FLORIDA BOXING HALL OF FAME, INC.
PRESS RELEASE
INAUGURAL CLASS OF 2009 INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED
Tampa, Florida - May 22, 2009 - The Florida Boxing Hall of Fame has announced the inaugural class of 2009 inductees. Living inductees include: heavyweight champion Pinklon Thomas, three division world champion Wilfredo Vazquez Sr., longtime middleweight contender Florentino Fernandez, trainer/manager Angelo Dundee, Steve [...]
“Stan The Man”Added To Historic GLENDALE GLORY Show on June 12th
Glendale, California (May 22, 2009) – Undefeated former amateur star Stan “The Man” Martyniouk (6 wins, no losses) has been added to the historic GLENDALE GLORY boxing show on Friday, June 12, 2009 at the Glendale Civic Auditorium.
“Stan The Man” is coming off a [...]
RESULTS FROM TWIN RIVER
Lincoln, Rhode Island
May 22, 2009 – “Rage At The River”
CRUISERWEIGHTS
Jay Holland (2-0, 1 KO), Providence, RI WDEC4 (40-35, 40-35, 40-35) Chris Boykins (0-4), Orlando, [...]
DEVON ALEXANDER VS JUNIOR WITTER FOR
WBC SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Don King Productions, Inc. and Hennessy Sports informed the WBC that they have reached an agreement to stage the Devon Alexander vs. Junior Witter fight for the vacant WBC super lightweight world championship on [...]
PAUL SPADAFORA
TO FIGHT IN PITTSBURGH!
UNDEFEATED FORMER WORLD CHAMPION
HEADLINES JUNE 24 CARD AT
AMPHITHEATRE at STATION SQUARE
Tickets Go On Sale Tuesday, May 26
PITTSBURGH (May 21, 2009) — Promoter Michael Acri announced today that Wednesday, June 24 would be the new date for the ring return of former IBF [...]
A MEXICAN ICON LOOKS TO ADD TO HIS LEGEND ON JULY 18TH
TICKETS FOR MAYWEATHER VS. MARQUEZ:
“NUMBER ONE/NUMERO UNO”
GO ON SALE TOMORROW, FRIDAY, MAY 22!
LOS ANGELES, MAY 21 - For years, Juan Manuel Marquez toiled in the shadow of fellow countrymen Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales, even though boxing aficionados knew just how good the [...]
The World Boxing Council wishes to recognize the career of the great boxer from the USA, Vernon Forrest.
Forrest has been associated with the WBC since 1997, when he became the WBC Continental Americas welterweight champion, then won the WBC-affiliated NABF championship, which he [...]
UNDERCARD FEATURES UNDEFEATED WORLD CLASS PROSPECTS IN DANNY GARCIA, TWINS CARLOS AND JUAN VELASQUEZ, ASHANTI JORDAN AND ELOY PEREZ
Casey and Robert
LOS ANGELES, MAY 20 - The pride of Gilroy, California, former two-time world featherweight champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, returns to HP Pavilion at San Jose on June 12th to fight in front of [...]
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (May 20, 2009) – WORLD-FAMOUS FREDDIE ROACH, star of ring, gym and weight loss supplements (www.FightingFit.com), will join ESPN’s Brian Kenny in the studio for “ESPN Friday Night Fights,” This Friday! May 22, on ESPN2, beginning at 9 p.m. ET [...]
***ALLAN GREEN CALLS OUT CHAD DAWSON!!***
New York (May 19, 2009) – After learning of IBF and IBO light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson’s interest in moving down to 168 pounds, Allan Green’s mouth began to water. Now that Dawson has taken care of business by winning a second unanimous decision over Antonio Tarver, Allan Green [...]
