Right before the weigh-in promoter Ahmet Öner changed the main event for tomorrow’s “Battle at the Baltic Sea“ again. German heavyweight contender Konstantin “Sandman“ Airich (16-2-2) will face Gbenga “Bang Bang“ Oloukun (18-6-0) instead of Levan Jomardashvili from Georgia (20-1). The last-minute replacement became necessary when unbeaten Turk Yakup Saglam (26-0) pulled out of the…
Unbeaten junior welterweight prospect Danny O’Connor will be fighting Nov. 20th on a card headlined by the fighter he has been compared to since he was an amateur boxer, Paul “The Pittsburgh Kid†Spadafora. The 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate O’Connor (13-0, 3 KOs) was supposed to fight Nov. 19 in his hometown, Framingham (MA),…
Bad news for boxing fans in Stralsund for tomorrow’s “Battle at the Baltic Sea“. Unbeaten Turkish heavyweight Yakup Saglam (26-0) had to pull out of his PABA championship bout against German contender Konstantin Airich (16-2-2). According to his trainer and manager Detlef Loritz, Saglam is down and out with fever and gastric flu. Airich will…
A former World Champion, an undefeated Cuban sensation and a trio of boxing’s most ferocious young punchers will take to the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. Saturday, Nov. 27, in separate undercard bouts leading up to the highly-anticipated Lightweight World Championship main event between Juan Manuel Marquez and Michael…
America’s leading super middleweight prospect, undefeated Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez, departed today for the United Kingdom to serve 10 days as a sparring partner for Carl “The Cobra†Froch (26-1, 30 KOs), who is preparing for his WBC title fight showdown in Showtime’s Super Eight Tournament, November 27 in Finland against Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25…
Garden State-based promoter Gary Shaw will be inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame Thursday night at an awards dinner to be held at the Venetian in Garfield, NJ. Shaw, who was inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame last year, is the president and chief executive officer of Gary Shaw Productions,…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Today, at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel in the city of Manchester, England, media gathered for the official Press Conference ahead of the David Haye v Audley Harrison Heavyweight bout in which Haye defends his WBA Heavyweight Title for a second time. The Champion – Haye…
Andre “The Matrix†Dirrell has been a highly touted prospect since his amateur days. With 231 wins, an Olympic Bronze medal in 2004, a competitor at the 2003 Pan-Am games, and two US National amateur titles, one in 2003 at middleweight the other in 2001 at featherweight it is no wonder he had promoters wanting…
catBOX’s world class boxing is back at the Cox Convention Center. Back in action are Noah Zuhdi (11-1, 10 KOs) and Eric “Danger” Fields (16-1, 14 KOs), Ron “The Iceman” Aubrey (10-2, 10 KOs), Zach McMillen (4-3, 3 KOs), plus other exciting fights.
As Bermondsey, South London’s most famous boxing son David ‘Hayemaker’ Haye enters the final stages of his preparations to defend his WBA Heavyweight World title against former Olympic Gold medalist Audley Harrison, in Manchester on the 13th November, another Bermondsey resident, Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston, prepares to begin her journey as a professional boxer with…
Although the volcanic ash cloud crisis from earlier this year may have passed a new volcanic threat is on the horizon for Irish boxing and unbeaten Cavan star, Andy Murray. The reigning Irish Lightweight champ faces the stiffest test of his carer when he takes on World number 14 Claudinei “Volcano†Lacerda on the Hunky…
Undefeated Polish heavyweight prospect Mariusz “Polski Olbrzym†Wach has been added to Friday night’s “Homecoming King†pro boxing card at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, R.I. IBO Middleweight Champion “The Pride of Providence†Peter Manfredo Jr. (35-6, 19 KOs), rated No. 11 by the IBF, headlines “Homecoming King†in a 10-round, non-title fight…