Tickets are now on sale for the NABA Junior Welterweight Championship title bout on Friday, Feb. 25 in the Rollins Center at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. For the belt, Michael “No Joke†Stewart, 46(24)-7-2 of New Castle, Del., opposes David “El Torrito†Torres, 21(13)-2-1 of Othello, Wash. The winner of this fight will be…
The consensus 2010 Fighter of the Year, Sergio “Maravilla†Martinez is gearing up for another banner campaign in 2011. It all starts on March 12 when Martinez, the recognized champion at middleweight squares off with reigning WBO junior middleweight champion, Sergiy “Razor†Dzinziruk at the MGM Grand Arena at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Hatton Promotions Box Office is selling tickets for Matthew Hatton’s showdown against Saul Alvarez at Anaheim’s Honda Center on Saturday March 5.
Maybe Odlanier Solis’ first “shots“ landed long before his WBC heavyweight championship fight against Vitali Klitschko even started. In the last couple of weeks the Cuban mandatory challenger repeatedly criticized Klitschko’s lack of respect. At today’s first press conference for the March 19th showdown at Germany’s biggest indoor arena (Lanxess Arena) in Cologne Vitali actually…
1984 Olympic Silver Medalist Kevin Barry is training a unique, talented quartet of boxers from Kazakhstan, featuring WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov, and Uzbekistan out of his gym, Team Barry Boxing, in Henderson, Nevada.
Manny “Pacman†Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs), returns to the Fight Capital of the World for the first time since 2009 when he defends his WBO welterweight title against three-division world champion and future Hall of Famer “Sugar†Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs), of Pomona, Calif. Pacquiao vs. Mosley erupts on Saturday, May 7 at MGM…
Thomas “The Hitman†Hearns was at Kronk Gym in Detroit this week for fighter media workouts before Saturday’s world championship unification at the nearby Silverdome in Pontiac between undefeated 140-pound world champions Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs), from North Palm Springs, Calif., and Devon Alexander “The Great†(21-0, 13 KOs), from St. Louis.
Showtime Networks Inc. and CBS have joined forces with Top Rank, Inc. to promote, produce and distribute the biggest boxing event of the year—the May 7th showdown between global superstar and Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao and three-division world champion “Sugar†Shane Mosley, it was jointly announced by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager,…
On February 19th, titles, bragging rights, and careers will be on the line at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre, in a card being called one of the most important in recent Canadian boxing history. And in an evening packed with significant fights, including the first title defense of NABA lightweight champion Logan Cotton McGuinness, the North American…
“Right now my concentration is on Craig McEwan!” Middleweight Andy Lee is a fighter that makes people excited to talk about, with his punching power, fan friendly style, ever increasing improvement in each bout and easy going demeanor leaves no question on why that is. So far Lee has done everything right, with the exception…
Cuban heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis arrived in Cologne, Germany, Monday morning for tomorrow’s press conference for his March 19th showdown against WBC world champion Vitali Klitschko. “It’s time for a new chapter in heavyweight history“, says promoter Ahmet Oner. “Solis will end the Klitschko era and start his own legacy.“
Former World Champion, turned promoter, Graham Earl today hinted at the possibility of a rematch, between Portsmouth’s Paul Morby and Essex’s Daniel ‘The Slick’ Cadman, after their Southern Area Super Middleweight Title clash on Saturday being declared a draw by referee Jeff Hines. Jeff Hines really had his work cut out as every round was…