In a little more than 24 hours Wladimir Klitschko will try to unify all three boxing heavyweight championship belts when he takes on Sultan Ibragimov at Madison Square Garden Saturday night. But thanks to a guaranteed $500,000 donation by Klitschko to The Laureus Sport For Good Foundation, he is a winner already in the eyes …
World super middleweight challenger “The Pride of Providence� Peter Manfredo, Jr. returns to the ring March 14, headlining “Rumble at the River,� against Shane “The Irish Hitman� Benfield, in an Italian-Irish themed pro boxing show at Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
“Rumble at the River,â€? part of “The Budweiser Night at the Fightsâ€? …
ALBUQUERQUE (February 22, 2008) – The movie, “Love Ranch� directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci, is hosting a free boxing event on Monday February 25 at Tingley Coliseum on the Expo New Mexico grounds. Doors open at 7 am. Come early as seating may be limited.
Step back into the 70s, catch …
At Madison Square Garden this afternoon: Sultan Ibragimov, the WBO heavyweight titlist, weighed in first, tipping the scales at 219 pounds. Wladimir Klitschko, the IBF heavyweight belt holder, was next on the scale, and his weight was 238 pounds.
The first heavyweight unification title fight since 1999 highlights a special evening of boxing-oriented programming when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO VS. SULTAN IBRAGIMOV is seen SATURDAY, FEB. 23 (9:30 p.m. ET/ 6:30 p.m. PT) from New York’s Madison Square Garden. …
Jack Dempsey’s first trip to Nevada came as he clung to the underbelly of a train, a dangerous practice known as “riding the rodsâ€? and utilized by those too poor to purchase a ticket for one of the passenger cars. In later years, Dempsey, the heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926, returned to …
On Friday, February 29, IBF Featherweight Champion and ShoBox alum Robert “The Ghost� Guerrero (21-1-1, 1 ND, 14 KOs) will defend his title against Jason “The American Boy� Litzau (23-1, 19 KOs) on Friday, Feb. 29, live on SHOWTIME (Shobox: The New Generation, 11:00 p.m. ET/PT delayed on the west coast).
The SHOWTIME event is …
Don King will host a press conference to announce a fight card at the Scottrade Center on Thursday, March 27 featuring the pride of St. Louis: Cory Spinks and Devon Alexander. Spinks will defend his IBF junior middleweight crown opposing former three-time world champion Verno Phillips. Alexander will make the first defense of …
February 2008 — Wanda Bruce, who went from being an inspector for the Washington, D.C. Boxing Commission to promoting the first all-female show, to managing her own women fighters and making matches for other trainers, is one of 35 “day diarists” featured in the acclaimed new book, Water Cooler Diaries: Women across America Share Their …
Compliments of Mr Matheson and his fine paper…
By John Matheson
David Tua was awarded nearly $3 million in his high court battle with his former
managers in December - only for it to be taken back by the courts last week.
Sunday News can reveal Tua’s legal team had scored what seemed to be a knockout
blow on December …
