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Kauffman, Cintron Dominate in Allentown, PA

Kauffman, Cintron Dominate in Allentown, PA

Kauffman, Cintron Dominate in Allentown, PA
Both Take Decisions Over Resilient Foes

Allentown, PA (2-28-10) – Two of Reading, PA’s native sons made their triumphant returns to the ring last night as Travis Kauffman and Jason Cintron scored dominant wins over their opponents at the Rodeway Inn & Conference Center in Allentown, PA. King’s Promotions, who promoted [...]

February 28 2010 | Posted in Buzz, Fight Reports | Read More »

Vazquez Jr. KO’s Sonsona, Wins WBO Super Bantamweight Title

Vazquez Jr. KO’s Sonsona, Wins WBO Super Bantamweight Title

By: Michael Seiler, BOXING LEDGER
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (18-0-1, 15 KO’s) captured the WBO super bantamweight title by defeating Marvin Sonsona (14-1-1, 12 KO’s) via fourth round knockout. The 25-year-old Vazquez improved in each round, landing sharp, accurate left hooks and right hands. Sonsona, 19, who moved up two weight classes, could not stop Vazquez from [...]

February 28 2010 | Posted in Buzz, Fight Reports | Read More »

PRINCE ARRON CROWNED PRIZEFIGHTER KING

PRINCE ARRON CROWNED PRIZEFIGHTER KING

PRINCE ARRON CROWNED PRIZEFIGHTER KING
PRINCE Arron has been crowned the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights Champion.
Arron, 22, clinched the £32,000 top prize with a thrilling victory over Brett Flournoy in the final of Barry Hearn’s latest Prizefighter event at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, east London.
Droylsden-based Arron floored Flournoy in the third round of the final [...]

February 27 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

MARCH 6 UNDERCARD – MOHEGAN SUN

MARCH 6 UNDERCARD – MOHEGAN SUN

Alexander vs. Urango
Super Lightweight world Championship Unification
Saturday, March 6, 2010 ? HBO Boxing After Dark
WBC USNBC Heavyweight Championship
Leads March 6 Undercard at Mohegan Sun

WBC USNBC Heavyweight Champion Derric Rossy
Defends Belt Opposing Rugged Spoiler Zack Page;
Also appearing:  Undefeated Cruiserweight Ryan ‘The Irish Outlaw’ Coyne,
Jr. Welterweight Steve Forbes, and undefeated [...]

February 26 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

Exclusive Interview with Ken & Shawn Porter

Exclusive Interview with Ken & Shawn Porter

By DeBorah Bowen/Mario Cabrera, Jr
Middleweight prospect Shawn Porter; now 13-0 after his unanimous decision over Russell Jordan on February 19th in his home town at the Wolstein Center Cleveland, Ohio, took some time out yesterday evening to speak exclusively with the Boxing Republic in a 1 on 1 phone interview. During the interview yesterday evening [...]

February 26 2010 | Posted in Buzz, Interviews, Opinions | Read More »

Pryce: I will leave others feeling sick this time

Pryce: I will leave others feeling sick this time

Pryce: I will leave others feeling sick this time

Bradley Pryce aims to leave his rivals sick in the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights at the York Hall in Bethnal Green tonight (Friday) after admitting he deliberately vomited before a bout last year in order to make the weight.
The Welshman insists he was not suffering from bulimia a year [...]

February 26 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

Strikeforce Challengers/SHOWTIME Weigh-In Pics & Quotes

Strikeforce Challengers/SHOWTIME Weigh-In Pics & Quotes

SARAH KAUFMAN, TAKAYO HASHI, TREVOR PRANGLEY,
KARL AMOUSSOU, LUKE ROCKHOLD, PAUL BRADLEY
AND STRIKEFORCE: CHALLENGERS FIGHTERS
SELECTED FINAL QUOTES AND WEIGHTS

Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010,
Hilton San Jose, San Jose, California

STRIKEFORCE: Challengers ON SHOWTIME®
Friday, Feb. 26, 2010; Telecast Begins at 11 p.m. ET/PT

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The 24 mixed martial arts fighters all [...]

February 26 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

MIKAEL ZEWSKI PRO DEBUT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN AUGUSTA, GA!!

MIKAEL ZEWSKI PRO DEBUT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN AUGUSTA, GA!!

MIKAEL ZEWSKI PRO DEBUT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN AUGUSTA, GA!!
CANADIAN AMATEUR SENSATION GUIDED BY CAMERON DUNKIN
AUGUSTA, GA (February 25, 2010) This Saturday night in Augusta, Georgia, home of the late, legendary soul singer, James Brown, fight fans at the Bell Auditorium will have an opportunity to witness a future star in boxing as former Canadian [...]

February 26 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

EFREN “ALACRAN” TORRES PASSED AWAY!!

EFREN “ALACRAN” TORRES PASSED AWAY!!

MOURNING IN BOXING:
EFREN “ALACRAN” TORRES
PASSED AWAY!!
Misfortune keeps hitting our sport. Today we received the unfortunate news of the passing away of Efren “Alacran” (Scorpion) Torres, of Michoacan-Jalisco, who was Flyweight world champion, an idol and great fighter in the sixties.
Efren, born on November 29th, 1943, in La Palma, [...]

February 26 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

ARRON SURVIVES WEIGH-IN SCARE

ARRON SURVIVES WEIGH-IN SCARE

ARRON SURVIVES WEIGH-IN SCARE
PRINCE Arron survived a scare at the weigh-in ahead of Friday’s Prizefighter Light-Middleweights tournament.
Arron, 22, originally scaled 1lb 7oz more than the championship weight of 11st 2lb before a quick exercise session saw him make the weight at the second attempt an hour later.
If he had failed to make the weight then [...]

