Rubin “Hollywood” Williams vehemently denies that he was one of several fighters that avoided fighting Allan Green (20-0, 14 KOs), as reported on the most recent ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights show. “If they tried calling me, my promoter or manager,” Williams responded, “they must have dialed the wrong number because none of us were ever…
WBA Light Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton’s strength trainer and nutritionist Kerry Kayes is one of the world’s preeminent bodybuilding coaches. The Manchester, England native’s usual assignment of making Hatton as strong as possible for each fight developed an added dimension when it was announced that “The Hitman” would go up in weight to challenge reigning…
Click for larger image© Tom CasinoShowtime Boxing Brothers Lamont and Anthony Peterson of Washington, D.C., grew up homeless, but they feel right at home in the ring. The up-and-coming, unbeaten junior welterweights are a combined 32-0 with 20 knockouts. Lamont, who at 22 is 14 months older than Anthony, is 16-0 with seven KOs. Anthony…
It was a night few fight fans will forget. Two of boxing’s superstars, despite having already established themselves as the best of their era, fighting it out like hungry prospects eager for their first shot at boxing’s brass ring. When it was over on February 25th, “Sugar Shane†Mosley and “Ferocious’ Fernando Vargas had given…
Boxing superstar Oscar De La Hoya will be a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ Monday (May 1) before heading to Las Vegas for his May 6 showdown with WBC junior middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga. “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ is telecast on NBC beginning at 11:35pm. Other guests on Monday’s show…
International Boxing Federation (IBF) Junior Bantamweight Champion Luis Perez (23-1, 15 KOs) will square off against mandatory challenger and No. 1-ranked IBF contender Dimitri Kirillov (28-2, 10 KOs) in the new co-featured bout on Showtime Championship Boxing’s world title doubleheader on Saturday, May 6, (9 p.m. ET/PT). The main event of the night, as previously…
When you’re a 5-foot-11-inch super bantamweight with a southpaw style and the type of fighting spirit that always brings the fans to their feet, it goes without saying you’re a special fighter. So, it makes perfect sense for two special promotional entities–Warriors Boxing Promotions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions–to join forces and bring fight fans this…
Frankie DePaula, New Jersey boxer, died thirty-five years ago from complications arising from the wounds inflicted on him four months after an assassination attempt in a Jersey City alley way. His death, in many ways, was arguably the inevitable culmination of his frequently wayward lifestyle; a lifestyle that accommodated an active association with known criminals….
Click for larger image © Karl Stubbs / Impact Boxing Seven pupils from Middlehurst Special School, Stoke-on-Trent today visited the Impact gym where they spent about two hours in the company of Midlands Area Lightweight Champion, Scott Lawton. Lawton, who defends his title against Baz Carey on 6th May, has a sincere desire to help…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Brothers Anthony Peterson (left) and his brother, Lamont (right) pose at the Four Bears Casino in New Town, North Dakota, prior to their separate “ShoBox” appearances Friday on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT). In the 10-round junior welterweight main event, undefeated Lamont Peterson (16-0, seven KOs),…
Alejandro “Terra†Garcia defends his World Boxing Association super welterweight title against local favorite and former world welterweight champ Jose Antonio Rivera Saturday, May 6, 2006, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). The 12-round title bout will be promoted by Don King Productions and originate from the DCU Center at Worcester,…
Red hot light middleweight contender Gary Woolcombe has been added to Maloney Promotions’ highly anticipated Froch – Magee British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight Championship fight card at the York Hall in London on Friday, May 26. “Hot Stuff” meets fellow Londoner Gilbert “The Hurricane” Eastman in a scheduled ten round contest for the British Southern…