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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, Michoacan, passed away [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 the best boxers [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 Jersey, by way [...]
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