On Thursday, April 28, there will be a new host and co-host for the hit series “Fight Night Club,” but the stellar boxing action at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia remains the same, as local favorites Frankie Gomez and Ramon Valadez, as well as Venezuelan star on the rise Alfonso Blanco, all compete in featured bouts…
He was born into it. Grew up around and was engulfed in it. His job now has him working full-time in it, but this Friday night, Kevin Rooney Jr will experience a whole new side of professional boxing that he hasn’t before. He will make his pro-debut on the undercard of Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing…
On Saturday night April 30th at The James Shuler Memorial Gym in West Philadelphia, some of the top amateur fighters in Philadelphia will be on display as well as an exhibition featuring number-one ranked Light Heavyweight in the world Yusaf Mack will take place at the “Philadelphia Golden Gloves Remix†See the future champions of…
© Click Image for more photos by Jane Warburton Saturday night, at the MEN Arena, Manchester, Khan Promotions / Hatton Promotions and Golden Boy hosted a fight-night which featured three Title fights besides the main event. Rendall ‘2Tone’ Munroe (aka The Boxing Binman’) from Leicester, faced Belarusian – Andrei Isaeu for the WBA International Super-Bantamweight…
© Click Image for more photos by Jane Warburton Saturday night, at the MEN Arena, Manchester, Khan Promotions / Hatton Promotions and Golden Boy hosted a fight-night which also featured Craig Watson’s defence of the British Welterweight Title. Watson of Manchester faced Lee ‘Lights Out’ Purdy of Colchester. This was Watson’s first defence of the…
The Weekend was dominated by the Khan v McCloskey fight-night at Manchester’s MEN Arena, in which Khan retained his WBA Light Welterweight Title when a clash of heads and subsequent cut to McCloskey’s brow deemed Irish ‘Dudey’ unable to continue. The contest will be remembered for the angry back-flack following the decision. Khan now returns…
© Click Image for more photos by Jane Warburton On Saturday night, Martin Murray of St. Helens, retained his WBA International Middleweight Title by fourth round TKO over John Anderson Carvalho of Brazil. Murray got off to a steady start against Carvalho but it wasn’t long before he began to land his trademark body-shots. A…
WBC Silver welterweight champion and mandatory challenger Selcuk Aydin wants to fight the new WBC champion Victor Ortiz immediately. “I congratulate Victor Ortiz to his victory and I hope that he is man enough to fight me”, says Aydin. “Ortiz should not forget that he only got his shot at the title because I stepped…
Friday night in Millersville, Maryland, Chris Middendorf and United Boxers thrilled a crowd of over 1,000 Maryland fight fans with a sensational eight bout event at the Maryland Sportsplex. In the main event of the evening, Baltimore’s Russ “The Hammer†Shiflett improved to 11-0-1 (5KO’s) with a dominating shutout six round decision over Willie Chisolm,…
Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee was welcomed this past Wednesday night along with numerous world class athletes from the Houston area at the sixth annual “Gathering of Championsâ€, benefiting Houston Children’s Charities. Among the other champions of sports gathered were baseball legend Nolan Ryan, pitching great Roger Clemens, former Houston Astros Jeff Bagwell and…
Newmarket’s Light Middleweight prospect ‘Phat’ Pat McAleese gets a ‘home’ fight on Saturday 30th April when he headlines the Graham Earl-TKO Boxing Gym co-promoted ‘Return Of The Mac’ event at Tattersalls Sales Rooms in Newmarket, Suffolk. McAleese’s opponent on the 30th April is AA Lowe, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, who recently unsuccessfully challenged for the BBBofC…
This Friday night, Star Boxing and ESPN “Friday Night Fights” return to the beautiful Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT with an action-packed six bout card. Opening up the ESPN telecast will be Providence, Rhode Island’s 2007 Amateur World Champion, and 2008 US Olympian, Demetrius Andrade (12-0, 8KO’s) as he looks to continue on his quest…