The Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow is the venue tonight when a slimmed down James Toney faces Denis Lebedev in a fight for the interim WBA Cruiserweight championship. For Toney , this is his first venture back to the cruiserweight division in over eight years. In his last fight in that division in April, 2003…
Coachella Valley and Los Angeles-area rising stars are ready to shine on Friday night at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif., as Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to announce the entire lineup for the card featuring the middleweight showdown between former World Champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora and longtime contender Shibata Flores. The…
Day two of press conferences at La Cage Aux Sports here attracted another strong media turnout as rising Canadian junior welterweight star Pier-Olivier Côté and the more-experienced Jorge Luis Teron discussed their 12-round co-featured bout on Showtime Championship Boxing this Saturday, Nov. 5, from the Pepsi Coliseum live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed…
Undefeated heavyweight prospect “Vicious†Vincent Thompson (9-0-0, 2 KOs) puts his undefeated record on the line against Jonte “Rock Steady†Willis (8-1-1, 3 KOs) at the 84th installment of the “Battle at the Boat†professional boxing series Saturday, November 5, 2011 at the Emerald Queen Casino.
Bob Arum: We are very, very excited as we wind down to the much anticipated Manny Pacquiao – Juan Manuel Márquez fight. The promotion has been a long journey – the promotion started in September in the Philippines and along the way went to México City and then both fighters continued on in their training….
Don King hosted the final press conference today for his world championship fight card on Saturday in Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (WealthTV 8 p.m. ET/PT) in Hollywood, Fla. The main event will feature Guillermo “El Felino†Jones (37-3-2, 29 KOs) defending his WBA cruiserweight title against WBA No….
Top Rank president Todd DuBouef has recently spread the word that he would love to match Cuban phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 kos) with hard-hitting WBA lightweight champion Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios (29-0-1, 21 kos) sooner or later. “I have seen some tapes of Rios and all I can say is that Gamboa is ready…
Grind 2 Def Entertainment proudly announces the signing of an exclusive worldwide boxing advisor agreement with Fort Worth, Texas based heavyweight boxer Kendrick “The Apostle” Releford, 22-15 (10 KOs). Releford is a former WBO Latino heavyweight champion who always comes to fight and put on a good show for the boxing fans. Releford is refocused…
This past Friday night, Middleweight Ossie Duran took on undefeated Brandon Gonzales in the nationally televised main event on ShoBox: The New Generation. The fight, which took place in Duran’s home state of New Jersey, was a good fight with both combatants fighting hard.
Undefeated middleweight contender Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (25-0, 19 KOs) breaks his Los Angeles training camp Wednesday to depart for Cancun, not for a vacation but to fight live on HBO for the first time, Saturday night against Scottish southpaw Craig McEwan (19-1, 10 KOs) in Cancun, Mexico.
Rising Canadian junior welterweight star Pier-Olivier Côté will take on Jorge Luis Teron in a 12-round co-featured bout on Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday, Nov. 5, from the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz is the subject of a bi-lingual, children’s book, Hooks & Jabs, which was written by Jose-Gabriel Almeida and illustrated by Jan Michaelsy. Ruiz, who is the first and only Hispanic Heavyweight Champion of the World, wanted to tell his story; detailing the overwhelming odds he conquered to…