Archive for August, 2011

WORCESTER, Mass. (August 30, 2011) – Unbeaten sensation Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez, eyeing a world title fight in 2012, has successfully advanced from prospect to legitimate contender in the super middleweight division.

LAS VEGAS, NEV (August 30, 2011) – Congressman MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO and JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ, fresh from their stop in Manila, will kick off the North America portion of their 25,000-mile international media tour, for their mega world championship fight, with a New York News Conference luncheon Next Tuesday! September 6, in the The Lighthouse [...]

CHICAGO, IL (August 29, 2011) Chicago’s 8 Count Productions, has announced details of WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 19, a sensational evening of world class professional boxing on Friday, September 23rd at the UIC Pavilion.

Matchroom Sport can confirm that European Super Bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez has withdrawn from his fight with Carl Frampton on September 10 at the Odyssey Arena through personal reasons.

ATLANTIC CITY (August 29, 2011) — Undefeated former World Boxing Association (WBA) Featherweight World Champion YURIORKIS GAMBOA and former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Featherweight World Champion DANIEL PONCE DE LEON, along with their respective promoters, Bob Arum and Ahmet Öner for Gamboa, and for De Leon, Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions, hosted a [...]

CHESTER, PA (August 30, 2011)—On Saturday night, September 24th a special and historic night of Combat Sports will take place outdoors on the racetrack at Harrah’s in Chester, Pa as Joey Eye Boxing Promotions and XF Events presents a night of boxing and Mixed Martial Arts.

Quebec, Monday, August 29th 2011 – InterBox is proud to announce that the much anticipated bout between Lucian Bute (29-0-0 24 KO) and Glen “the Road Warrior” Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO) will take place at the Pepsi Coliseum on Saturday, November 5th 2011.

Team Puerto Rico’s Hector “El Flaco” Sanchez (19-1, 9 KOs), is confident his extensive preparation will lead to victory when he faces fellow Puerto Rican Vincent Arroyo (11-1, 7 KOs) on a Gary Shaw Productions night of boxing on September 9 at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): HBO 24/7 broadcast the first part of their series Saturday night for the upcoming fight between boxing Super Star Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) and World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s).

By Gerardo Granados: Both champions faced rivals that could have been qualified as average opposition. Physically they are different, Tyson is only 5´11” tall and weighed around 210 pounds while Klitschko is 6´6” tall and weights around 245 pounds for a title fight; but both are blessed with an outstanding athletic build.

Rocky Juarez (joined press conference via teleconference in Houston, TX):

INDIO, Calif. (August 29) – Fight fans in the Coachella Valley are going to get a special treat on Friday, September 23 when former United States Olympians Vicente Escobedo (2004 games) and Rocky Juarez (2000 games) square off in a true cross roads fight. Both are no strangers to high stakes competition, but when the [...]

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – World Boxing Organization (WBO) will tribute all the WBO’s Puerto Rican champions during their Annual Convention, to be held in Puerto Rico in 2011, from October 24th to 29th at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, located in Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico.

It is with great sorrow that we inform you of the passing of Jolene Mizzone’s Father, John Mizzone, Jr., 63 years old, this morning. He was a big part of Jolene’s life. All of us at Main Events are deeply saddened by this loss.

Los Angeles (August 29)…”Vicious” Victor Ortiz’s STAR POWER just hit new heights. Not only did he make his HBO 24/7 debut Saturday night, but also, early this morning, celebrity gossip site TMZ posted photos of Ortiz almost baring it all in an underwear campaign hotter than the Las Vegas sun. The World Boxing Council (WBC) [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) faces No.7 ranked WBC contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) on September 17th in Los Angeles. For the 21-year-old Alvarez, this could be the last easy fight before he’s faced with the tough task of fighting either Vanes Martirosyan or Alfredo Angulo, both [...]

(Miami, FL) August 29, 2011- Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee was reunited with a piece of his glorious past thanks to boxing fan Ken Drodvillo. Turning 90 this Tuesday August 30, 2011 Angelo Dundee was all smiles as Drodvillo presented Dundee with an early birthday gift. The gift was a mounted red brick [...]

PHILADELPHIA, PA (August 29, 2011)—Fisticuffs Promotions is proud to announce the signing of Melissa “Hurracan” Hernandez & “Queen” Ronica Jeffrey to exclusive promotional contracts.

By Scott Gilfoid: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is saying that the super featherweight match between the light hitting World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion Ricky Burns (32-2, 9 KO’s) vs. the talented Mayweather-esque unbeaten American Adrien Broner (21-0, 17 KO’S) could be taking place in Broner’s home city of Cincinnati, Ohio on November 26th, [...]

By William Mackay: In recent photos of Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s), he’s looking really huge still for his fight against Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) scheduled for September 17th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Morales, 34, looks to be weighing in the neighborhood of 160+ judging by the photos.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) shot a cannon across the bow recently when he mentioned that if his October 29th opponent WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) head butts him in their Super Six tournament fight that Froch would return fire by head butting him [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) isn’t playing it safe against WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) on October 15th. Dawson, 29, plans on going out there and knocking the 46-year-old Hopkins out in front of a packed Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California.

By Eric Thomas: Undefeated WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s) says he’s interested in fighting WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) without a catchweight. Rios, speaking with the koncretejungle, said he would fight Ortiz at the full welterweight limit of 147 rather than making him melt down to 135 to [...]

By William Mackay: The Nathan Cleverly (22-0, 11 KO’s) vs. Toney Bellew (16-0, 10 KO’s) fight is expected to be announced tomorrow for October 15th at the Echo Arena. Promoter Frank Warren has scheduled a press conference and will no doubt be announcing the fight.

By Zirny Lisiy Dmitriy: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) has his sights set on former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye once Vitali gets done dispatching challenger Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) on September 10th.

By Dan Ambrose: It looks like new WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) won’t be taking any chances by fighting a dangerous opponent for his title defense. According to the latest boxing news rumors from the Bild, the 31-year-old Povetkin will be fighting former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (44-10-2, 29 KO’s) on December [...]

FAIRFAX, VA (August 29, 2011) – After further discussion and consideration between Jimmy Lange Boxing officials and Dusty Harrison’s team, it has been decided that the promising D.C. welterweight prospect will not fight on the September 10 show at the Patriot Center, as previously announced. Both groups expressed their interest and intention for the rising [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Photo: Casino/Showtime – WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) is kicking around the idea of fighting in his home country of England after his October 29th Super Six tournament final against WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s).

Philadelphia, PA—In what has become a common story from rising Philadelphia fighters, 25-year-old Gabriel Rosado, like undefeated 28-year-old welterweight Mike Jones, credits ageless wonder Bernard Hopkins for being a helpful influence.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): With Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) and Robert Helenius (16-0, 11 KO’s) both winning their respective fights Saturday night it would be a logical conclusion to assume that the two should be matched against each other.