By Jim Amato Amato Boxing Author’s Note; Since this article was first published in th June 1997 issue of BOXING WORLD magazine, Harry and Ray have put any animosity behind them. “Why We Missed The Battle Of Youngstown” Let us make believe that it is 1984 again and the management of Ray Mancini decided NOT [...]
AFFLICTION M-1 GLOBAL TO HOLD LOS ANGELES PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE: “TRILOGY” FEDOR EMELIANENKO VS. JOSH BARNETT ON AUGUST 1 AT HONDA CENTER IN ANAHEIM, CA; LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW THIS THURSDAY! JUNE 4 AT 11:00am WHO: FEDOR EMELIANENKO Current WAMMA Heavyweight Champion of the World JOSH BARNETT Former UFC® Heavyweight Champ TOM ATENCIO Vice President [...]
The Hagler vs Hearns mega boxing showdown was rightly labeled “The Fight” by promoter Bob Arum as it surely turned out to be a barn burner from the onset. The fight took place on the 15th of April, 1985, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada and was for Marvin Hagler’s World Middleweight crown.
Below are the weights for the boxing portion of “Pain on Penn Street”, which is promoted by King’s Promotions. The show will be the first in Pennsylvania history to feature boxing and mixed martial arts on the same card. The MMA portion will follow the boxing action. The event will take place at Reading, Pennsylvania’s [...]
_FREE Ticket Promotion Birthdays To Be Celebrated In The Ring Roy Englebrecht Promotions announced today their latest ticket promotion called “Birthday Bash In The Ballroom”. All fight fans whose birthdays land on the night of, or the weekend of the four remaining Battle in the Ballroom Boxing shows and two remaining Fist Series MMA shows [...]
By Jim Amato Amato Boxing Who was the second best heavyweight around during the first title reign of Muhammad Ali ? A strong argument could be made for Chicago’s Ernie Terrell. Why ? Because he earned it. He was even good enough to hold the WBA version of the heavyweight title but everyone knew who [...]
LAS VEGAS (May 29, 2009) – Upon today’s announcement that Valuev-Chagaev II has been canceled, Team Ruiz is demanding an immediate purse bid in order for Valuev-Ruiz III to be held by August 30 for the World Boxing Association heavyweight title. Two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs) lost [...]
DONALD TRUMP TO HOST NEW YORK CITY PRESS CONFERENCE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCING AFFLICTION M-1 GLOBAL’S “TRILOGY” FEDOR EMELIANENKO VS. JOSH BARNETT ON AUGUST 1 AT HONDA CENTER IN ANAHEIM, CA; LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW THIS WEDNESDAY! JUNE 3 AT 11:00am Trump Tower Atrium – 25th Floor WHO: DONALD J. TRUMP, Chairman and CEO of The Trump Organization [...]
29.5.2009: After winning the UBC Lightweight title in Poland in December, David “Silent Danger” Kiilu (30-9-2, 16 KOs) will make another trip to Europe in an attempt to win his fifth championship. He will step back down to his original weightclass, featherweight, and challenge Romanian Viorel Simion (10-0, 4 KOs) for the WBC Mediterranean crown [...]
ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® UFC 99: THE COMEBACK MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization, in advance of the upcoming UFC 99: THE COMEBACK at the LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany, on Saturday, June 13, 2009, will hold a media conference call with elite former world champions Rich Franklin [...]
WEIGH IN RESULTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA Silence Mabuza – 117 lbs. Yonnhy Perez – 117.7 lbs. Today at the Durandt Gymnasium, in the outskirts of Johannesburg, Yonnhy Perez and Silence Mabuza, weighed in below the mandated bantamweight limit (118 lb.) in front of the South African commission and IBF officials. The bout, presented by Branco [...]
LAS VEGAS (May 28, 2009) – The revolutionary www.fightengine.com state-of-the-art website has picked-up steam with the registration of the first “name” fighters, David “Tank” Abbott and Jimmy Ambriz, who have challenged combat fighting legend Bob “The Beast” Sapp through the site’s “KO The Pro” section. Fight Engine is changing the way mixed-martial-arts fighters – professionals, [...]
By Mario Cabrera,jr Welcome James, to Boxingrepublic,com Mario Cabrera jr: You are fighting on Friday the 29th in Maryland against Manuel Guzman. What can you tell us about this fight & your expectations on it? James Stevenson: I heard he is a good fighter and he has never been knocked out. He has fought some tough fights [...]
Yvel wants to put Rizzo to sleep Lashley-Sapp headlines June 27MMA PPV show in Biloxi, MS BILOXI, Miss. (May 27, 2009) – Dutch knockout artist Gilbert “The Hurricane” Yvel has relocated to the United States and plans to put his June 27th opponent, 3-time UFC heavyweight title challenger Pedro “The Rock” Rizzo, to sleep in [...]
PRESS CONFERNCE WRAP-UP FROM HOUSTON “THE BEATDOWN IN H-TOWN” SET FOR THURSDAY NIGHT HOUSTON, TX (May 26, 2009) Featured fighters from this Thursday’s world class professional boxing event, “THE BEATDOWN IN H-TOWN” met with the Houston media this afternoon to discuss their upcoming bouts taking place at the Arena Theatre. “THE BEATDOWN IN H-TOWN”, is [...]
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