VERONA, NY – A press conference was held today at the Turning Stone Resort Casino to announce the reconfigured card for Saturday afternoon’s NBC Fight Night in the Afternoon boxing show.
Vyascheslav “Czar” Glazkov will take on last minute sub Garrett Wilson of Philadelphia in the ten-round main event. Meanwhile, somebody’s “0” has to go when Long Island’s Mike Brooks faces Karl “Dynamite” Dargan in a battle of unbeaten lightweights which has been changed from an 8-rounder to a 10-round co-main event. That fight has now been sanctioned for the vacant USBA Atlantic Coast Regional Lightweight Championship.
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Edwin Rodriguez will need to brawl to beat Andre Ward
LONDON (Nov 14) – If Floyd Mayweather Jnr is a unanimous pick as the sport’s premier pound-for-pound talent, Andre Ward is the strongest candidate to emerge as his heir apparent.
The Oakland super-middle – USA’s last Olympic champion after striking gold at light-heavy at the 2004 Athens Games – carved a formidable rep by scalping the likes of Mikkel Kessler, Sakio Bika, Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch en route to winning Showtime’s prestigious Super Six tourney in 2011.
Ashley Theophane in action on December 6th; Kauffman-Quezado on 11/30
London’s Ashley ‘Treasure’ Theophane returns to the ring on Friday 6th December, after his thrilling fight with two time world title challenger Pablo Cesar Cano at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Ashley has fought some of the world’s best in Junior Welterweight king Danny Garcia, who knocked out Amir Khan, two time world title challenger Delvin Rodriguez, who recently fought three weight world champion Miguel Cotto and former WBO world champion Demarcus ‘Chop Chop’ Corley who previously went twelve rounds with the number one boxer in the world, Floyd Mayweather.
The triple header which is televised by showtime will see JLeon Love, Badou Jack and Mickey Bey looking for wins after setbacks in their last contests.
Roach talks Pacquiao-Rios
Good morning America and good evening to World-Famous Freddie Roach because it is 11 PM in General Santos City in the Philippines. It is very gracious of him to join us – he has a 4:30 AM run with Manny Thursday morning.
We are just 10 days from Macau – Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios in a 12-round welterweight battle which will be headlining a live five-bout pay-per-view card on November 23 beginning at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT. Also joining us on the call is Hall of Fame Promoter Bob Arum who is in Las Vegas.
Dereck Chisora hoping to fight David Price
Promoter Frank Warren today won the purse bids for the big heavyweight clash between David Price and Dereck Chisora for the British title.
Finchley puncher Chisora is currently preparing for his European title defence against Matteo Modugno on Saturday 30th November at the Copper Box Arena.
Chisora has previously held the Lonsdale belt when he defeated Danny Williams in May 2010 to win the title and made a defence against Sam Sexton before losing it to Tyson Fury.
Rios is ready to beat Pacquiao
MACAU, CHINA (November 13, 2013) — Former world champion BRANDON “Bam Bam” RIOS and his team, headed up by Trainer of the Year Robert Garcia, arrived at The Venetian Macao® earlier today with one mission on their minds — BEAT MANNY PACQUIAO!
Edwin Rodriguez faces Andre Ward this Saturday
Video by Carlos Sacriste
On November 16th, at the Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, California, undefeated Super Middleweight contender Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (24-0, 16 KOs) will take his first step in achieving boxing immortality when he challenges incumbent title holder Andre “S.O.G.” Ward (for his Super WBA 168 pound championship.
In this revealing and intimate video featurette, Edwin Rodriguez, legendary trainer Ronnie Shields, and expert conditioning coach Danny Arnold discuss the Super Middleweight title challenger’s preparation for the highly anticipated championship contest.
Pacquiao-Rios heating up
NEW YORK (November 11, 2013) — If Horace Greeley were a boxing promoter today he would undoubtedly be espousing, “Go East, young man.” And in boxing’s biggest demonstration of Manifist Destiny, Fighter of the Decade Congressman MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO and former world champion BRANDON “Bam Bam” RIOS will battle each other in a 12-round welterweight rumble, Saturday, November 23, from The Venetian® Macao’s CotaiArena™, in Macao, China. Promoted by Top Rank® and Sands China Ltd., in association with MP Promotions, Tecate, Warner Bros. Pictures “Grudge Match” and Eva Airlines, Pacquiao vs. Rios will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT.
Andre Ward ready for Edwin Rodriguez fight on Saturday
OAKLAND, CALIF. – November 11, 2013 – The long wait for WBA and Ring Magazine Super Middleweight World Champion Andre Ward’s (Oakland, Calif.) return to the ring is nearly over. Ward and trainer Virgil Hunter will take part in their final Bay Area training session today at his Hayward boxing gym before traveling south to Ontario, Calif., on Tuesday morning. The consensus number two pound-for-pound fighter in the world will put his belts on the line in a battle with undefeated contender Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez on Saturday at the Citizens Business Bank Arena and live on HBO World Championship Boxing®.
Andrade defeats Martirosyan, captures WBO 154 lb. title
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, (November 9, 2013) After 12 rounds of boxing at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi the dominating Demetrius Andrade takes home the WBO Junior Middleweight Title tonight.
Judge Javier Alvarez had a questionable score of 115-112 for
Martirosyan, Judge Don Griffin scored 114-113 for Andrade, and Judge Jesse Reyes scored the bout 117-110 for the split decision win for Demetrius Andrade.