Boxing needs the U.S. government to step in and protect the sport, reformers told Congress on Thursday. A key Republican said he was wary of making bureaucrats act as referees. A stalled bill to create a U.S. Boxing Commission brought a hearing in a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, where lawmakers are trying to forge…
Comcast, in partnership with BMW, Everlast and the SF Examiner, has teamed up to help revive the Golden Gloves, an annual amateur boxing tournament in San Francisco. The 74th Annual Golden Gloves takes place March 30-April 2, 2005 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. As a service to San Francisco residents who can’t attend the…
Promoter Jimmy Burchfield (Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc.) is banking on his young star, WBC Youth middleweight champion “Bad†Chad Dawson, developing into a hometown New Haven version of what Vinny Paz was in Providence or Joe Mesi is in Buffalo – The Franchise. In a city void of a major league sports team, 22-year-old…
“All these top prospects have the big names and they’ve fought the same guys I’ve fought, but I just dismantled those fighters.â€-Kelly Pavlik. It’s not every day that serious, cold-blooded knockout punchers come along in the sport of boxing, but undefeated middleweight contender Kelly Pavlik is the Real McCoy. Fully twenty of the Youngstown, Ohio…
WBO World Super-Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe is keeping his fingers crossed for Clinton Woods to beat Rico Hoye tomorrow night and win the IBF Light-Heavyweight crown so he can get a shot at the Yorkshireman. Calzaghe takes on Belfast’s Brian Magee on March 18 at the Kings Hall but after ruling the 160lb ranks for…
JOSE LUIS CASTILLO “If I was fighting someone other than Julio Diaz, I might feel a letdown because I have been looking forward to defending against Chico Corrales for a long time. But the fight did not happen. I was supposed to fight Diaz before, too, and it also did not happen. Ever since, Diaz…
They come from the British Isles, brimming with talent and the desire to conquer the world in their respective weight classes. So it is with great pleasure that Golden Boy Promotions announces their strategic partnership with top British promoter Hennessy Sports to co-promote two of the UK’s brightest stars – top junior welterweight contender Junior…
Promoter Jimmy Burchfield today announced that his company, Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc., has signed USBA super middleweight champion Yusef Mack (18-0-2, 11 KOs) to a promotional contract. Mack, 26, is rated No. 14 by the International Boxing Federation. He captured the USBA title in October with an eighth-round TKO of Shannon Miller and made…
Brockton-MA- Sir William “The Gladiator” Gibbs, 17-1, 14 ko’s, will be making his return to ESPN Friday Night Fight’s on April 1st at The Mohegan Sun against Andres Pacheco 13-2, 9 ko’s, in the 10 round main event. Julio De La Cruz, who was Gibbs’ original opponent, had to pull out of the fight citing…
European light heavyweight champion Thomas Ulrich is headlining an event of Universum Box-Promotion on March 26 in Riesa, Germany (Saxony). Ulrich is defending his European crown against Englishman Matthew Barney, 26-4-1 (6). In case of a victory the 29-year-old Berliner will get the chance to fight for the WBC light heavyweight world title in summer….
Hot London prospect Kevin Mitchell has thrown down a challenge to rival super-featherweight Kevin O’Hara ahead of his Belfast debut on March 18 at the Kings Hall on the Joe Calzaghe-Brian Magee World Super-Middleweight Championship undercard. Mighty Mitchell features in a six-round International contest against an opponent to be confirmed whilst Ohara gets the chance…
Hennessy sports stars Junior Witter and Carl Froch are set to return to the U.S. in order to resume their careers in a high-profile manner. Froch was set to fight on the Hopkins-Eastman card late last month, only a cancellation at the last minute prevented him from showcasing his skills in front of a world…