Today a purse bid took place at the IBF convention in Honolulu Hawaii and Gary Shaw Productions has outbid Golden Boy Promotions garnering the right to promote an IBF elimination bout between # 3 Luis Franco (11-0, 7 KOs) vs. #12 Gary Russell Jr. (19-0, 11 KOs).
Following his recent fourth round knockout of the Iraqi born Heavyweight Ali Adams in Brentwood, England, former Olympic Super Heavyweight Gold Medallist, Prizefighter and European Heavyweight Champion Audley Harrison has stated that he interested in fighting newly crowned British and Commonwealth Heavyweight champion and Beijing Super-Heavyweight bronze medallist David Price later this year. Harrison has…
On Wednesday night June 13th, The Robert Treat Hotel in Newark will play host to a night of championship boxing which will feature Richard Pierson boxing Gary “Fast Hands “Jones for the WBC Fecarbox Super Middleweight Title. That fight will be the main event of a boxing night of boxing promoted by Gabe LaConte’s First…
On Saturday night Stoke Newington’s Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng retained his English Light Middleweight title in emphatic style, on the undercard of Carl Froch versus Lucian Bute IBF Super Middleweight title clash in Nottingham. Erick’s first defense of the title he won back in January, via a ninth round retirement by then opponent Nick Quigley,…
Former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir “King†Khan makes his 2012 ring debut when he returns to the venue of perhaps his most accomplished professional triumph when he meets undefeated phenom and current WBC Super Lightweight Champion Danny “Swift†Garcia Saturday, July 14 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in a fight televised live…
Gary Shaw Productions, Sturm Box Promotion, Grange Old School Boxing and UFA Sports are happy to announce a world title unification bout featuring IBF middleweight champion Daniel “The Real Deal” Geale (27-1, 15 KOs) and WBA Super World champ, Felix Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KOs).
Following the recent revelation that former WBA and IBF Light-Welterweight Champion Amir Khan’s rematch with the American Lamont Peterson had bitten the dust due to Peterson failing a voluntary test, it has been announced that Khan’s forthcoming opponent will be unbeaten American Danny Garcia, who currently holds the WBC title, on the 14th July at…
This weekend the renowned Resorts Hotel Casino in Atlantic City will serve as host to this year’s All Star Boxing Legends Gala. On Saturday a tribute dinner will take place within Resorts honoring boxers of the past and present, with several of the sport’s most prevalent names making an appearance.
Champion coach Fritz Sdunek has been quoted in Russian media as stating that “Vitali Klitschko would eat Marco Huck alive.“ WBO Cruiserweight champion Huck is surprised by the statement of Klitschko’s long-time coach.
Bobby Czyz, former IBF Light Heavyweight champion, Cruiserweight champion, Super Cruiserweight champion and active Board Member of Find A Dream, will be attending this years All Star Boxing Legends Gala this weekend at the acclaimed Resorts Hotel Casino I Atlantic City.
Don King returns to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., with a “Viva Don King II†boxing event on Saturday, June 23 that will feature three heavyweight fights and local Cuban favorites Joey “Twinkle Fingers†Hernandez and undefeated Angelo “La Cobra†Santana.
In addition to the amount of wins, losses or knockouts a fighter possesses, another number exists that is often discussed in the buildup to a prizefight: age. However, history reveals that neither 43-year-old former Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver nor unbeaten 29-year-old top rated cruiserweight Lateef “Power” Kayode will have a clear…