Elite Irish Amateur Squad Hits Calais For Tournament
A nine-man Irish Elite squad arrived in France this morning for a Round Robin tournament with the host nation, Germany, Morocco and Sweden. The tournament begins in Calais tomorrow.
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Big Punching Prospect Fielding Signs With Matchroom
Rocky Fielding has signed promotional terms with Matchroom Sport and Eddie Hearn. The Prizefighter Super Middleweight II champion will fight for new promoter Hearn on July 7 as part of the exciting undercard of Kell Brook’s IBF welterweight clash with Carson Jones at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield.
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International Prizefighter Heavyweights II Finalized
Maurice Harris, Noureddine Meddoune, Marcelo Luiz Nascimento, Tor Hamer and Tom Little complete the line-up for the Betfair Prizefighter International Heavyweights II on Wednesday June 20 at York Hall, Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports. The quintet join former World title challengers Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson and Albert Sosnowski and Kent’s Tom Dallas in the 25th…
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Hatton Heavyweights Towers, Browne Slug It Out In Camp
Hatton Promotions heavyweight hell raisers – Lucas Browne and Richard Towers, have been preparing for their big ‘Road to Glory’ contests by bashing each other! Australian champ ‘Big Daddy’ Browne and 6ft 8in Towers are in a training camp together at the famed Ingle gym in Sheffield.
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Pacquiao vs. Bradley Available As Online Digital PPV
Top Rank announced today that the June 9 Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley WBO welterweight championship event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, will be available live on both pay-per-view television and online.
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Assassin Hasson Taken Eight Round Distance By The Rooster!
In the co-main event of a six bout card at The Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, promoted by Diane Lee Fischer’s Dee Lee Promotions, light heavyweight prospect Dennis ‘The Assassin’ Hasson most surprisingly got taken the eight round distance by a very game George ‘The Rooster’ Armenta. Armenta, 14-9, (11), Silver…
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Congressman Michael Grimm Cheers Sadam Ali To Victory at Aviator Arena
Congressman Michael Grimm not only represents the 13th District of Brooklyn and Staten Island in Washington, D.C. Congressman Grimm but is also a big fight fan. His presence electrified a capacity crowd at Aviator Sports Arena at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn on Saturday night, June 3, 2012, as the congressman took the microphone to…
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Philadelphia Boxing Mourns Loss Of Rob Murray Sr
The boxing community was saddened on Sunday when longtime Philadelphia personality Rob Murray, Sr. succumbed to cancer. Murray was a well known fight figure for three-plus decades as he managed, trained, promoted and did almost everything around Philadelphia boxing.
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Afolabi Not Impressed With Tarver vs. Kayode
WBO Interim Cruiserweight Champion Ola Afolabi watched with interest on Saturday night as cruiserweight contenders Antonio Tarver and Lateef Kayode squared off in a twelve round bout on Showtime from The Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
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Rodriguez Falls Short Against WBA Champ Trout
Junior middleweight contender Delvin “EL Peligro” Rodriguez came up short in his world title challenge on Saturday night, June 2nd against WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin Trout at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Faced with an awkward, southpaw style, Rodriguez was unable to mount a consistent attack against the fleet of foot Trout…
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New Boxing Film Set For Brooklyn Private Screening
It was recently announced that a private screening for the short boxing film ‘Split Decision’ will be held at IndieScreen in Brooklyn on July 29. Created by film maker Antoine Allen, ‘Split Decision’ identifies with the struggles of a young bisexual Latina boxer dealing with the challenges inside the squared circle, while facing adversity and…
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American Idol Starlet Sanchez To Open Pacquiao vs. Bradley
American Idol’s Jessica Sanchez is confirmed to sing the National Anthem before the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley WBO Welterweight Championship, Saturday, June 9, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Sanchez will be singing before a live audience of over 16,000 fans and tens of millions of viewers worldwide watching it live on Pay-Per-View.