Archive for September, 2008

Regarding Pacman’s Title

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Armando Santa Cruz of the United States will fight Antonio Pitalúa of Mexico tonight in Monterrey, México, in a WBC lightweight final elimination bout to determine the division’s mandatory challenger. The fight is being promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, and is the first [...]

Oscar/Pacquiao Tix Info

Friday, September 19th, 2008

TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR
DE LA HOYA vs. PACQUIAO
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 at 10 A.M. PT
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (September 19, 2008) – Tickets to “The Dream Match” — the 12-round welterweight super fight between six-division world champion OSCAR DE LA HOYA and boxing’s No. [...]

UFC Fundraiser Is Planned

Friday, September 19th, 2008

New York, NY, September 19, 2008 – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® and Spike TV have joined forces to present “UFC Fight For The Troops™”, a special three-hour live televised event on Wednesday, December 10 starting at 9:00 PM, ET to raise funds to build a treatment center for the brave men and women in the [...]

NY Hvywt Title Up For Grabs Sept. 26

Friday, September 19th, 2008

NEW YORK CITY (September 19, 2008) – Long Island bragging rights will be on the line September 26, when New York State heavyweight champion Darrell Madison squares off against Elfair “The Wyandanch Warrior” McKnight, in the six-round co-feature on “Havoc At The Hilton.”
Polish power punching light middleweight Pawel “Raging Bull” Wolak (21-1, 14 KOs) headlines [...]

Urango vs. Ngoudjo For IBF 140 Title

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Montréal, September, 18, 2008 : After dropping a controversial decision in his first attempt at a world title, Montreal’s Hermann Ngoudjo (17-2-0, 9 KO’s) will get a second crack at boxing glory, this time against former world champion Juan Urango (20-1-1, 16 KO’s), for the now vacant IBF Junior Welterweight [...]

Diaz Out Of Coma

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Two months after being rendered comatose in a televised bout against Delvin Rodriguez, San Antonio welterweight Oscar Diaz is awake and breathing on his own, reports ESPN’s Dan Rafael.
“He’s opening his eyes and showing improvement. He is off the ventilator and breathing on his own,” a spokesman said to ESPN.
“It’s very exciting to see [...]

Quillin, Hearns Win In NH

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

RESULTS FROM MANCHESTER, NH
September 17, 2008 – “The Maul In Manchester”
7th annual Fight To Educate
Verizon Arena
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Hajro Sujak (2-0, 1 KO), Bronx, NY WTKO1 (0:37) Daren Graham (1-3, 1 KO), Conklin, KY
MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Peter Quillin (20-0, 15 KOs), Brooklyn, NY WTKO10 (1:50) Sam Hill (17-9-1, 10 KOs), St. Louis, MO [...]

Watch This Fight! Tsurkan/Angulo

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

On Saturday October 4th Andrey Tsurkan (26- 3, 17KO) will go to battle against undefeated prospect Alfredo Angulo (13-0, 10KO). The Tsurkan vs. Angulo bout is scheduled for 10 rounds in the jr. middleweight division and will be part of that evenings HBO Boxing After Dark’s special edition triple header.
TSURKAN TRAINING CAMP NOTES
Andrey
Tsurkan has had [...]

Couture/Lesnar Tix Info

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

UFC ANNOUNCES TICKETS ON SALE FOR
UFC 91: COUTURE vs. LESNAR
“THE NATURAL” COUTURE vs. BROCK LESNAR
UFC® WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 2008
LIVE FROM MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA
Tickets on Sale Saturday, Sept. 20 at 11am PT
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) today announced that tickets for what is expected to be the [...]

Kevin Johnson Calls Out Haye

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

WBA #7 heavyweight Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (20-0-1, 7KO) fresh off his 5th round destruction of former heavyweight champion of the world Bruce Seldon (38-7, 34KO) was left speechless, a very uncommon occurrence for the colorful Johnson, upon hearing that fellow top 10 heavyweight contender David Haye (21- 1, 20KO) was still looking for an opponent [...]