Former WBO Welter titlist Tony Lopez headlined the Top Rank/8Count Productions card broadcast on Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo program from Cicero, IL on Friday night and the seasoned light middle from Durango, Mexico faced slick strategist Vinroy Barrett. The Jamaican native didn’t make things easy for Lopez as Barrett refused to trade blows for much of…
***Boxing Report with Photos*** Click for larger image© Jane Warburton Celebrated British cruiserweight David Haye once again defied his critics and spectacularly blew away replacement opponent at tonight’s Fight Academy promoted card, in Huddersfield, England. Haye had originally been scheduled to face British and Commonwealth Champion Mark Hobson in a much anticipated hate filled grudge…
Promoter extraordinaire and International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, Bob Arum, chairman of Top Rank, Inc., embarks on a three-week, 13-city whistle-stop media tour this Monday! to promote “Seek and Destroy”– the World Heavyweight Championship fight between WBC champion Vitali Klitschko and interim WBC champion Hasim Rahman. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with K2…
The training is just about over and the long hours of toil in the gym are winding to a close, but the intensity is just about to reach a fever pitch as the participants in the October 21st “Rumble at The Rock” show at the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida, get ready to…
Premiere Oct. 28 in Providence PROVIDENCE (October 14, 2005) – Pro boxer Gary “Tiger” Balletto plays a starring role in the documentary movie, Sweet Dreams, directed by Eric Scott Latek and premiering October 28 on a state-of-the art high definition DLP projector at the Columbus Theatre in Providence. Former IBU and EBA lightweight champion Balletto…
Well-regarded Middleweight prospect Sherwin Davis has been added to the explosive October 21st “Rumble at the Rock†undercard to face unbeaten Middleweight contender Edison Miranda in a scheduled ten round bout to be aired live on pay-per-view from the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida.
Ex-IBF Light Middleweight Champion Kassim Ouma, headlining Golden Boy Promotion’s card from the Borgata in Atlantic City, had earned his title belt the hard way. The native Ugandan southpaw now living and training in West Palm Beach, Florida had faced and defeated many other tough contenders on the way up such as Verno Phillips, Kofi…
Frank Warren and Sports Network Limited have today concluded that its interim application for injunctive relief will no longer be pursued against the Hattons. Sports Network will however continue to pursue its action through the courts against Ricky Hatton, Ray Hatton and Punch Promotions for damages for breach of contract. This decision has been reached…
Boxing: DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Debuts at The Turning Stone DiBella Entertainment’s popular Broadway Boxing series will makes its Turning Stone Hotel and Casino Event Center debut when the title and site sponsor hosts the Broadway Boxing “Friday Night Face Off” on Friday night, October 21st.The outstanding fight card will feature a pair of 10-round…
The main co-feature on HBO Latino’s Atlantic City broadcast last night featured one of Golden Boy Promotion’s rising stars, Philadelphia’s Demetrius Hopkins. The nephew of modern day great Bernard Hopkins, the undefeated Demetrius went into this bout as perhaps the best American light welter prospect. Possessing sharp reactionary skills along with superb timing and punch…
Philadelphia’s Rock Allen turned pro earlier this year after a highly decorated time as an amateur and has been banging out the usual limited early career opposition with little problems. Last night at the Borgata in Atlantic City, the twenty four year old faced Mexico’s Candelario “Tigrillo” Herrera on a Golden Boy Promotions card aired…
Big Friday Night in The British Isles It’s an epic Friday night in the UK and Ireland with three stellar cards taking place at the same time in three different locations. First off it’s charismatic cruiserweight David Haye taking on a highly dangerous assignment in the form of vastly more experienced opponent Vincenzo Rossitto on…