Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is proud to announce the hiring of Brad Jacobs as its new Senior Vice-President of Operations and Development. Jacobs comes to Star Boxing after a successful six year stint as the senior advisor to future Hall of Fame boxer Roy Jones Jr. and Jones’ promotional company Square Ring Inc. Star Boxing…
DiBella Entertainment will bring boxing fans a star-studded evening of New York’s premier pugilists as Broadway Boxing Presented by Turning Stone Resort and Casino returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center on Friday night, May 19th. The stellar card is headlined by Spanish Harlem’s Edgar “El Chamaco†Santana (17-2, 12 KO’s), who squares off…
Big John Poore, of Boothwyn, PA, goes for his 18th victory in 19 pro fights when he boxes Demetrice King, of Flint, MI, in the scheduled eight-round heavyweight semifinal Friday evening, June 16, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia. First of seven fights at 7.30 p.m….
Northeast Promotions in association with El Paso Professional Baseball LP presents ESPN 2 “Friday Night Fights†live from Cohen Stadium in El Paso, Texas on May 26, 2006. Headlining the bout in a 12 round USBA Welterweight title fight, will be Delvin Rodriguez (18 – 1 – 1 10 KO’s) Danbury, CT vs. Luis Hernandez…
Jon Thaxton is one of the most exciting fighters in Britain regardless of weight class. The stocky, Norwich based fighter has faced some of the country’s best lightweights and light welters but he’s probably best known for giving Ricky Hatton perhaps the Mancunian’s toughest fight to date. Thaxton will be facing undefeated lightweight Jorge Daniel…
On Wednesday, 17 May at Aussie Stadium in Sydney, two of the biggest names in Australian boxing will clash in what is seen to be the biggest fight in the history of Australia. In one corner you have former rugby league star Anthony Mundine. No one in the world today could have dreamed that he…
This Saturday evening in Boston, Manchester’s Ricky Hatton makes his first appearance at 147 pounds when he takes on WBA Welterweight champion Luis Collazo. The 27 year old Hatton is unbeaten in forty professional fights with thirty knockouts. He is also a former WBA and IBF junior welterweight champion having beaten the great Kostya Tszyu…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Legendary British trainer Billy Graham has coached many accomplished boxers during his career such as Carl Thompson, Michael Brodie, Michael Gomez and others but the Manchester based “Preacher” is at the height of his powers at the moment with his fighter Ricky Hatton posed to…
The countdown is on and the premier light heavyweight in the world, Antonio “Magic Man’ Tarver is now a little over a month away from one of the biggest fight of his career on June 10th at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey against middleweight legend Bernard Hopkins. A little over a month, or…
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, 16-1-1 (9), got some good work in today with Bobby Pacquiao, brother of Filipino star Manny Pacquiao and IBF Super Bantamweight Champion Israel Vasqez. “Everything went well today,” said Guerrero. “I worked on my body attack and did some adjustments on my footwork. The rest of this camp is going to…
By Tom Donelson Sergio Mora may not be the best fighter in the world and he may never succeed in winning a championship but against Archak TerMelikestian, he showed the heart that he demonstrated over several weeks in The Contender program.
Professional boxing will return to Daytona Beach for the first time in more than a decade as the Daytona Cubs, in conjunction with the Manolo Corporation, have officially announced “Fight Night at the Jack.†The event is set for Saturday, May 27, 2006, at 7:00 P.M. at Jackie Robinson Ballpark..