President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have invited unbeaten Brooklyn boxing star Dmitriy Salita to the White House to attend their annual Chanukkah Festival Celebration on Thursday, December 9. Salita, the undefeated junior welterweight, has an unblemished record of twenty straight triumphs, including two straight on New York City cards promoted by…
How does that Andy Williams holiday song go? It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Well, it was a wonderful weekend for DiBella Entertainment. Sensational middleweight contender Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor successfully defended his WBC Continental Americas middleweight title against former three-time World Middleweight Champion William Joppy in the main event of DiBella Entertainment’s…
England’s Jane “Fleetwood Assassin†Couch has pulled out of her rematch Friday night against former title-holder Jaime “The Hurricane†Clampitt. Couch, who has been stripped of her IWBF junior welterweight title, has been replaced on “Bragging Rights†by four-time world title challenger Eliza Olson against Clampitt for the now vacant IWBF championship at Foxwoods Resort…
U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada makes his pro debut Friday night in a four-round special heavyweight attraction on “Bragging Rights,†the holiday pro boxing show at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. World Boxing Council youth middleweight champion “Bad†Chad Dawson (15-0, 10 KOs), of New Haven (CT), fights in his first main event…
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Fans who join the Main Events Fan Club by Dec 20 will have a chance to win two tickets to the Jan 29 Arturo Gatti-Jesse James Leija world championship bout in Atlantic City, NJ. ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (December 6, 2004) – Can’t think of a perfect gift for Dad? Log on to www.mainevents.com and join…
Commonwealth games gold medallist Darren Barker has vowed to follow his Hennessy Sports team mates Howard Eastman, Junior Witter and Carl Froch along the traditional title path. “These guys are creating the blueprint for British boxers to follow,†began Barker. “They haven’t been tempted by the easy route, they have turned away from bogus titles…
When I was eleven, the best movie ever came out. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) showed in the theaters and was a great Walt Disney first. Having my mother reading us to sleep, one of our favorite stories continued night after night the Mark Twain classic. We all loved Big Jim in the book,…
Manny Pacquiao, the thrilla from Manila returns to his native country this weekend to fight Thailand’s Fahsan 3K Battery in a battle of southpaws that is thought to be no more than a workout for Pacquiao ahead of his rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez in the New Year. Fahsan will likely have an argument for…
Reports are that former two-weight world champion and currently undefeated light welterweight contonder Floyd Mayweather Jr. has decided to opt for fighting unknown quantity Henry Bruseles when he returns to the ring in January. Mayweather, whose last performance was a dominating decision win over former WBO champion DeMarcus Corley was said to have the choice…
Erik Morales walked down the steps from the ring to the arena floor of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and saw the Mexican banners waving fervently in the crowd. Scant consolation lay in the knowledge that history will forever remember the greatest featherweight fighters of this era, each steeped in the proud colors of…
England’s former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Lennox Lewis recently spoke about the matters of his career and weighed in with a prediction concerning this Saturday’s WBC heavyweight title fight between champion Vitali Klitschko and challenger Danny Williams. Klitschko has always spoken of trying to tempt Lewis back in the ring since winning the…