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FIGHTING IRISHMEN: CELEBRATING CELTIC PRIZEFIGHTERS 1820-PRESENT EXHIBIT DOCKED AT SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2007
Name: Fighting Irishmen: Celebrating Celtic Prizefighters 1820-Present
What: The eclectic collection of boxing photography and artifacts including the
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The storied middleweight division has been rife with legendary rivalries. In the ‘40s Rocky Graziano had Tony Zale, in the ‘50s Sugar Ray Robinson, Carmen Basilio, and Gene Fullmer had each other and in the ‘60s Nino Benvenuti had Emile Griffith. However, for the past 40 years the middleweight division has endured a void …
ESPN Classic will broadcast the exclusive replay of Ricardo Mayorga’s decision over Fernando Vargas on Saturday, Dev. 1 at 8 p.m., ET. Friday night, at the Staples Center in Los Angles, Mayorga knocked down Vargas in the first and 11th rounds to capture a majority decision in a 12-round super middleweight bout.
Two judges scored …
The storied middleweight division has been rife with legendary rivalries. In the ‘40s Rocky Graziano had Tony Zale, in the ‘50s Sugar Ray Robinson, Carmen Basilio, and Gene Fullmer had each other and in the ‘60s Nino Benvenuti had Emile Griffith. However, for the past 40 years the middleweight division has endured a void …
Hard-hitting World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 11 154-pound contender James Kirkland (20-0, 17 KOs) hopes to continue his ascension to the top of the junior middleweight division when he takes on the dangerous Allen Conyers (11-2, nine KOs) Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, on ShoBox: The New Generation (live on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/PT delayed …
PROVIDENCE (November 20, 2007) – Saturday night’s scheduled “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s on In Hartford,� featuring NABF cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth� Godfrey and Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing� Williams, has been cancelled due to Pinnacle FiteNite reneging on its financial funding and television agreement.
“We regret having to cancel the show but it was out of our …
CLEVELAND (November 20, 2007) — Undefeated World middleweight champion KELLY PAVLIK was certified 100% ready to resume full training today, clearing the way for Pavlik’s first title defense against former world champion Jermain Taylor. Earlier this month, Pavlik had incurred superficial lacerations and abrasions to his hands and forearms while trying …
Fighting Irishmen: A Celebration of the Celtic Prizefighter and event sponsor Union State Bank will present “Fighters and Families,� a symposium discussing boxing families on Tuesday night, November 20th, at the South Street Seaport Museum.
The panel will include: New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Dave Anderson; author Jay R. Tunney, the son of former heavyweight …
New York-Thursday, November 15, 2007-Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, announced today the exciting Light Heavyweight match up between dangerous Philadelphian Eric “Magic 2000â€? Harding (23-4-1 7KO’s) and Brooklyn, NY’s, Shaun George (15-2-2 7KO’s) on Thursday, December 6, 2007, at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ.
In a twist of fate and opponent fall outs, long time …
Former world heavyweight contender Lou Savarese has become a partner in New York City-based Ring Promotions, joining former New York boxing commissioners, Bob Duffy and Tony Mazzarella.
Savarese was a two-time New York State Golden Gloves super heavyweight champion, winning the novice division in 1985 and defeating Alex Stewart the following year in the finals. In …
