Archive for April, 2008

Countdown To Oscar/Forbes Info

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

COUNTDOWN TO DE LA HOYA-FORBES
PREMIERES SATURDAY, APR. 19 ON HBO
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
HBO Sports is presenting a thirty-minute special analyzing the upcoming HBO World Championship Boxing matchup between superstar Oscar De La Hoya and savy veteran Steve Forbes. Their showdown is …

Diaconou To Fight On KingTV

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Interim WBC Light Heavyweight Championship
Webcast Exclusively on DonKingTV.com on Saturday
Live From Bucharest, Romania
Adrian Diaconu (Romania/Canada) vs. Chris Henry (U.S.A.) in Main Event;
Plus Three More Bouts: Ion Ionut ‘Jo Jo’ Dan (Romania) vs. Raul Balbi (Argentina),
Viorel Simion (Romania) vs. Rudy Encarnacion (Spain),
And Bogdan Dinu (Romania) vs. Stephane Tessier (Canada);
Webcast Begins at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT …

Chris Byrd Foe Named

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

CHRIS BYRD VS. SHAUN GEORGE HEADLINES
FIGHT CARD AT COX PAVILION IN LAS VEGAS ON MAY 16,
TELEVISED LIVE ON ESPN’S “FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS�
Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, and UNLVtickets.com will present a sensational fight card on Friday, May 16, in the PH ring at the Cox Pavilion, which is connected to the Thomas …

Hopkins/Calzaghe On HBO

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

HBO Sports presents a light heavyweight fight six years in the making when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: BERNARD HOPKINS VS. JOE CALZAGHE is seen live SATURDAY, APRIL 19 (9:45 p.m. ET/6:45 p.m. PT) from The Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, exclusively on HBO. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING team of Jim Lampley, Max …

Arnaoutis To Be On FNF

Monday, April 14th, 2008

New York-Monday, April 14th, 2008. Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing has outdone itself as they present a terrific twin bill of matches on May 9, 2008 emanating from Ballys in Atlantic City, NJ. In the first co-main event recently crowned USBA, Jr. Welterweight champ “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis (18-2-2, 9 KO’s) making his first title …

Boston Results

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Results From Boston, Massachusetts
“Ethnic Invasion”
April 12, 2008
Featherweights
Dat Nguyen (12-1, 6 KO’s) MD 8 Robert DaLuz (10-11-2, 9 KO’s)
(76-76, 78-74, 78-74)
Middleweights
Donald Orr (12-0, 5 KO’s) UD 8 Clarence Taylor (12-15-2, 6 KO’s)
(79-73, 80-72, 80-72)
Junior Welterweights
Simeon Dunwell (6-0, 2 KO’s) UD 6 Damon Antoine (7-23-1, 3 KO’s)
(59-56, 58-57, 58-56)
Middleweights
Edwin Rodriguez (4-0, 3 KO’s) TKO 4 Jeffrey Osborne …

Tarver, Woods, Chad, Clinton Weights

Friday, April 11th, 2008

BOUT SHEET
“SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING�
GARY SHAW PRODUCTIONS, LLC and AT ENTERTAINMENT,
IN ASSOCIATION WITH FIGHT ACADEMY
APRIL 12, 2008
ST. PETE TIMES FORUM
TAMPA, FLORIDA
(12 Rds. IBO/IBF Light Heavyweight Championship)
ANTONIO TARVER VS. CLINTON WOODS
Tampa, FL Sheffield, …

Contender Off ESPN

Friday, April 11th, 2008

First it was on NBC, then ESPN.
Now “Contender” is searching for a new home.
Producer Jeff Wald is confident he’ll hook on with another net after he and ESPN could not come to terms for season four.

Bell/Adamek Live On ESPN Classic

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

TOTOWA, NJ (April 10, 2008) – On Saturday, April 19, 2008, ESPN Classic will broadcast live the 12 round IBF Cruiserweight Eliminator between Tomasz Adamek (IBF #3) and O’ Neil Bell (IBF #7), it was jointly announced today by Main Events, Ziggy Promotions, Seminole Warriors Boxing, and KnockOut Promotion. The winner of this …

Mijares Bout On PPV

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

GOMEZ PALACIO, DURANGO, Mexico (April 10, 2008) – WBC champion Cristian Mijares and WBA title-holder Alexander “El Explosivio� Munoz will fight May 17 in the first super flyweight unification title bout in more than 10 years, headlining the “Noche de Campeons� pay-per-view event live from the Auditorio Centenario in Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico.
“Noche de Campeones,â€? …