For close to 15 years, boxing superstar Oscar De La Hoya has captivated the world with his exploits in and out of the ring. ImpreMedia’s newspapers, in particular, La Opinión, the leading Spanish language daily newspaper based in Los Angeles, has been following De La Hoya’s accomplishments from the beginning to the peak of his…
This time last year Kermit Cintron was the welterweight division’s top prospect. Hailed as an unstoppable wrecking machine, he was tipped to be the next Felix Trinidad or “Hitman” Hearns. Set to fight for the WBO belt on the big Shane Mosely card in Vegas, Cintron was expected by many to beat Antonio Margarito and…
When we’ve all been expecting some really good fights for this coming year, it seems that boxing has gone topsy turvy once again. Here in Britain, were all waiting for Ricky Hatton to fight the likes of Gatti, Mayweather or Corrales but it seems that his new advisors have decided to take him another way…
It’s fight week, and the ever-popular Broadway Boxing Presented by Turning Stone Resort & Casino returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center with knockout artist and Broadway Boxing standout combatant Curtis “Showtime†Stevens (11-0, 10 KO’s) returning to the ring this Thursday night, April 20th. The stellar card is headlined by an IBF Bantamweight…
Click for larger image Pain and Glory Spectacular at the NEC Birmingham is also going to include professional boxing for the very first time !!
The Branco Sports Productions (BSP) “Parade of Champions” International Boxing Extravaganza a fortnight ago has sparked a boxing revival at the Wembley Indoor Arena in Johannesburg. The award-winning BSP promotional duo, Branco Milenkovic and Baby Jake Matlala will be back at the well-known indoor venue on Friday, April 28, with the South African junior bantamweight…
SportsNet New York (SNY), the television home of the New York Mets and New York Jets, today announced a landmark agreement with DiBella Entertainment, a full-service sports and entertainment company and New York’s leading professional boxing promoter, to televise Broadway Boxing Presented by Turning Stone Resort and Casino. Broadway Boxing will air on the second…
Brisbane and Melbourne’s community boxing show “In the Red Corner” has been nominated for an Antenna award for Best Sports Program in 2006 This is the community equivalent to the mainstream Logies The show is up against 4 Victorian based programs for the top prize.
“Bazooka Joe” to fight for MBO Title in St. Joseph’s, MO on May 2nd. Joe Linenfelser was added to the fight card in St. Joseph’s, Mo, on Tuesday May 2nd, he will be fighting for his 1st small Midwestern title the MBO ( Midwestern Boxing Organization ) at 154 pounds. This will be Joe’s first…
The amazing Peterson brothers, who long ago won their toughest fight – growing up homeless in Washington, D.C. – will co-headline on “ShoBox: The New Generation†on SHOWTIME on Friday, April 28 (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). In a 10-round bout, older brother Lamont (16-0, seven KOs) faces southpaw Jose “The Baby…
DaVarryl “Touch of Sleep†Williamson (22-4, 18) will return to the ring on Saturday, May 6, 2006 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts versus “Magnificent†Mike Mollo (15-0, 9) as part of the Don King promoted card featuring Jose Antonio Rivera vs. Alejandro Garcia to be broadcast by SHOWTIME. Williamson is returning the ring…
Upon hearing the news that Mitch “Blood” Green signed on to face Butterbean this summer, Ohio-based heavyweight hopeful George “The Terminator” Linberger decided to take his campaign public. Linberger had been attempting to secure a fight with Green ever 2005 became 2006. Green’s handlers flirted with the idea, but in the end settled for a…