Click for larger image © Tom Casino/SHOWTIME Circle the wagons!! Bombs away!! Timber!! Diego “Chico†Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo are ready to do it again in “The War To Settle The Score On Feb. 4 †on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006. The two most talented and courageous lightweights in the…
Click for larger image© Jane Warburton Saddoboxing.com Bombs Away! Hold on to your hats folks, David Haye is back in action this Friday night at Bracknell Leisure Centre but the man standing between the London area bomber and his fast track to world glory is European titleholder, and former two-time WBA title challenger. Alexander Gurov…
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING begins its 20th year of televising fights with a world championship doubleheader on Jan. 7, 2006 (9 p.m., ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). Undisputed world welterweight champion Zab “Super†Judah defends against WBC No. 1 welterweight contender Carlos Baldomir in one of the world title fights. In the SHOWTIME co-feature, WBC/WBA…
Amir Khan is to visit Oxfam’s Earthquake Response Programme in Pakistan on Saturday 17 December. The Olympic Silver Medallist will travel with Oxfam to Muzaffarbad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir devastated by the October 8th earthquake. He will visit camps where Oxfam is providing shelter, water and sanitation for thousands of those displaced by…
Northeast Promotions Signs Promotional Contract with Junior Welterweight Shamone Alvarez Walt Lambert of Northeast Promotions in association with Sampson Lewkowicz is pleased to announce the signing of Top Junior Welterweight prospect Shamone Alvarez (12 – 0 8 KO’s) Atlantic City, New Jersey to a long term promotional agreement.
It’s fight week, and DiBella Entertainment’s New York stalwarts are ready to “Deck the Halls” and cap off the year in the season’s finale of Broadway Boxing Presented by Turning Stone Resort & Casino when they hit the ring on “Season’s Beatings” Thursday night, December 15, at the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center. The…
“Danny’s an underachiever. Whenever the time has come for him to step up and show what he’s got he has failed.” – Audley Harrison, November 15th 2005 How quickly things change eh? Just shy of a month has passed and Audley Harrison’s words have come back to haunt him. It’s no disgrace to drown when…
Sölden, Austria – Undefeated Ukrainian heavyweight Vladimir Virchis beat former British heavyweight champion Michael Sprott by twelve round unanimous decision Tuesday evening at Freizeit Arena of Sölden, Austria, in an entertaining main event of the last Spotlight Boxing show in 2005. The official judges scored the contest 115:113 twice and 116:113, all in favor of…
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The fight to determine the best middleweight in the world took a major step forward today. Jose Sulaiman, president of WBC, served notice today to the camps of middleweight champion Jermain Taylor and mandatory challenger Winky Wright – “… that the free negotiations period has begun for the mandatory title defense between our champion Jermain…
New WBC, WBO and IBF Latino Heavyweight Champion “2006 is My Break Out Year†Having won the vacant WBC, WBO and IBF Latino heavyweight titles last month, “Magnificent†Mike Mollo (15-0, 9 KOs) has declared himself ready to step up in 2006. Now rated #14 by the USBA and #15 by the WBO, Mollo anticipates…
By: Cestus Management Press This past Friday night, undefeated 140-pound boxing sensation “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis (15-0-2 with 7 Kos) made the third defense of his NABO title with a first round annihilation of then undefeated Mexican banger, Jose ” Lion Heart ” Moreno (12-1-0 with 10 Kos). The card was live at the Civic Center…