WEIGHTS FROM MOHEGAN SUN MAIN EVENT — 10 ROUNDS JOEY SPINA (25-1-1, 17 KOs), Providence, RI 176 ½ LBS. LOU DEL VALLE (36-6-1, 22 KOs), Long Island, NY 185 LBS. CO-FEATURE 10 ROUNDS HANK LUNDY (15-0-1, 9 KOs), Philadelphia, PA 136 ¾ LBS. ALDO “El Pato” VALTIERRA (25-11, 13 KOs), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico 133 ¾ [...]
by Mario Cabrera, Jr Three-time world champion Miguel Cotto breaks his Tampa training camp and heads to Las Vegas this Sunday, November 1. Cotto fans are invited to greet the champ at McCarran International Airport when he arrives at 3:55PM PT on American Airlines flight #2249. Cotto on Twitter
By Mario Cabrera, Jr THE FRISCO BOXING FIGHTS @ ROCCAPULCO ARE BACK! Special Tribute to co founders Joey Wilson & Jason JP Peterson Once again we bring you the most exciting amateur Boxing smokers in the Country. No where else will you catch an amateur Boxing event with this much excitement! Bay Riders MC , [...]
Barker ready to bite against “Mad Dog” Elcock Undefeated middleweight “Dazzling” Darren Barker will finally get the chance to add the British title to his Commonwealth crown next month when he meets former champ, Wayne “Mad Dog” Elcock for the vacant British title. The two men will clash live on ITV4 in the headline bout [...]
WORLD EXTREME CAGEFIGHTING® ANNOUNCES ANOTHER STACKED CARD IN LAS VEGAS WEC® PRESENTS: CERRONE VS. RATCLIFF PLUS, NJOKUANI VS. HORODECKI CARD TO ALSO FEATURE BOUT BETWEEN TWO TOP 10 BANTAMWEIGHTS BENAVIDEZ VS. YAHYA From The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV Saturday, Dec. 19 Tickets Go On Sale Saturday, Oct. 31 at [...]
Wanted: Fighters Fight Engine conducting talent search for Dec. shows in Europe LAS VEGAS (Oct. 30, 2009) – Fight Engine continues to change the way mixed-martial-arts promoters, managers and fighters market themselves. The revolutionary www.FightEngine.com is conducting a worldwide search for fighters to participate in two internationally staged shows set in December. FightEngine.com is not [...]
TUA PROMISES TITLE IN 2010 KUSHNER DECIDES FIRST DEFENSE ABROAD Heavyweight powerhouse David Tua, coming off his sensational 2nd round destruction of Shane Cameron, vows to win the world heavyweight title in 2010. Unfortunately, David had no time to celebrate his great victory, as he spent the days immediately following the bout honoring the loss [...]
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Beginning Nov. 15, International Boxing Organization junior welterweight title-holder Manny Pacquiao will have 60 days to decide whether he’ll defend or relinquish his championship, according to a Wednesday statement from IBO President Ed Levine. The IBO is the only sanctioning body to recognize Pacquiao as a world champion. “Manny Pacquiao was [...]
John “The Quietman” Ruiz returns Nov. 7 on Valuev-Haye PPV card LAS VEGAS (October 29, 2009) – Two-time World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz, the current WBA No. 1 rated and “official challenger,” has been matched against former IBU champion Adna “Aachen Assassin” Serin on the Nov. 7th Nicolai Valuev-David Haye [...]
MANNY PACQUIAO, FREDDIE ROACH and BOB ARUM Conference Call Transcript, (Tuesday, October 29, 2009) BOB ARUM: As we come down the home stretch here I know everybody is excited. This fight has received more attention and more interest I think than any fight in the last five or ten years. I think people are really interested [...]
KEVIN “KINGPIN” JOHNSON When Star Boxing’s undefeated heavyweight Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (22-0-1, 9KO) faces off against Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37KO) for Vitali’s WBC Heavyweight Championship belt on December 12th at the PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland, there won’t be an empty seat left in the house. The arena which holds 17,000 people has already completely [...]
JACK DAVIS, FORMER WBC EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT PASSED AWAY The World Boxing Council informs with sadness that Jack Davis, former WBC Vice-president, and NABF president from 1981 to 1982 passed away last week at the age of 83 due to pneumonia. The WBC and the NABF are sending their deepest condolences to his wife Mary, 3 [...]
Super middleweight contender Joey Gilbert will square off against Philadelphia’s Dhafir “NO FEAR” Smith in the eight round co-main event at “FRIGHT NIGHT FIGHTS” on Saturday, October 31st in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He recently took some time out to talk about his upcoming bout; future plans; and some thoughts on the mega showdown between Manny Pacquiao [...]
$25 SEATS JUST RELEASED FOR NOVEMBER 3RD “KARDASHIAN CHARITY KNOCK OUT” FIVE ACTION PACKED PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ADDED TO COMMERCE CASINO EVENT LOS ANGLES, CA (October 28, 2009) A select number of tickets priced at $25 have just been released for the “Kardashian Charity Knock Out” event set for Tuesday, November 3rd at the Commerce Casino [...]
PEREZ SAYS HE’LL COME DRESSED AS WORLD CHAMPION; KING KONG SAYS CHALLENGER NEEDS REALITY CHECK; TOP CONTENDERS ANTONIO DEMARCO, JOSE ALFARO, DAVARRYL WILLIAMSON OPEN MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, Nevada Boxing (Gold’s Gym), Las Vegas, Nevada Growing up in Colombia, Yonnhy Perez would go as a chef on Halloween, “or maybe Dracula,’’ he [...]
First Ever MMA Pro League Announced Major League Baseball has its minor leagues….the NBA has the NBA Development League, the D-League…. the NHL as its minor league hockey system….and the NFL has college football. All the major sports leagues have “feeder systems” in place, the minor leagues if you will. Now Southern California fight promoter [...]
Haye going Freaky on Valuev in WBA Heavyweight Title Fight Nov. 7 “David vs. Goliath” PPV card live from Germany HOBOKEN, N.J. (October 28, 2009) – Three-time world cruiserweight champion David “The Haymaker” Haye is excited that his “David vs. Goliath” title fight Nov. 7 against World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai “The Russian Giant” [...]
“Hammerin’” Hank Lundy Philadelphia Dreamin’ Spina-Del Valle headlines Saturday night’s “Fright Night At The Sun” at Mohegan Sun PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Oct. 27, 2009) – One of the hottest prospects on the East Coast, Philadelphia light welterweight “Hammerin’” Hank Lundy, is continuing the great “City of Brotherly Love” boxing tradition, determined to become Philly’s premier 135- [...]
DONOVAN GEORGE VS. JASON NAUGLER NOVEMBER 6TH IN CHICAGO SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT SHOWDOWN HEADLINES UIC PAVILION CARD CHICAGO, IL (October 27, 2009) Chicago fan favorite Donovan “DA BOMB” George will battle “NOTORIOUS” Jason Naugler of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the ten round main event on Friday, November 6th at the UIC Pavilion, it was announced today [...]
Bob Arum says Margarito did not know wraps were loaded!
Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito Press Conference Highlights
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Gary Shaw says Kimbo Slice is coming to boxing
Shane Mosley wants Floyd Mayweather Jr. Rematch; breaks down pacman/margarito
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