Boxing fans were left disappointed last week by the announcement that the WBC super featherweight title bout between Juan Manuel Marquez and Rocky Juarez was called off due to a Marquez injury, but thanks to some quick work by Golden Boy Promotions and SHOWTIME, this championship bout has been quickly rescheduled - along with the …
VERO BEACH, Florida (September 16, 2007) – Two weeks into his first training camp in Vero Beach with new trainer James “Buddy� McGirt, Irish heavyweight champion Kevin “The Clones Colossus� McBride is even more confident of beating Andrew Golota in their October 6 crossroads fight at Madison Square Garden.
“The big difference so far is Buddy …
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® today announced the remaining lineup of fights for the upcoming UFC 76: KNOCKOUT featuring former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck “The Icemanâ€? Liddell vs. “The Dean of Meanâ€? Keith Jardine. Also on the card are exciting match-ups between Lyoto Machida vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura; Tyson Griffin vs. Thiago Tavares; Diego Saraiva vs. …
Rivera Promotions
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Sept. 14, 2007 Phone: (508) 864-6954
RIVERA PROMOTIONS RELUCTANTLY POSTPONES SHOW
WORCESTER, Mass. – Rivera Promotions reluctantly announces it has indefinitely postponed its boxing event planned for Sept. 21, due to unexpected conflicts with the Massachusetts Boxing Commission, which sanctions boxing events …
Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) has signed former world No. 1 heavyweight contender “Baby� Joe Mesi (35-0, 28 KOs) to an exclusive, multi-year promotional contract, CES president Jimmy Burchfield officially announced today.
The 33-year-old Mesi, the pride of Buffalo, will fight Shannon “Troubleâ€? Miller (15-3, 9 KOs) on October 12 in the 10-round main …
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing announced today that the NYSAC reversed the “No-Contest” decision that was declared after the Delvin Rodriguez 21- 2-1 (12KO’s) vs Keenan Collins 12-3-1 (8KO’s) bout. The result has been thus changed to a Rodriguez TKO victory. Although punches caused the cut, referee Eddie Claudio called it an accidental head butt. The …
New York- Friday September 14, 2007. Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing announced today that the 12 round IBF Welterweight Championship title fight between Jesse Feliciano 14-5-3 (8KO’s) and Champion Kermit Cintron 28-1 (26KO’s) is back on the under card of the rescheduled Fernando Vargas- Ricardo Mayorga card November 23, from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. …
Boxing films have been an important part of the sports movie genre for generations. Classics such as “On the Waterfront,” “Requiem for A Heavyweight,” “Raging Bull,â€? and the Rocky classics, and more recently “Million Dollar Baby” and “Cinderella Man, have depicted the Sweet Science and compelling stories on the big screen.
And so, …
Fresh off of his thoroughly dominating performance at the US Boxing Trials, where he qualified for the 2008 United States Boxing Team, amateur boxing star Demetrius “Boo Boo� Andrade has shifted his sights on the AIBA Men’s World Championships, October 23-November 3, at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
Andrade, the No. 1 rated welterweight in …
After a 15-year successful boxing career, Kahren Harutyunyan, former NABO Jr. Bantamweight Champion, proudly announces the formation of Art of Boxing Promotions. The inaugural show, billed as “WARNER CENTER WAR”, is scheduled for November 2 in Warner Center Marriott, in Woodland Hills, California.
After Kahren Harutyunyan graduated UCLA in 2006 and completed Fight Promoter University …
