LAS VEGAS – July 23, 2008 – For the third year in a row, ESPN Radio 1100 AM will host “The Longest Radio Show Ever” to benefit The Caring Place, a charitable organization which provides services, free of charge, for the mind, body and soul of those touched by cancer. The radio show, to be [...]
TOTOWA, NJ (July 22, 2008) – WBC/IBF #4 ranked jr. middleweight contender Joel Julio will headline an August 13, 2008, fight card from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Julio will battle Nicaraguan veteran Jose Varela in a 10 round [...]
ERIE,PA — (July 22, 2008) — Unbeaten former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora (41-0-1) has cleared another hurdle in his comeback bid. Spadafora who underwent knee surgery June 3rd at Sharon Regional Health Systems Hospital in Sharon, PA, returned to the gym yesterday, Monday, July 21. [...]
Joe Calzaghe injured his right wrist while training, forcing postponement of his Sept. 20 defense against Roy Jones Jr. at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Joe C hurt his right wrist punching the heavy bag.
The bout may go on in November instead.
Jones (52-4, 38 KOs) should not be too surprised by this development; Calzaghe (45-0, [...]
LAS VEGAS (July 22, 2008) – Two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (43-7-1, 29 KOs), rated No. 2 by the WBA, travels to Germany once again to fight the 7-0, 320-pound giant who took his title belt 2 ½ years ago, No. 1 contender Nikolai Valuev (48-1, 34 KOs), on August [...]
Junior middleweight James Moore ready for return to the ring against Lloyd Christian Joseph at B.B. Kings on Wednesday, August 6.
The popular junior middleweight James Moore, 15-1 (10 KOS), a native of County Wicklow, Ireland, who fights of Queens, New York, will face the battle-tested veteran Lloyd Christian Joseph, 12-6-3 (5 KOS), in an 8 [...]
The Battle! Cotto v Margarito
JOEL CASAMAYOR DEFENDS WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST FORMER TWO-DIVISION
WORLD CHAMPION JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 AT THE MGM GRAND
LIVE ON HBO PAY-PER-VIEW
Los Angeles, July 15, 2008 – Mexico celebrated its independence from Spain on the historic date of September 16, 1810 and over [...]
JULY 16, 2008
TONEY vs RAHMAN
PECHANGA RESORT & CASINO
TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA
(12 Rd NABO Heavyweight Championship Bout)
JAMES “LIGHTS OUT? TONEY
Grand Rapids, MI
(70-6-3, 43KOs)
Former Middle, Super Middle,
Light Heavy Cruiser and Heavyweight Champion of the World
226 lbs. VS
HASIM “THE ROCK? RAHMAN
Baltimore, MD
(45-6-2, 36KOs)
Former 2-Time Heavyweight Champ
244 lbs.
Toney is the lightest he’s been since he weighed in at 217 versus [...]
Andy Lee has been handed an acid test as he looks to bounce back from the first defeat of his career when he headlines the next Ladbrokes.com Fight Night in his native Limerick on July 19th.
Lee will face Philadelphia puncher Willie “The Gladiator? Gibbs and the American is predicting a nightmare return to the University [...]
