Fireworks will fly during Mexican Independence Day weekend in Las Vegas, Nev., when two-division world champions Juan Manuel Lopez and Rafael Marquez collide for Lopez’s WBO featherweight title, Saturday, September 18, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The 12-round world title tilt will be televised live on Showtime Championship Boxing. These two warriors boast a…
USBA junior middleweight champion Derek ‘Pooh’ Ennis and challenger ‘King’ Gabriel Rosado both spoke with confidence Monday evening at the final press conference for their all-Philly showdown on Friday, July 30, at the Arena in South Philadelphia. An overflow crowd at Champps Americana restaurant on Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia—less than one mile from the…
Jimmy Burchfield, President of Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc., categorically denied reports issued today that lightweight prospect “Hammerin’†Hank Lundy (18-1-1, 10 KOs) is a promotional free agent. “He is not a free agent and promoters shouldn’t be speaking with him or his team,†Burchfield explained. “CES turned him pro and we have completely and…
Yesterday was another “consecutive day” in camp for heavyweight world contender Chris Arreola, a training camp which he and his trainer Henry Ramirez are taking a “one day at a time” approach. This training streak reminds Ramirez of the hard work Arreola put in during the early stages of his career, beginning each morning with…
WBO No. 2 rated heavyweight David “Tuamanator†Tua complained about a sore left shoulder during several training sessions leading up to his July 17th 12-round draw against former world title challenger Monte “Two Gunz†Barrett in Atlantic City. However, when asked about it by his trainer, Roger Bloodworth, David said he was okay to fight….
© Chris Farina – Top Rank Undefeated WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez and two-division world champion Rafael Marquez the pride of Puerto Rico and México, respectively, hosted a News Conference Luncheon announcing their highly anticipated world featherweight title fight on Tuesday in the Gold Ballroom at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles.
With G&P Fitness and Boxing Center officially opened, President and CEO Mike Brestle is continuing his quest to make a difference in the community of Atlantic City as well as the boxing and fitness industries. With a brand new state of the art boxing and training facility, located squarely in the heart of Atlantic City,…
© Rumble Time Promotions, Bob Barton Junior middleweight contender Deandre “The Bull†Latimore went back to work this past Saturday night in his hometown of St. Louis, tearing into veteran Darien Ford, dropping him three times in the second round before referee Steve Smoger stopped the bout at the 2:46 mark of the third round…
8 Count Productions in association with Vega Boxing have announced that ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights will return to Chicago on Friday, August 6th at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. “We’re very excited to work with Denis Benoit and the Vega Boxing team and our friends at ESPN to bring an outstanding event to the sports fans of…
This Friday night in the main event on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”, IBF #3 rated welterweight contender, Delvin Rodriguez (25-4-2, 14KO’s) takes on Ashley Theophane (26-4-1, 7KO’s) in a ten round welterweight contest. The co-feature bout of the evening features a sizzling ten round super middleweight showdown, between up and coming prospect, Donovan “Da Bomb”…
Click the above Image for more Photos Yesterday at the lobby of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, the fighters featured in Saturday’s pay-per-view event made their grand arrivals. The festive mood complete with a mariachi band was highlighted by the arrival of main event fighters Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz and Juan Manuel Marquez. The…
TKO Boxing Promotions was founded two years ago. Between then and now we have signed some wonderful fighters, done forty six shows and crisscrossed the United States trying to build the fighters and the company. Unfortunately, we ran into some financial problems that have set us back considerably, hurt our relationships with many fighters and…