Deepest condolences to Bob Arum and his family on the passing of Bob’s sister, Sari Rosenbaum, 76, of Portland, Conn., who passed away Friday morning after battling cancer. Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 11 at Congregation Adath Israel (8 Broad St., at Church St., Middletown, Conn. 06457), beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sari is…
All of the “Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” fighters will make their only appearance together for the “Star Power Star-Studded Photo-Op” at 5 Towers on Universal Studios CityWalk in Universal City, Calif on Monday, September 12 at 5PM. The event will kick-off fight week activities for the mega-event which is taking place at MGM Grand…
Unbeaten NABF Featherweight Champion Amanda “The Real Deal†Serrano steps-up one weight class for her first world title fight, when she takes on WIBF Inter-Continental lightweight titlist Kimberly Connor in a 10-round bout for the vacant IBF Female junior lightweight title, Saturday night at home in Brooklyn’s Aviator Sports Complex. “It’s wonderful,†Amanda remarked about…
On Thursday afternoon, the media gathered at Club 1849 in the SoHo section of New York City for the final press conference before Saturday night’s big fight card at The Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York. In the main event, Amanda Serrano will take on Kimberly Connor for the IBF Super Featherweight championship. Undefeated…
Give Vincent “Vinsanity†Arroyo (11-1, 7 KOs ) a brutally cold Buffalo winter day to train and he’s as happy as can be. The 24-year-old explained why and answered other questions just days before his 10-round welterweight fight against Hector “El Flaco†Sanchez (19-1, 9 KOs) on ShoBox: The New Generation, Friday, Sept. 9 live…
Champion Myriam Lamare of France and challenger Lely Luz Florez of Columbia made weight for their WBF Womens Light Welterweight title bout which takes place tomorrow night at Stade de l’Est in Saint Denis on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean. WBF Women’s Light Welterweight Championship, 10 rounds Myriam Lamare: 63.4 Kg…
The Malta Boxing Commission announced today that Marianne Marston and Clayton Vella are the first to be issued professional boxer licenses by the Republic of Malta professional boxing sanctioning organisation. On announcing the first boxers licensed by the Malta Boxing Commission President Alexander Zammit said, “It is with pleasure that I am able to announce…
Former WBU/WBF Featherweight Champion Choi Tseveenpürev is set to headline Spencer Fearon’s Hard Knocks Boxing Promotions latest offering ‘This is Hard Knocks’, which takes place at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday 7th October 2011 and broadcast live on Premier Sports. Choi won his first Crown, the vacant WBF, in 2006, with a…
The night before the biggest boxing event of 2011, the welterweight championship bout between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and “Vicious” Victor Ortiz, the “Star Power” weekend will get into gear during the September 16 edition of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” which will also air live on Fox Sports Network from the Dallas Events Center in the…
Throughout the history of boxing, generations of family members have come together to watch the sweet science. Whether it was fathers and sons watching fights together or grandfathers buying tickets to take their grandsons to stadiums or arenas, the sport has always been a family affair. Now, with top pay-per-view events being televised live nationwide,…
WBO Inter-Continental Welterweight Champion Frankie Gavin has upped sticks and moved to London, where he will be coached by the world renowned father and son coaching team Jimmy and Mark Tibbs at the Trad TKO Boxing Gym in Canning Town. By making the move the former Amateur World Lightweight Champion once again links up with…
Fans are invited to attend the official weigh-in for Jimmy Lange Boxing this Friday, September 9, Noon at Brion’s Grille in Fairfax, VA. The popular restaurant, located across from the Patriot Center site of Saturday night’s Championship Boxing event, offers the area’s best, all-you-can-eat lunch buffet for only $8.95 per person. Come catch the action…