IBF, WBO and IBO belts on the line…
Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko vs. Alexander Povetkin set for December 13 at SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany
New York, October 18—Two Olympic Gold Medalists will square off for the heavyweight championship! Wladimir Klitschko, the IBF, WBO and IBO world heavyweight champion, will defend his titles against IBF. no. [...]
Manfredo training in comfort zone for IBO world title fight vs. Bika
Nov. 13 at Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, live on Versus, headlining “Tough & Tested”
PROVIDENCE (October 17, 2008) – Two-time world title challenger “The Pride of Providence” Peter Manfredo, Jr., runner-up in Season One of The Contender, finds himself training at home in a [...]
Don King Brings Star-Studded Fight Card to China on Nov. 7
World Championship Boxing at Sichuan Gymnasium in Chengdu;
Heavyweights: Andrew Golota vs. Ray Austin, Jameel McCline vs. Mike Mollo;
WBC Strawweight Championship: Juan ‘El Exterminador’ Palacios vs. Teruo Misawa;
Also Appearing: Former Five-Time World Champion Marco Antonio Barrera
And Undefeated WBC No. 1-Ranked Super Lightweight Phenom Devon Alexander
CHENGDU, [...]
New York (October 16, 2008) – DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series in association with Everlast, Christos Steakhouse, Edison Ballroom, Hakata and Azad Watches, will present one of its strongest cards to date, this Wednesday, October 22 at BB King Blues Club in Times Square. In the ten-round main event, local favorite Edgar Santana, from Spanish [...]
ESPN has a newsmagazine show, like 60 Minutes. It’s called E:60. They ran a segment on Kelly Pavlik on the latest episode. Jeremy Schaap reported, and I have to say the piece, utilizing music by Bruce Springsteen (”Youngstown,” off The Ghost of Tom Joad) is rock-solid.
I throw down my two cents in the piece.
Here [...]
JULIO DIAZ IS BACK IN THE RING
ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT
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JULIO DIAZ vs. FERNANDO TREJO from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, on TeleFutura 5 p.m. PT
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Oct. 14, 2008) – Former lightweight champion Julio Diaz (35-4, 26 KOs) will spend Halloween night inside a ring as he takes on the [...]
CERVEZA TECATE IGNITES PUERTO RICO WITH AN ELECTRIFYING “SOLO BOXEO TECATE” WELTERWEIGHT ENCOUNTER
Live TV Program to Feature Power-charged Bout between Irving Garcia and Chris Smith
WHAT: The authentic bold Mexican cerveza Tecate presents another [...]
McGirt returns Nov. 11 as proven prospect
VERO BEACH, Florida (October 14, 2008) – How a pro boxer responds to adversity usually separates contenders from pretenders. Highly-regarded world middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (19-1, 9 KOs), coming off of his first career loss, passed his first major test June 25 on national television, winning a unanimous [...]
“HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY, BERNARD.
YOU’RE ABOUT TO DISCOVER THAT YOU’RE IN
OVER YOUR HEAD WITH KELLY PAVLIK!”
- Jack Loew, Pavlik’s Trainer
YOUNGSTOWN, OH (Columbus Day 2008) — Like Christopher Columbus, two-division world champion BERNARD “The Executioner” HOPKINS is about to make a new discovery, courtesy undefeated [...]
Manfredo-Bika IBO world title fight headlines “Tough & Tested”
Brewer-Bundrage IBO title eliminator in co-feature
Nov. 13 at Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, live on Versus
PROVIDENCE (October 10, 2008) – Tickets go on sale Wednesday (Oct. 15 at 10 AM/ET) for the November 13th “Tough & Tested” pro boxing show, headlined by an IBO super middleweight title [...]
