card on Versus, which became the new name of OLN on Monday, features, in the main event, a ten-round lightweight battle between Carlos “Famoso’ Hernandez (42-6-1, 24 KOs) of West Covina, CA and Kevin “Flushing Flash’ Kelley (58-7-2, 39…
“El Cepillo” Looking To Send A Message And Plans To Make Corrales The Delivery Boy! Click for larger image© Tom CasinoShowtime Boxing Former WBA Super Featherweight Champion Joel “El Cepillo” Casamayor, 33-3-1 (21), is going to face Diego “Chico” Corrales, 40-3 (33), for the third time on 7 October for the third time. Although to…
Former heavyweight champion of the world, Primo Carnera of Italy, was born exactly one hundred years ago this coming October. Born in Sequals, Italy on 26 October, 1906, the man known as “The Ambling Alp†remains one of the best known and most fascinating off all heavyweight kings. And not always due to reasons that…
The United States Marine Corps Boxing Team from Camp Lejeune, NC will compete at Foxwoods Resort Casino in the 3rd Annual Veterans Day Spectacular on Thursday, November 9, 2006. This action packed Olympic style amateur boxing event features a select team from the northeast. Included are representatives from the All Army Team at West Point,…
Mexican welterweights Michel Rosales, 11-0 (10KO’s) of San Luis Potosi, Mexico and Jesus Soto Karass, 14-3-2 (11KO’s) of Los Mochis, Mexico will headline October Fury, the next installment of world class professional boxing presented by Chicago’s 8 Count Productions, which will take place on Friday, October 20th at Cicero Stadium.
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.