Bob Duffy’s Ring Promotions and Frankie G. Productions will present another sensational card at the historic Plattduetsche Park restaurant in Franklin Square, Long Island, New York, on Friday, February 16, 2007, beginning at 7:00 P.M.
Former featherweight champion of the world Scott Harrison, 29, has been arrested on drugs charges in Glasgow, Scotland.
On Saturday, March 3, HBO’s World Championship Boxing will feature Colombia’s hard-hitting undefeated middleweight Edison “Pantera” Miranda returns to action rising star Allan “Sweetness” Green.
On this day in 1914, Arnold Raymond Cream was born in Merchantville, New Jersey. In 1930, he turned professional, honoring his idol and his home state, and became Jersey Joe Walcott.
On Friday, February 16, at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California, heavyweights Timor Ibragimov and Tony Thompson get it on to determine which fighter moves to the front of the line.
The waves continue to ripple with the news that Freddie Roach will train Oscar De La Hoya for his May 5 showdown with Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather.
Laila Ali, in Johannesburg, South Africa, for her February 3 super middleweight title bout against Guyanan Gwendolyn O’Neil, told Reuters that Nelson Mandela, the 88-year-old anti-apartheid superhero who brought white rule on the dark continent to its knees, reminds her of her father.
On this day in 1948, Miguel Canto was born in Merida, Mexico. The slick fighter is one of the most successful flyweight champions in history.
Manchester’s Hitman Ricky Hatton has heard and read what some of his critics have said and written about his declining powers based on his sub-par performance in his last fight against Juan Urango in Las Vegas, but the IBF junior welterweight champ begs to differ.
Former world champion Kostya Tszyu is preparing for one final fight before retiring and is fielding offers for a potential title fight.
