Every year we sit and make resolutions for ourselves. We claim that we’re going to quit smoking, spend more time at the gym…etc. Resolutions that we almost never live up to for more than a week or so. I myself am comfortable with my bad habits. I look at my habits as the only things…
ESPN.com boxing columnist Dan Rafael listed the Shannon Miller-Vinny Maddalone heavyweight bout in Saratoga Springs, New York co-promoted by Pugnacious Promotions in August 2005, among his top fights of the year in his annual ranking. Rafael, the former USA Today boxing writer who is one of the sport’s most respected analysts, called the match “ESPN2’s…
Click for larger image HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE VACANT 1. VONDA WARD, US 2. MARTHA SALAZAR, US 3. KATHY RIVERS, US 4. JACQUI FRAZIER-LYDE, US 5. GWENDOLYN O’NEIL, GUYANA
“Brawlroom Boxing†makes its return to the Denver area and its thirsty fight fans on Tuesday, January 17, 2006. Following a highly successful inaugural show back in September 2005; Tuesday Night Fights, LLC is anxious to bring another high-octane card to the Denver area. The classy and historic Sherman Street Event Center will once again…
One of the best lighter weight fighters to lace up the gloves in the last thirty years, Jeff Fenech, finds himself in a tight spot after being arrested in the resort town of Broadbeach on Australia’s Gold Coast and charged with allegedly shoplifting three watches with an alleged accomplice. Today the hall of famer pleaded…
Hot bantamweight prospect Raul “The Cobra” Martinez heads back to Chicago next Friday night as he is featured in the co-main event of ShoBox “The New Generation” an action packed evening of professional boxing presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions,’ home of the best in Chicago boxing, Kathy Duva’s Main Events Inc. along with…
Danny Williams will tame the Bedford Bear Matt Skelton before he goes on the hunt for the Beast from the East Nicolay Valuev. Williams takes on Skelton for the Commonwealth Heavyweight title on February 25 at the ExCeL London and the winner could meet man-mountain Valuev, the new WBA World Champion, next. The Brixton banger…
There is old saying that goes, “It is not what happens to you that counts, it is how you react to it!” It seems that Acelino Freitas’s negative mental reaction to his loss to Diego Corrales last August has created far more damage then the mere loss of a fight regardless how brutal that loss…
If you can’t perform like a champion at least act like one. I have been a detractor of John Ruiz since his first bout with Evander Holyfield. He was an undeserving opponent who in all reality was considered a safe opponent for the aging Holyfield. Up until that time, Ruiz’s most notable fight was a…
© Curtis McCormick With only New Year’s Eve left to celebrate, British and Commonwealth Lightweight Champion Graham Earl is chomping at the bit for January 27th to come around so he can celebrate his holidays all in one go, roughly a month too late. And the Luton man is steaming about having to reschedule the…
“I’m starting to become the king of the two week notice fights.†So proclaims unbeaten welterweight contender James “Spider†Webb, as he prepares for his last-minute offer to challenge Mark Suarez on January 7 at Madison Square Garden. The winner will be declared the IBF welterweight mandatory challenger, and will also get a good look…
Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, home of the best in Chicago boxing, along with Kathy Duva’s Main events and Miller Lite and TCF Bank present the first professional card of the new year as Showbox, “The New Generation†visits Chicago for the first time on Friday, January 6th at Cicero Stadium. Headlining the evening is…