Nearly 150 people turned out for last Sunday’s fifth annual Ring 8 Family Picnic at Brady Park in Massapequa Reserve, Nassau on Long Island, New York. Hamburgers, chicken, hot dogs, corn-on-the-cob, macaroni and potato salads were consumed along with a wide variety of beverages and desserts. The most popular children activities included a face painter…
Boxcino 2014 champion Petr “Zar” Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KO’s) will fight undefeated Liam Walsh (19-0, 13 KO’s) in a WBO Lightweight elimination bout on October 10 in Manchester, England. The winner of the fight will be the mandatory challenger for the winner of the WBO Lightweight title bout between Terry Flanagan and Diego Magdaleno, which…
Former world champion Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KOs) will return to the ring near his Washington D.C. home as he takes on 2008 Olympic Gold medalist from the Dominican Republic Felix Diaz Jr. (17-0, 8 KOs) in a 12-round bout on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC on Saturday, October 17 from EagleBank Arena, formerly…
Chinese sports marketing/management company SECA has started a new Chinese professional boxing venture with Las Vegas-based boxing promotion company Top Rank. A new professional boxing league, League of Fists, will officially launch on September 4. “League of Fists is aiming to build a league that consists of high level boxing matches in order to provide…
Bradford’s Tasif Khan is just over a week away from the biggest fight of his career to date, when he faces two time Commonwealth title challenger, Ghana’s Isaac Quaye, for the WBF International Super Flyweight Championship, on the Stephen Vaughan promoted “Legend” event, at the Aintree Equestrian Centre on Saturday 12th September, which is headlined…
Bill Calogero, host of boxing’s Undisputed Champion of Boxing Talk program, the Talkin Boxing With Billy C TV & Radio Show, officially released his first book, Tom Molineaux: From Bondage To Baddest Man On The Planet two weeks ago. Since then, the demand for signed copies has not stopped.
Some of the top prospects from the Northeast including undefeated super featherweight Bryant “Pee Wee” Cruz (15-0, 8 KOs) will be showcased on a stacked undercard Saturday, September 12 live from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT with the first bout beginning at 1 p.m. ET. The September 12 Premier Boxing Champions on NBC card…
On Thursday night, September 24, King’s Promotions will present a special night of boxing at Fightin’ Phils First Energy Stadium in Reading, PA. The show will culminate a busy week for King’s Promotions as the company, founded by Marshall Kauffman, will be promoting its’s fourth event in seven days. Nick Valliere (5-0, 2 KO’s) of…
Jamie McDonnell says he will KO Tomoki Kameda in their WBA Bantamweight title rematch in Texas on Sunday September 6 live on Sky Sports, before moving up to Super Bantamweight to face WBA champ Scott Quigg. McDonnell defends his belt against Kameda in a rematch of their gripping encounter in May, where the Doncaster man…
Kell Brook will defend his IBF Welterweight title against Diego Chaves at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield on October 24, live on Sky Sports. Brook makes the third defence of his crown at his hometown fortress after ‘The Special One’ forced mandatory challenger Jo Jo Dan to retire after four rounds of his first defence…
Amateur star Reuben Arrowsmith will make his eagerly anticipated professional debut at Banks’s Stadium, Walsall, on October 10. Trained by four-time world champion Ricky Hatton, the 19-year-old won five national titles in the vest and head guard and is confident of making his mark in the paid ranks. He will box an as yet to…
On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California, undefeated light heavyweight power puncher, Ahmed Elbiali (11-0, 10 KOs) is scheduled to fight on the televised portion of the Premier Boxing Champions on Fox Sports 1 card headlined by Austin Trout (29-2, 16 KOs) vs. Joey Hernandez (24-3-1, 14 KOs). Elbiali will…