Diego “Chico’’ Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo are signed, sealed and ready to deliver once again Live on Showtime Saturday, June 3, 2006, (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). In a terrific match-up of unbeaten flyweights in the Showtime Championship Boxing co-feature, International Boxing Federation (IBF)/International Boxing Organization (IBO) Champion Vic “The Raging…
Tonight at The Metropolis in Montreal, Quebec, Herman “Black Panther” Ngoudjo looks to make the third defense of his NABF Light Welterweight crown when he takes on 37 year old John Brown. A former four time world title challenger at super feather and lightweight, Brown, 23-12-2 (11), is well past his prime but as Damien…
British and Commonwealth Cruiserweight Champion Mark Hobson has promised to make Buster Keeton pay on June 1 at the Barnsley Metrodome – in more ways than one. The Huddersfield hitter was due to fight Keeton in February but instead opted to fight WBU World Cruiserweight king Enzo Maccarinelli on the big Joe Calzaghe-Jeff Lacy card…
Northwest heavyweight favorite Chauncy “The Baby Face” Welliver of Spokane, Washington will take his shot at the NWBA title against of Grove City, Ohio’s Chad Van Sickle in the 10 round main event at the Lucky Eagle Casino on Saturday, June 10th at 7pm. The 22 year old Welliver sports a 29-3-3 record with 11…
Peltz Boxing Promotions, of Philadelphia, and Joe Hand Promotions, of Feasterville, PA, have entered into a agreement to have all professional boxing cards at the New Alhambra televised to more than 850,000 soldiers and military personnel on the Armed Forces Network (AFN). The deal kicks off with the delayed showing of the June 16, 2006,…
The face to face for the double super-middleweight title fight between Carl Froch and Brian Magee which was scheduled for 11.30 am at the Connaught Rooms in London tomorrow has been canceled at the discretion of the promoter Frank Maloney as he feels after reading the press release put out by the Froch camp insulting…
With his scheduled clash with Bernard Hopkins in Atlantic City just two weeks away, light heavyweight Antonio Tarver will hold a national teleconference with the American media on Thursday and is expected to rip his hated rival. This will undoubtedly lead to a countering Hopkins conference and set the wheels in motion for a highly…
Professional sensation Amir Khan says he can’t wait to fight at the Millennium Stadium on July 8 – and reckons a bumper crowd will inspire him to his best ever performance. Khan extended his winning streak to 7-0 in Belfast over the weekend when he comfortably beat former European lightweight title challenger Laszlo Komjathi.
Cedric Kushner has launched a new boxing promotional company entitled Gotham Boxing, which will make its debut with The Premiere at the Hammerstein Ballroom at Manhattan Center on Eighth Avenue at West 34th Street on Wednesday night, May 24, featuring Brooklyn heavyweight contender Shannon Briggs vs. Chris Koval in the main event for the vacant…
Ode’s and Upsets At The Hammerstein Ballroom In NYC Ode to a Mexican were the words that Edgar Santana and his team proclaimed after a hard fought fight at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC against Tomas Barrientes in the nights main events. Edgar and his team goes on to thank all their fans and friends…
I’m glad that British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch has finally resurfaced and woken up to the fact that he is defending his titles this Friday against Brian Magee. Reading the latest press release from the Froch camp, it seems very clear that the words attributed to Carl are more like those his…
Superstar Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao from The Philippines, and Mexican buzz saw Oscar “Chololo” Larios will go mano-a-mano in a 12-round championship bout in the historic Araneta Coliseum, which hosted Ali-Frazier III – “The Thrilla in Manila†— nearly 31 years ago. Pacquiao, a world champion in three different weight divisions, will be defending his WBC…