DiBella Entertainment ligth welterweight Emmanuel Clottey appeared on the Broadway Boxing bill in New York City tonight and kept his aspirations of achieving a world championship fight in the talent-packed division alive. Clottey did away with the challenge of tough guy Marteze Logan over the eight round distance, posting comfortable scores on all three of…
The promising Larry Mosley, who made his HBO Latino debut, won by TKO in the fourth round over Alexis Division. It was an entertaining scrap that featured a lot two way action. Mosley, who is not a relation to “Sugar” Shane Mosley, showed great speed, technique, and a solid attack as he roasted Division’s ribcage….
Tonight, the first televised bout of HBO Latino’s “Boxeo De Oro” boxing series featured former 2004 United States Olympian “Rock” Allen, making his professional debut. Allen, who won by first round TKO, looks like a very exciting young fighter as he rushed his opponent showing an array of punches in his arsenal. Allen looked impressive…
JEFF “LEFT HOOK” LACY (19-0, 15 KOs) “I am just a fighter who is ready to fight. This has been a long time coming and I really appreciate the work of everyone on my team for making this fight happen in my hometown. The support I have received here has been amazing. I want to…
“Lacy wants to fight me and I want to fight him because he’s got a belt. I’ve watched him in the ring and I’m not worried about anything. I don’t think he’s a brilliant fighter but he’s a good fighter. He has a pretty straightforward, orthodox style with decent boxing skills who looks to land…
On the heels of a Caribbean vacation with his family, DiBella Entertainment’s undisputed Middleweight Champion of the world, Jermain Taylor, is on a whirlwind New York City media tour this week. The journey started on Tuesday with a private meeting with fellow Little Rock, Arkansas, native President William Jefferson Clinton at the former president’s offices…
In terms of championship definition, these are confusing times. It seems that anyone with a Portakabin, Internet access and a fax machine can manufacture the latest sanctioning organization. Of course, rather than recoil at such nuisances, new sanctioning bodies have become to boxing what lingering passers-by are to Jennifer Lopez: if they just hang around…
Jeff Lacy and Robin Reid work the mitts during an open media workout Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. Fight is this Saturday on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). Click for larger image © Tom Casino/Showtime
JEFF “LEFT HOOK” LACY (19-0, 15 KOs) “I am very excited about defending my title in my hometown and, for me, this is more than a dream come true because, really, I never believed something like this could happen. I would like to thank my promoter, Gary Shaw, and SHOWTIME for making this fight happen….
On Wednesday August 10 at Gallagher’s Steak House in New York City, K2 Promotions, Duva Boxing and Top Rank along with Caesar’s Atlantic City will formally announce the signing to HBO of a huge night of boxing coming up on September 24. The fight card will include a heavyweight main attraction featuring former WBO heavyweight…
WBC #1 ranked contender Rocky Juarez will challenge WBC #2 ranked contender Humberto Soto for the WBC-Interim Featherweight Championship on August 20 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Both the Juarez-Soto 12 round co-feature bout and the Fernando Vargas-Javier Castillejo 12 round main event…
World Boxing Council USNBC super middleweight champion Joey “KO Kid” Spina (16-0, 11 KOs) makes his first title defense August 26 against dangerous challenger Anwar Oshana (23-4, 13 KOs) in the 12-round main event at the Rhode Island Convention Center in providence. “CES’ Prime Time Fights” is presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports,…