Archive for February, 2009

Saturday HBO Card Details

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

HBO SPORTS SERVES UP A DOUBLEHEADER OF FURIOUS ACTION WHEN
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®: JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ VS.
JUAN DIAZ AND CHRIS JOHN VS. ROCKY JUAREZ
IS SEEN LIVE SATURDAY, FEB. 28 ON HBO
HBO Sports presents a doubleheader of furious ring action when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: [...]

Good News For Oscar Diaz

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Oscar Diaz has been discharged from University Hospital in San Antonio and has been moved to a local rehabilitation facility. “He’s doing remarkably well compared to when we first saw him,” stated neurosurgeon Dr. David Jimenez as quoted by the San Antonio Express News. “He’s totally alert. He’s awake, smiles and gives the ‘thumbs up’ [...]

Prospect Danny O On FNF

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (February 23, 2009) – In only his fourth professional fight, 2008 U.S. Olympic first alternate Danny O’Connor makes his national television debut Friday night in the opening bout on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights against light welterweight Jamar Saunders (2-1-1, 1 KO) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The 23-year-old [...]

Lightweights Headline GBoy PPV

Friday, February 20th, 2009

GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS PRESENTS
“LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHTNING”
PAY-PER-VIEW EXTRAVAGANZA
TO TAKE PLACE APRIL 4TH IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
SEVEN FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS FEATURED
ON UNPRECEDENTED LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION EVENT
300 WINS, 220 KNOCKOUTS, 7 WORLD CHAMPIONS,
8 FIGHTERS, 4 FIGHTS, ONE NIGHT
LOS ANGELES, February 20, 2009 – Perhaps the most talent rich division in boxing, the lightweight class, will be on center stage at the [...]

Peter/Chambers Set For March 27

Friday, February 20th, 2009

EDDIE CHAMBERS
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OPPORTUNITY MOTIVATION FOR BOTH TOP WORLD RANKED FIGHTERS ON MARCH 27 AT
NOKIA THEATRE L.A. LIVE
Los Angeles, CA (February 19, 2009) – Big time heavyweight boxing will be played out on March 27 when #3 World-ranked contender Eddie Chambers and #5 World-ranked and former WBC World Heavyweight Champion Sam Peter collide in a [...]

Abraham Wants Pavlik

Friday, February 20th, 2009

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***King Arthur´s sole birthday wish: A unification fight against Pavlik***
Undefeated IBF middleweight champion King Arthur Abraham and manager Wilfried Sauerland today admitted their surprise at Jack Loew´s most recent remarks in the press. Kelly Pavlik´s trainer had told reporters that his camp has yet to receive a response from Team Sauerland regarding a potential unification [...]

“Here To Take Your Heart, Belt Away”

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES:
TIMOTHY BRADLEY AND KENDALL HOLT MEET IN MONTREAL TO PROMOTE THEIR UPCOMING UNIFICATION BOUT ON SHOWTIME
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING—Live at 10:45 p.m. ET/PT
From The Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada
MONTREAL (Feb. 19, 2009) – On Wednesday, February 18, Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley and Kendall “Rated R” Holt met at the historic Bell [...]

Final Pavlik, Rubio Quotes

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

PAVLIK and RUBIO PROMISE
PAY-PER-VIEW FIREWORKS!
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO (February 19, 2009) – Wall-to-wall media at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, including two network affiliate television crews broadcasting live, attended today’s final news conference hosted by World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK of Youngstown, his [...]

Adamek To Get RING Belt

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Tomasz “Goral” Adamek will be presented with the Ring Belt championship this Saturday, February 21, at 2pm, at Breadman Café, 5601 Tonnelle Avenue, North Bergen, NJ.
Tomasz Adamek is the fourth cruiserweight world champion, since the new Ring championship policy was instituted in 2002 to receive this honor. Adamek follows Jean-Marc Mormeck, who won the world [...]

Povetkin To Meet Estrada

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Alexander Povetkin (16-0, 12 KOs), mandatory challenger of IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, will take a final warm-up fight on April 4 when he faces Jason Estrada (15-1, 3 KOs) in Dusseldorf. The 29-year-old was scheduled to fight Klitschko in December 2008 but an ankle injury forced him to postpone the hotly anticipated showdown. The [...]