Promoter Frank Warren is delighted to announce that WBO World Super-Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe will face IBF holder Jeff Lacy in a sensational unification showdown set for early 2006. Warren was in New York last week locked in negotiations with Lacy’s promoter Gary Shaw and US TV Network Showtime and has confirmed that the super-fight…
Boxing trainer and ESPN/2 Friday Night Fights analyst Teddy Atlas champions the cause of the less fortunate every day, and those works on behalf of the needy will culminate at the ninth annual Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation Dinner on Thursday night, November 17, a the Hilton Gardens Inn in Staten Island, with a bevy of…
Former world title challenger, and world rated featherweight contender, Missy “The Fury” Fiorentino (12-1, 7 KO’s) will battle WIBF world junior featherweight champion Esther “The Blonde Dutch Girl” Schouten for the vacant IWBF world featherweight title on Wednesday, November 23rd at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence’s Down City. Schouten was the only fighter…
World Famous Laugh Factory Hosts New York City Boxing Press Conference. DiBella Entertainment’s Ike “Bazooka” Quartey (36-2-1, 30 KO’s) will continue on his comeback road toward a world title opportunity when he squares off against Carlos Bojorquez (25-7-6, 21 KO’s) on Saturday night, December 3, live on HBO Pay Per View from Mandalay Bay Resort…
“Bad” Chad plans to unleash venom when he wrangles the “The Cobra” Friday, Nov.18, at 11PM ET/PT on Shobox: The New Generation “Bad†Chad Dawson and Ian “The Cobra†Gardner are both highly regarded prospects, but their styles are as different as preppies and hippies. One is conventional; the other is as unorthodox as you…
R.I. Convention Center in Providence U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada (4-0, 1 KO) returns to action in his hometown Thanksgiving Eve, November 23 against Jeremy “Superstar” Brooks (4-2, 2 KOs) in a six-round bout at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence.
If you have ever wanted to know what it takes to be a fighter just go to any amateur show at a local high school or I.U.E hall and the kids there will show you. They don’t yet have the skills of a champion but they do have the will, heart and determination. What does…
IBF Light Welterweight World Champion, Ricky Hatton is worshipped by boxing fans across the country and now Fight Academy, promoters of his ‘Unification’ fight against WBA Champion Carlos Maussa at the Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, on Saturday 26th November are giving fans the chance to quiz their hero, and win big fight tickets!
Boxing Hall of Famer Chuck Bodak, now 89 years young will be an honored guest at Jerry Hoffman’s RIOT pro boxing event on Saturday Nov. 19th at the Monterey Conference Center. Mr. Bodak has been involved in boxing as a teacher and cutman for the past 70 years, and will work one more corner for…
Goeppingen – German boxing rings are currently the place for the most competitive and explosive heavyweight showdowns: Brewster vs. Krasniqi, Gomez vs. McCall and Samil Sam vs. Maskaev – this is just a small selection of those highly entertaining fights in the heavyweight division that took place in Germany in the past two months.
This is the best deal in town, a special $48 bus ride to the Guerrero fight. No driving, no parking, no worries. Ghost fans from the Bay Area can come witness the nationally televised NABF title fight on Showtime between Robert “The Ghost†Guerrero (16-0-1 9 KO’s ranked # 2 WBC) and Gamaliel Diaz (19-5-2…
At six foot four and 235 lbs, bearing a pro record of 43-4 (37), Shannon Briggs is definitely a threat to anyone and the thirty three old Brooklyn native has had his share of success as a fighter both pro and amateur. As an amateur fighter he won a national Golden Gloves title, a national…