Scottish Heavyweight Prospect Ian Millarvie gets a chance to further his career when he makes his 2nd appearance at The St Andrew’s Sporting Club on Monday 21st February 2005. Millarvies Manager and St Andrew’s Sporting Club owner Tommy Gilmour says: “We have been inundated with requests from members for Ian to box at the Club…
Boxing has long been fodder for some of the greatest movies Hollywood has ever produced. “The Champ,†“Somebody Up There Likes Me,†“Rocky,†“Raging Bull†and the new Clint Eastwood film, “Million Dollar Baby,†to name but a few. “The Great White Hype†is not a great movie, but the beautiful thing is that it…
As a prelude to a huge money fight against either Oscar de la Hoya or Shane Mosley, Zab Judah has announced that he will fight his IBF mandatory contender Cosme Rivera. The fight will provide a great feature attraction to the Felix Trinidad-Ronald Wright fight on May 14 in Las Vegas. Ricvera is twenty-eight years…
“ShoBox: The New Generation†presents three undefeated fighters during one exciting night of boxing action on Friday, March 4, 2005. In a battle of unbeaten lightweight boxers in a scheduled 10-round main event, World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 10/World Boxing Organization (WBO) No. 12/World Boxing Association (WBA) No. 13 contender, Almazbek Raiymkulov, will make his…
Undefeated boxing sensation and NABF Featherweight Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (14-0-1) is off to camp to train for his scheduled fight April 1, 2005 on Shobox. The venue and opponent are TBA. “The Ghost” is coming off an impressive KO victory against Cesar Figueroa (28-5-2) to capture the NABF Featherweight title. Ranked #6 in…
It will be the longest boxing event ever shown live on the internet. On Tuesday, February 15, www.boxing.de will do a 4-hour broadcast from 18:00 to 22:00 with seven live fights from a Spotlight Boxing show in Stuttgart, Germany. The broadcast, however, will not only impress with quanitity but also with quality. The internet live…
Click for larger image© Richard Eberline Tye Fields is one of today’s most promising heavyweights. He’s also one of the biggest, whichever way you look at it. The six-foot-nine, 279-pound former college basketball player is amazingly fit and agile for a man of his size, and with top of the line trainer Jesse Reid at…
Hello fight fans and welcome to a new week in the boxing world. This week, we begin our coverage of the world’s major boxing action once again on Thursday as Daniel Ponce De Leon aims to extend his unbeaten streak of twenty-four straight wins against Celestino Caballero. The hard-punching De Leon acquired quite a reputation…
FACE OFF IN BELFAST. CALZAGHE AND MAGEE MEET HEAD-TO-HEAD. Joe Calzaghe and Brian Magee will meet head-to-head at a press conference for their highly anticipated World Super-Middleweight title clash at the historic Kings Hall in Belfast on Friday 18 March. Promoter Frank Warren invites all media to attend the press conference to be held on…
CALZAGHE-MAGEE TICKETS ON SALE! Tickets for Face Off, featuring Joe Calzaghe’s World Super-Middleweight Championship clash against Brian Magee at the legendary Kings Hall in Belfast on Friday 18 March, will go on sale tomorrow (Wednesday 16 February) at 1pm. TICKET PRICES: £125 Ringside, £100, £75, £50 and £30 Available from (Subject to booking fee): KEITH…
Ahead of his assignment as the featured promoter on Saturday night’s huge Hopkins-Eastman card is Los Angeles, Oscar de la Hoya stole himself a little of the limelight surrounding the fight with a statement indicating something of his future. De La Hoya mentioned the possibility of fighting Felix Trinidad in what would be a revenge…
In a shocking turn of events, boxer Najal Turpin, a contestant on the soon-to-be aired “Contender” series committed suicide yesterday. Turpin held a professional record of 11-1 and had taken part in the reality TV show in an effort to gain recognition and to help his young career. All participants in the show were not…