February 25 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

Travis Kauffman to Face Miller on 2/27 in Allentown

Travis Kauffman to Face Miller on 2/27 in Allentown

Travis Kauffman to Face Miller on 2/27 in Allentown
Brown Gets Cold Feet; Pulls Out On Short Notice

Allentown, PA (Wednesday, February 24, 2010) – The first taste of adversity for a professional boxer reveals a great deal about the character of the fighter. Heavyweight prospect Travis Kauffman of Reading, PA intends to show that what hasn’t [...]

February 25 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

Sacramento’s fight card put off

Sacramento’s fight card put off

By Mario Cabrera, Jr

The scheduled March 5th  fight at the Sacramento’s Red Lion Hotel has been postponed for at least a month. The card was to feature Bay Area’s own  heavyweight Ashanti Jordan out of San Francisco and Sacramento light heavyweight Ernesto Castaneda.  Red Lion Hotel owner Jeff Berger and promoter Nasser Niavaroni plan to set up the show [...]

February 24 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

MIKE MOLLO HEADLINES FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH AT CHICAGO’S UIC PAVILION

MIKE MOLLO HEADLINES FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH AT CHICAGO’S UIC PAVILION

TICKET ALERT!!!!!!!!!
MIKE MOLLO HEADLINES WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 9
FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH AT CHICAGO ’S UIC PAVILION
JASON ROBINSON, DAVID LATORIA,
ADRIAN GRANADOS, SERGIO CRISTOBAL,
WILLIE HERNANDEZ AND EFI PEREZ
FEATURED ON SENSATIONAL UNDERCARD
CHICAGO, IL (February 24, 2010) Chicagoland fan favorite, heavyweight Mike Mollo headlines “WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 9”, an outstanding evening of professional boxing, on Friday, [...]

February 24 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

THE FORECAST FOR HASEGAWA VS. “COCHULITO”: IT WILL BE A GREAT FIGHT

THE FORECAST FOR HASEGAWA VS. “COCHULITO”: IT WILL BE A GREAT FIGHT

THE FORECAST FOR HASEGAWA VS. “COCHULITO”: IT WILL BE A GREAT FIGHT
A long awaited battle is the one that is being announced to take place on April 30th, 2010, in Tokyo, between WBC Bantamweight world champion, Hozumi Hasegawa and world champion Fernando Montiel, as both have proven to be some of [...]

February 24 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

Hillyard seeks Prizefighter crown for his son

Hillyard seeks Prizefighter crown for his son

Hillyard seeks Prizefighter crown for his son
George Hillyard is trying to win the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights (Friday, 26 February) so he can continuing paying for treatment for his partially blind son.
The Canning Town boxer admits his ring career has suffered due to family matters but sees winning the Prizefighter at the York Hall in Bethnal Green [...]

February 24 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

Butler gets fighting spirit for Prizefighter from his Army brothers

Butler gets fighting spirit for Prizefighter from his Army brothers

Butler gets fighting spirit for Prizefighter from his Army brothers
Danny Butler is being inspired to win the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights this Friday by the fighting spirit of his brothers, who are serving with the Army in Afghanistan.
Butler, who backs the Help for Heroes charity, has two brothers – Adam and Martin – serving in the Army and says [...]

February 24 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

UFC AND NCM FATHOM ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP

UFC AND NCM FATHOM ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® DEBUTS live
ON THE BIG SCREEN NATIONWIDE in high definition
with UFC 111: ST-PIERRE VS. hardy ON
saturday, march 27

NCM Fathom and UFC® Announce Partnership in First-Ever
Year-Long Series of In-Theater UFC Events Beginning this March
in More than 300 Select Movie Theaters

Centennial, Colo. – Feb. 22, 2010 – For the [...]

February 24 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

ALEXANDER, URANGO MEDIA CALL

ALEXANDER, URANGO MEDIA CALL

This is the Don King Productions call held on 02/17/10 supporting the world championship unification boxing match between Devon Alexander and Juan Urango on March 6 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn.
• Operator – Thank you for joining today’s Don King Productions media conference call. We will now turn the call over to Mr. [...]

February 24 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »

Joe Frazier, Father, Family Man, Hall of Fame Heavyweight Boxing Champion

Joe Frazier, Father, Family Man, Hall of Fame Heavyweight Boxing Champion

Joe Frazier, Father, Family Man, Hall of Fame Heavyweight Boxing Champion
By                  Dan Hernandez
“I was almost completely blind in one eye for my entire career, so I had to get close to my work!                                                        Smokin’ Joe Frazier
Joseph William “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier, born January 12, 1944 in Beaufort, South Carolina, is a former world heavyweight boxing champion [...]

February 23 2010 | Posted in Buzz, Interviews, Opinions | Read More »

Big News, Big Boys, Arreola tackles Adamek for IBF Heavyweight Title

Big News, Big Boys, Arreola tackles Adamek for IBF Heavyweight Title

Big News, Big Boys, Arreola tackles Adamek for IBF Heavyweight Title
By:                  Dan Hernandez
Photos by:      Alan Santana
There are great expectations by promoters and fans alike for the upcoming heavyweight clash between Cristobal “The Nightmare” Arreola of Riverside, California and IBF Heavyweight International Champion, Tomasz “Goral” Adamek of Jersey City, New [...]

February 22 2010 | Posted in Buzz | Read More »