2006 CES Ring of Honor inductees Godfrey-Batchelder headlines “Night of the Rising Stars” Sept. 23 Pro-Am show in Hartford World Boxing Association super welterweight champion “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera and retired boxer and present trainer “Iceman” John Scully will be inducted into the CES Ring of Honor during a special ceremony at the September…
Kronk: Still Standing Thomas Hearns. Oscar de la Hoya. Lennox Lewis. Wladimir Klitschko. Jermain Taylor. Just the tip of the iceberg in a Who’s Who amongst the boxing elite, past and present. These are all fighters churned out by the world renown Kronk Gym. Under the tutelage of Emmanuel Steward there have been over thirty…
The Rhode Island Boxing Gym will present the first annual “Tiny Ricci Memorial Show,†a special night of amateur boxing on Saturday, October 28th at the historic Columbus Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island. The event is being presented as a fundraiser for the Rhode Island Boxing Gym in Warwick, and is in memory of Robert…
“Universum Champions Night” on 9 September in Magdeburg at 10:30 pm live at ZDF German Television The female World Champions are coming to Magdeburg. Alongside the World Champion and the “Queen of women’s boxing†Regina Halmich there will be spotlight boxing World Champion Ina Menzer, Universum World Champion Alesia Graf (Jr. Bantamweight) as well as…
Undefeated WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek Settles Differences With Boxing Promoter Don King Plus Co-Featured Main Event of “Big Red October’; Tyson Conqueror Kevin McBride to Tangle with Local Prospect Mike Mollo
Tomorrow welterweight boxing champions Carlos Baldomir and Floyd Mayweather hold a press conference in Beverly Hills to announce their upcoming title unification clash on a Goosen-Tutor/Sycuan Promotions card. The much anticipated showdown is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 4 November at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Baldomir, 43-9-6 (13), brings a…
Mario Veit Defends Against Dennis Inkin 21 October in Halle/Saale Super Middleweight Mario Veit, from Cottbus, who has been with Universum for nearly 10 years, has made it again: on October 21st he will headline the Universum Champions Night in Halle / Saale, which will be shown live from 10:00 pm on ZDF. He is…
Third Time Lucky For Hobson? On Friday night at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Bethnal Green, London, England Mark Hobson will be given his third shot at the WBU Cruiserweight title and this time he hopes that it will be his arm raised aloft after the dust settles. Standing opposite him when the bell rings…
By Josh Stewart courtesy of the Long Island Press Long Island Heavyweight Rossy Knows He’s In The Pain Game It’s 10:45 a.m., and the BQE is a parking lot. You wait for the angst to rise in the pit of Derric Rossy’s stomach, as he’s running late for his workout at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn….
Unbeaten prospect Matt “Sharp Shooter†Remillard moves up in weight to fight undefeated Jose Hernandez for the vacant WBC Youth super featherweight championship September 23 in the 10-round “Night of the Rising Stars†co-feature at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. “Night of the Rising Stars,†promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc.,…
This Thursday living legend and former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield hits New York with promoter Murad Muhammad as the pair plan to announce the details for the next fight of “The Real Deal”. Long written off by the media, the 43 year old Holyfield, 39-8-2 (26), kept his dreams to regain the world heavyweight championship…
On the heels of his stunning victory over James Toney on Saturday night in Los Angeles, Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter has his eyes set on WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev. “We want Maskaev, now,†said Dino Duva, Peter’s promoter. “I will be contacting Dennis Rappaport (Maskaev’s promoter) to begin negotiations immediately. Maskaev was obligated…