Oscar Still The King GBP President Oscar de la Hoya may be retired from active duty in the ring, but he’s still the king when it comes to the Guinness Book of World Records as it was announced during the WBC’s 49th Annual Convention in Las Vegas in December that the “Golden Boy” holds world…
Goossen Tutor Promotions will kick off 2012 with a World Championship bout headlining on the popular Showtime series, ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Jan. 20. The special edition of ShoBox features WBA super bantamweight champion Rico Ramos defending his title for the first time against the WBA interim champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, matching two world…
This weekend, when most of the world will be drinking champagne and ringing in the New Year, partying it up until all hours of the morning, 25-year-old Unionll native Dante Rastelli will be focusing on one thing—preparing for the upcoming 2012 New Jersey Golden Gloves tournament. Since 1923 the Golden Gloves has been the most…
Two of the most recognizable names in boxing will make their long-awaited returns to the ring tomorrow, Dec. 30, when Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell are featured in separate 10-round fights on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, at Morongo Casino…
After recently hearing that Felix has announced the date of his next fight (April 13th) in Germany, I would like to make it known that I have still not heard anything of a rematch. I don’t know whether their team have discussed opponents but I am here Felix – ready and waiting. Felix has been…
As a result of having undergone emergency gall bladder surgery the week before Christmas, WBC Super Lightweight Champion Erik “Terrible” Morales’ originally scheduled January 28 HBO World Championship Boxing televised world title defense against undefeated top contender Danny “Swift” Garcia has been rescheduled for March 24, but will still take place at Reliant Arena in…
Two Super Six World Boxing Classic fighters, former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor and consensus top-five super middleweight Andre Dirrell, took part in a media teleconference call on Wednesday to discuss their return to the ring on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation this Friday, Dec. 30, live on Showtime at 11 p.m….
Tired of being earmarked by the contenders in the 135-pound division, reigning NABF lightweight champion “Hammerin’†Hank Lundy has a direct response to the challengers questioning his credentials, specifically No. 2-ranked Dannie Williams, who threatened Tuesday to “hurt†Lundy if the two should face one another in 2012.
Super middleweight contender “Dangerous” Dyah Ali Davis (20-2-1, 9 KOs) is fighting his way out of the long shadow cast by his father, Howard Davis Jr., who captured a gold medal and was selected Outstanding Boxer of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
Undefeated WBC Middleweight Champion and the Son of the Legend, Julio Cesar Chávez Jr and Top-Five pound-for pound fighter and three-division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire will headline a world title doubleheader, Saturday, February 4, at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
The most dangerous puncher in the lightweight division, WBC Continental Americas champion Dannie Williams, sooner rather than later, plans to add the NABF belt to his growing collection.
Jake “The Snake†Smith of Baltimore Boxing Promotions and Scott Wagner’s Ballroom Boxing announced that the area’s top amateur fighters will battle the Naval Academy’s best boxers Thursday, January 26 at Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD.