Click for larger image© Karl Stubbs Impact Boxing Stoke City were bundled out of the Carling Cup at the first hurdle by the ten men of lowly Darlington but the attending 3500 faithful fans were given something to cheer at half time when they were introduced to English Lightweight Champion, Scott Lawton and Welsh ABA…
Promoted by Sycuan Ringside Promotions, World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez (40-3, 29 KOs) and World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (33-4, 28 KOs) square off on Mexican Independence Day on Saturday, Sept. 16 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Vazquez, who became the 100th Mexican champion with his first world…
Impact Boxing today announced that former Royal Marine Andrew Lowe will make his pro debut on 30th September at The Kings Hall, Stoke. Following in the footsteps of Imran Khan and, the Chris Sanigar managed, Aaron Thomas the Newark based Lowe becomes the third debutant to link up with Impact within the last two months….
Ireland’s John Duddy (17-0, 15 KO’s) will be back in the Big Apple spotlight when he faces the sternest test of his young career against former world champion, Mexico’s Yory Boy Campas (88-8, 72 KO’s), on Friday night, September 29, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Red Corner Promotions and the XFC present the first ever OktoberFIST on October 13 at the Broncos Leagues Club in Red Hill, Brisbane, Australia. With the Australian love of beer and our love of a good dust-up it only seemed natural to combine the two. The Germans have their own festival around beer we just…
In a recent column on the ESPN.com boxing website, blow-by-blow announcer Joe Tessitore named the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia as the best place to watch a fight over the recent Wednesday Night Fight series on ESPN 2.
To me, the fact that Iran Barkley has not been enshrined in The Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota is a travesty. He definitely deserves the honour. When one looks back at the incredible fighting career “The Blade†had, it becomes apparent how very tough and gutsy he was. He was more than just a…
Click for larger image© Paul Speak Ricky Hatton has been invited to the international boxing hall of fame in canastota on wednesday 13th september for a fundraising reception on behalf of the the hall of fame. Ricky will be guest of honour and was personally invited by the President of the hall of fame Ed…
When Kassim Ouma heard last Friday (Aug. 18) ESPN 2 boxing analyst Teddy Atlas mention a potential Ouma-Jermain Taylor fight for the world middleweight title in December, “it was one of the happiest days of my life,†he said. “I have nothing but the utmost respect for Jermain Taylor as a person and a champion…
Team Pantera, ready to celebrate the crowning of a new middleweight king, Edison Miranda, Saturday at the EWE-Arena in Oldenburg, Germany, will have to wait just a little while longer, as it was announced that IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham has withdrawn from this weekend’s bout, citing illness.
Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) will promote the first boxing show ever held at the Connecticut Convention Center, the appropriately named “Night of the Rising Stars†Pro-Am card, headlined by a cruiserweight unification bout between Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey and Danny “Boy†Batchelder, on September 23.
Promoter Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing congratulates Vinny Maddalone, Malachy Farrell and all the other boxers in what turned out to be a fantastic night of televised boxing, last Friday, August 18, at the City Center in Saratoga Springs, NY.