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  • Boxing Quotes: Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero

    North American Boxing Federation (NABF) Featherweight Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (18-1-1, 11 KOs) will challenge International Boxing Federation (IBF) 126-pound champion Eric “Mighty Mouse” Aiken (16-4, 12 KOs) Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, at STAPLES Center. SHOWTIME will televise the world title bout at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).

    The explosive match-up, featuring two of the busiest and hardest hitting featherweights in the business, will open the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast before headliners James “Lights Out” Toney and Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter go toe-to-toe in what promises to be an electrifying World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight elimination bout. (more…)

  • Boxing Info: “Hollywood” Williams shooting for stars

    Super middleweight contender Rubin “Hollywood” Williams, coming off of a National Boxing Association title winning performance last Friday in Las Vegas, has his sights set on a major world title shot within 12 months. For now, though, the Detroit native is open to fighting any top 20 rated fighter.

    Williams (29-2, 16 KOs), 30, has relocated in Vero Beach (FL) from his native Detroit. Last Friday night, he defeated veteran Max Heyman (21-8-4) by 12-round unanimous decision 155-113 three times) for the vacant NBA super middleweight championship. (more…)

  • Boxing Video: Sherman Williams 1st round KO of Josh Gutcher

    Sherman “The Caribbiaean Tank” Williams needed just 71 seconds to demolish Josh Gutcher and retain his NBA World Heavyweight and WBA FEDECARIBE Heavyweight Champion titles. Following his one round victory Williams said…

    “This was certainly one of the best KO’s I’ve scored.”

    when asked what lies ahead he stated…

    “I’m just going to be waiting for the right opportunity, but I’d like a piece of that James Toney – Sam Peter fight.”

    VIEW VIDEO STREAM OF THE WHOLE FIGHT HERE… (more…)

  • Boxing Preview: Phillips and Reid Clash In Crossroads Showdown

    It’s the fight game’s equivalent to a high noon gunfight at the last chance saloon tonight when Verno Phillips and Teddy Reid gets to grips on a Banner Promotions bill at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Officially the prize up for grabs is the little known Trans America Middleweight title belt on this ESPN telecast but really what’s at stake here is the future career viability of each fighter.

    Phillips, 39-10-1 (20), has the better pedigree as a former IBF and WBO Light Middleweight Champion but is facing a dangerous, unpredictable boxer in the form of Teddy Reid. While his trophy case can’t match that of Phillips, Reid, 23-7-2 (17), is a past NABF Welter and USBA Light Welter beltholder. (more…)

  • Muhammad Ali’s Impact On Boxing

    Courtesy www.frankmaloney.com

    There he was, the dancing master, shuffling up the steps as though battling through an invisible blizzard, his clasp on the flickering torch heartbreakingly compromised by hands that shook uncontrollably. For over two decades, from his professional debut in 1960 as a scrawny teenager to that profoundly sad wintry night in 1981 when he made his ill-fated comeback against Trevor Berbick, Muhammad Ali lit up the sporting world’s colourless landscape like a metropolis of scorching stars.

    The immensely poignant image of him setting light to the Olympic flame some 15 years after his retirement still resonates in my memory and was perhaps the moment when the most famous fighter of all, a man who partook in some of the most brutal encounters in ring history, became a worldwide symbol of love, hope and peace; a walking paradox who transcended sport, nationality, race and religion like no other. (more…)

  • Boxing Experts: Briggs Could Pull Upset!

    By Andre Courtemanche

    Judging by his comments during the Ike Quartey/Vernon Forrest fight last Saturday, HBO color man Larry Merchant doesn’t think much of Shannon Briggs’ chances against Wladimir Klitschko in their proposed showdown for the IBF Heavyweight Championship (scheduled for November 11 in New York City).

    Some of the top trainers in boxing say they disagree. A quick sampling of ten of the sport’s best reveals that most give Briggs a surprisingly good chance at springing the upset. (more…)

  • Boxing and Television

    By Tom Donelson

    Ringsports.com Jack Hirsch challenged a little bit of conventional wisdom, namely that golden age of boxing was in the distant past. How often do we hear, “the golden era of boxing on television was in the 50’s, 60’s or even the 70’s and early 80’s.” Mr. Hirsch believes that we are living in the golden age of boxing and television. (more…)

  • Ruiz agrees to WBA boxing elimination fight against Chagaev

    Two-time world heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (41-6-1, 28 KOs) has accepted the challenge offered by the World Boxing Association to fight No. 2 rated challenger Ruslan “White Tyson” Chagaev (21-0-1, 17 KOs) in an elimination bout to determine the organization’s official No. 1 heavyweight contender. (more…)

  • Saratoga Boxing Live on MSG Network

    On August 18, fight fans nationwide will be able to take in the exciting action live, as Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is pleased to announce that the MSG Network will be televising their annual boxing show at the Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga, New York.

    The spectacular Star Boxing, in association with Pugnacious Promotions, night of boxing will feature a pair of tough New York heavyweights in separate bouts. (more…)

  • Boxing Conference Call: James Toney – Samuel Peter

    The 20-year anniversary celebration of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING continues in spectacular fashion on Saturday, Sept. 2, when James “Lights Out” Toney faces Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare’’ Peter in a 12-round WBC heavy weight elimination bout on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. In the co-feature, Eric Aiken defends his IBF featherweight title against Robert “The Ghost’’ Guerrero.

    Peter: I am in Las Vegas training, waiting for James Toney. I thank everybody that put this fight together. I am so excited because it is going to be an exciting fight. I know nobody can tell what God’s glory is, so I am ready to roll.

    Toney: I am looking forward to Sept. 2. I am fighting a very credible challenger in Sam Peters, second in the world to date. I am looking forward to the opportunity to show everybody that I am the best heavyweight out there. It is going to be a great show. This is the kind of fight that the fans want to see. They want to see James fighting Sammy Peter. It should be a vacation match. (more…)

  • Boxing Interview: Jose Antonio Rivera

    By Mike Casile www.Philaboxingreport.com

    “I’ll challenge anybody at 154lbs, and ill take them out”

    Jose Antonio Rivera is the WBA light middleweight champion, who won his title in a convincing fashion, knocking his opponent down five times. He is a legitimate contender for a big pay day, but no one will touch him. He has made overtures to De La Hoya, and Margarito, and others, but all he hears is crickets. He gets very little respect for a man holding a world title, and he feels that there is only one reason he can not get a big fight, and that is Fear.

    PBR:
    Why do you think you’re so far under the radar?

    Rivera:
    There were a couple of big opportunities that I missed. I was supposed to fight Fernando Vagas, before he fought Campos in 1998, and I hurt my wrist. I think HBO has always held that against me for reason, because I haven’t been given the opportunity since. Then there was the Mayorga thing, he didn’t make weight, so they found him another opponent. What about me? (more…)

  • Boxing Info: Danny Green – Jason Delisle

    Stuart Duncan today confirmed that negotiations had been successful which will see Jason Delisle rematch with Danny Green in September in Perth. Delisle who had a win over Green in the amateurs was beaten by Danny back in June 2003 when he struggled moving down to Super Middleweight. We see this as the perfect fight for Jason and a more level playing field at Light Heavyweight said Duncan.

    Since their last encounter Jason has gone onto win 7 of 10 bouts with Danny winning 5 from 8 outings. Both boxers are coming of losses, Green to Mundine & Delisle to Clinton Woods who he fought in England 12 weeks ago for the IBF Light Heavy weight World Title. (more…)