On Wednesday night September 14th, Gulfstream Boxing Promotions and Gabe LaConte will present the second installment of the Wednesday Night Fights Series at the Robert Treat Hotel in downtown Newark. In the main event, Michael Torres of Jersey City, New Jersey will take on Mark Alexander in an eight round Jr. Welterweight bout. Torres has…
After catching a glimpse of David Diaz in person for the first time, “Hammerin’†Hank Lundy left Thursday’s weigh-in deathly afraid – not for his own well-being, but for that of his opponent. “He’s small!†Lundy said after weighing in at 134.6 pounds in advance of his NABF lightweight title defense against Diaz Friday, Aug….
On Friday August 19, Golden Boy Promotions and Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing are teaming up to present the latest installment of the “Punchin at the Paradise” fight series. The card, which will be broadcast live on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” will be headlined by Newark’s undefeated prospect Michael “The Artist” Perez (13-0-1, 7KO’s) taking on…
Just a little over two weeks remain before the hottest fight of the summer when WBA Super Lightweight Champion Marcos “El Chino” Maidana and WBA and WBO Interim Lightweight Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero square off in a 12-round battle for Maidana’s title on August 27 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. which…
In what should be his toughest fight to date, undefeated welterweight Todd “White Lightning†Wilson (10-0, 3 KOs) will face former world champion Eric “Mighty Mouse†Aiken (16-7-1, 12 KOs) in a six-round contest on the September 10 Jimmy Lange Boxing card at the Patriot Center.
ESPN’s Friday Night Fights will close out the 2011 season from Hammond, Ind. on August 19 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com when undefeated junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade (13-0, 9 KOs) and Grady “Bad Boy†Brewer (28-12, 16 KOs) meet in the 10-round main event. The card is presented by Banner…
London based Dutch Cruiserweight prospect Mitchell Balker is back in action this coming Friday, when he faces tough Blackpool based Slovakian Richard Turba at the Robert Waterman Promotions event at the Tower Circus in Blackpool. Balker will be looking to put on a top class performance, against Turba, in preparation for his upcoming challenge for…
Live world championship boxing returns to Epix when undefeated 2004 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Alexander Povetkin and former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev square-off for the vacant WBA heavyweight title, Saturday, August 27th. Presented by Sauerland Event, the live broadcast will emanate from Erfurt, Germany.
Matty Askin spends more than three hours a day stuck in his car, but reckons the boredom is worth it. He makes a 125 mile round trip every day from his hometown of Blackpool to Hyde – where he trains at Hatton Health and Fitness. Askin, who has won all ten professional fights, hopes to…
WBA Super Middleweight Champion Andre Ward and WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch will embark on a three-city international press tour to formally announce the most important fight of their careers, The Super Six World Boxing Classic Final, a World Championship Unification, live on Showtime, Saturday, Oct. 29 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the…
Newly crowned NABA and NABF Middleweight Champion, Andy Lee (26-1, 19KOs) is confident of beating Brian Vera (19-5, 12KOs) in their rematch on October 1st at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Vera is the only boxer to have defeated the Kronk fighter in his 5 year professional career. Vera from Austin, Texas holds…
On Saturday night, September 10th, undefeated Super Middleweight Joel Castillo will headline an big night of boxing that will be promoted by Rob Diaz’ Havoc Boxing Promotions that will take place at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn.