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AUGUST 2007
Live Championship Boxing “Fight Night 57”
Saturday, October 6, 2007 (AUG 30)
The Northwest Boxing Association Heavyweight Championship belt is on the
line for Eric “Night Train” Boose, who hails from Puyallup, WA with a twelve
win one loss record. The 27 year old Boose, a former Boise State football
player, will face Jon Clark, also with twelve wins. Both heavyweights are
noted for heavy punches, lots of action..Full
Story
"Fast & Furious": Cotto vs. Mosley Press
Activities kick-off with Three-City Media Tour
LOS ANGELES (August 30, 2007) — To kick-off the
exciting promotion of the highly anticipated Miguel Cotto and Sugar Shane
Mosley Welterweight World Championship fight on November 10 at the "Mecca of
Boxing", New York City's Madison Square Garden, the fighters will engage in
a three-city media..Full Story
Tavoris Cloud Storms to Victory in Chicago
(AUG 29) World ranked light
heavyweight Tavoris Cloud scored a brutal fifth round knockout of Jose Luis
Herrera this past Friday night in an outstanding battle that had the huge
crowd at Chicago’s Congress Theater on their feet for the duration. With the
win, Cloud ran his perfect record to 16-0 with 15 knockouts while Herrera
moved to 14-4 (14KO’s). Full
Story
Dat Nguyen Returns to Action Friday
(AUG 29) Undefeated featherweight
prospect Dat "Dat Be Dat" Nguyen (11-0, 6 KO's) returns to action Friday,
August 31st, at the Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona, where he takes
on Rio Rico, Arizona journeyman Baladan Trevizo (5-13-6, 1 KO).
Full
Story
Ibragimov Breaks Camp Breaks Camp for Thursday Presser in NYC Florida
Preparations going well for WBO Champ HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 28 –
According to WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov, a win over Evander
Holyfield in Moscow on October 13th will come in part due to lessons the
former Olympian learned from “The Real Deal”.
Full Story
Press Conference to Announce: Ibragimov and Holyfield hit the Hard Rock HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 27 - With just a month and a half to go before their
historic heavyweight title fight in Moscow on October 13th, unbeaten WBO
Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov and his challenger, legendary
four-time heavyweight king Evander Holyfield, will meet the United States..Full
Story
(AUG 27) On Saturday night, at the Blackham Coliseum, in Lafayette,
Louisiana, on the "Collision at the Coliseum" card, Kasha “The Fighting
Marine” Chamblin won an eight-round..Full
Story
Rodriguez to fight on September 14th
(AUG 26) Chicago super bantamweights Francisco “El Nino Azteca”
Rodriguez and Ivan “The Baby Faced Assassin” Rodriguez will square off in a
Mexican vs. Puerto Rican cross town showdown for the Illinois State Super
Bantamweight Title on Friday, September 14th at the Congress Theater.
Full Story
Senior International Round Robin Results..By
Bernard O'Neill (AUG 26) The Irish
senior squad finished their Round Robin tournament on a high note on
Saturday night after Ken Egan and Darren Sutherland both picked up personnel
awards in Germany. Egan won the best light heavyweight award and
Sutherland collected the best middleweight award in Heidelberg.
Full Story
PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE! IBRAGIMOV AND
HOLYFIELD HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 24 -
With just a month and a half to go before their historic heavyweight title
fight in Moscow on October 13th, unbeaten WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan
Ibragimov and his challenger, legendary four-time heavyweight king Evander
Holyfield ...Full
Story
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Germany Round Robin Results..By Bernard O'Neill (AUG 23) The
St Michael's Athy duo of Eric Donovan and John Joe Joyce and St Saviours
middleweight Darren Sutherland all recorded victories in their opening bouts
against Germany in a senior international Round Robin tournament in Germany
this..Full Story
Miguel Huerta-Efren Hinojosa NABF Lightweight
Title Bout Headlines Next VERSUS “Fight Night” LIVE on August 30 at 9 p.m.
ET STAMFORD, Conn. (August 23,
2007) – A night of lightweight action headlined by a 12-round showdown
between Miguel Huerta (24-8, 17 Kos) and Efren Hinojosa (29-3-1, 17 KOs) for
the vacant NABF Lightweight title will be featured on the next edition of
Fight Night on VERSUS in collaboration with Top Rank...Full
Story
BLISS LOUNGE IN CLIFTON-NJ HOSTS ‘BOBBY CZYZ
NIGHT’ TO BENEFIT BOXING CHAMP
(AUG 22) NEW JERSEY – Boxing champ, BOBBY CZYZ, is a fighter down to the
last cell in his body. He’s a prize-fighter, but on a molecular level as
well as in the ring. After having survived a horrific car crash – where CZYZ
and his bodyguard/friend of 30-years were passengers in the latter’s..Full Story
Villa & Campas headline on
'Telefutura'
(AUG 22)
On August 31, 2007, at the
Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona, Hall of Fame promoter Don
Chargin presents IBA rated Contender Tomas Villa and Omar
Lizarragga for the vacant IBA America's Featherweight title
while Ramon 'Yory Boy' Campas tackles Norberto Bravo for the
vacant America's Jr. Middleweight title.
McBride’s Career Resurrected by New Manager
Quinn BOSTON (August 21, 2007) – For
now, at least, Irish heavyweight champion Kevin “The Clones Colossus”
McBride is best known as the fighter who knocked “Iron” Mike Tyson into
retirement. McBride, however, can change his legacy if he defeats Andrew
Golota on October 6, and then eventually attains his nearly lifelong dream
of becoming the first...Full Story
GOLDEN BOY
PROMOTIONS SIGNS JOEL CASAMAYOR
August 20, 2007 |
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LOS ANGELES, August 20 – Two-division World
Champion Joel Casamayor has fought and beaten the best from his days as one
of the greatest amateur boxers to his stellar stay in the professional
ranks. Now, the current WBC Lightweight Champion wants the big fights to
cement his legacy and has enlisted ...Full
Story
"PANTERA" READIES FOR HIS RETURN
HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 20 – The call came into the Seminole Warriors Boxing
offices this week, and there was no mistaking who was on the other end of
the line.
“I’m back,” said Edison “Pantera” Miranda, who has rebounded from his May
loss to Kelly Pavlik and is back in the gym in San Juan, Puerto Rico...Full Story
Holm
Press Conference
August
21, 2007 |
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Santa Ana Star Casino will host the
much anticipated rematch of
Holly Holm vs Angel Martinez. The card has an all-star line up
of local talent. Featuring the return of Frankie Archuleta,
David Martinez, Willie Villanueva, Jackie Chavez, Jason Piar and
Galle. Tuesday August 21st at 2:00 p.m.
Napunyi
win UBC title on Kenya!
By Julius Odhiambo (AUG 19) Last
night at the Charter Hall in Nairobi, Kenya, Kenyan boxer Anthony Napunyi
captured the vacant UBC World super bantamweight title with a 12-round
unanimous decision over Tanzanian challenger Alan Kamote in the main event
of the boxing card that was organized by Pro-Boxing Promotions. Judges
scores were 119-113, 116-113, and 118-115.
Full Story
Tua hooks
Montana in Round One Greenberg stops Reed, Williams decisions Gomez
SALT LAKE CITY (August 19, 2007) – A
vintage double left hook to the head gave David “Tuaman” Tua an impressive
first round knockout victory against Saul “La Cobra” Montana in last night’s
main event on the Pinnacle FiteNite pay-per-view show, promoted by C.A.M.
Boxing, Inc. in association with ...Full
Story
Hopkins fined $200,000 for weigh-in Brawl
(AUG 18) Bernard Hopkins went before the
boxing regulators in Nevada on Friday, in regards to him instigating a brawl
with Winky Wright at a weigh-in for their July fight. State Athletic
Commission Chairman Tony Alamo told Hopkins at a hearing, “In Nevada, no
melees, no free-for-alls, no fighting should be taking place at a weigh-in.
Full Story
Miguel Cotto and Sugar Shane Mosley to Play
it "Fast & Furious" at the Mecca of Boxing!
NEW YORK, NY (August 18, 2007) – “Fast &
Furious” is the only way to describe this epic rumble between two of
boxing’s top pound for pound superstars -- undefeated WBA world welterweight
champion MIGUEL COTTO and four-time world champion SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY.
Promoted by Golden Boy..Full Story
Marquez and Juarez make WBC 30 day weight
limit before their upcoming world championship battle
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 18) – Juan Manuel
Marquez, the WBC Super Featherweight World Champion, and challenger, Ricardo
Rocky Juarez, both weighted in under the WBC 30 day pre-fight weight limit
in Mexico City and Houston, from their respective training camps.
Full Story
Mayweather vs. Hatton Lands at MGM Grand
Garden Arena LAS VEGAS – The
records are pristine and spectacular – a combined 81-0 with 55 knockouts.
However, the stage is now set for “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather or Ricky
“The Hitman” Hatton to face a blemish on their record Saturday, Dec. 8,
something both men are willing to go to war to prevent. Golden Boy
Promotions and Mayweather Promotions..Full
Story
Escalera
ducking Aaron Williams
PROVIDENCE (August 17, 2007) –
Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) president Jimmy Burchfield
reports that Team Escalera has turned down an opportunity for undefeated
cruiserweight prospect Alfredo Escalera, Jr. (14-0-1, 11KOs) to fight CES’
unbeaten nine-time U.S. amateur champion Aaron Williams (14-0-1, 10 KOs) in
the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights opening 8-round bout on August 24 in New York
City.
Full Story
Alvarez Headlines ESPN2 Friday Night Fights
HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 17 – With his
dominant 12 round win over rugged contender Jose Luis Cruz in June, unbeaten
Shamone Alvarez showed that he was ready for prime time in the
ultra-competitive welterweight division. On Friday, August 31st, ‘The Truth’
will look to build on the biggest win of his career when he defends his NABO
title at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Full
Story
Pinnacle FiteNite PPV Saturday night in Utah
- Tua-Montana
SALT LAKE CITY (August 17, 2007) –
Compelling storylines will unfold, often punctuated by knockouts, as a cast
of professional boxers reach the crossroads of their respective careers on
Saturday night in the Pinnacle FiteNite pay-per-view show at the South Towne
Exposition
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Godfrey relinquishes 3 title belts
PROVIDENCE (August 16, 2007) – Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES)
president Jimmy Burchfield announced today that Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey
and his manager, Brett Hallenbeck, have agreed to relinquish his NABA, USNBC
and ..Full
Story
Glen Johnson: Are there any real fighters
left? HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 15 – With
two spectacular wins in 2007 over Montell Griffin and Fred Moore, former
World Light Heavyweight Champion Glen Johnson has proven that, like a fine
wine, he is only getting better with time.
Full Story
Godfrey relinquishes 3 title belts
PROVIDENCE (August 15, 2007) – Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES)
president Jimmy Burchfield announced today that Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey
and his manager, Brett Hallenbeck, have agreed to relinquish his NABA, USNBC
and WBC Continental Americas cruiserweight title belts.
Full Story
IBA World Title Fight
Highlights
September 18th Card
Friant, CA, August 15,
2007 – After kicking off the “Melee on the Mountain”
boxing series in April with an unforgettable 12
round war between Isidro Garcia and Cesar Lopez,
Table Mountain Casino in association with Roy
Englebrecht Events is pleased to announce the return
of the hottest new fight series on Tuesday,
September 18th, with an IBA ..Full
Story
Caballero craves Unification Vazquez and De
Leon Don't want to hear about it
HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 15 – Following the third successful defense of his WBA
Super Bantamweight Championship over Jorge Lacierva on August 4th, Celestino
Caballero wants to make one thing clear – he wants to unify the 122-pound
title and if his fellow champions aren’t ready to do so, they...Full Story
Saturday night in Sandy
Tua-Montana, Greenberg-Reed & Williams-Gomez headline Pinnacle FiteNite PPV
Show SALT LAKE CITY (August 13,
2007) – Heavy-handed punchers set the stage many years ago for David Tua,
Roman Greenberg, Jeremy Williams and Co., continuing the strong Utah pro
boxing tradition Saturday night in the Pinnacle FiteNite pay-per-view show...Full Story
King's Triumphant Return
(AUG 13) On August 24, respected Michigan promoter Gerald Evans of 1 World
Productions, in association with Murack Corporation, will host a night of
boxing at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, Banquet Hall in Jackson, Michigan.
"The Battle to be King" will feature in its main event a "much better than
his record" heavyweight returning from the...Full Story
Final
Tribute to Asia Mays
August
13, 2007 |
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(AUG 13) It is with great sadness to tell the
boxing community and all that 24-year old Asia
Mays, a professional boxer, has died on August 8th.
Asia lived in Denver, Colorado at the time, and
WBAN is in the process of contacting her friends and
anyone who knew her to contribute information so
that we can have...Full Story
Maskaev
and Peter: Two bangers with a big chip.
Mike Cassell /Philadelphia Boxing Report
(AUG 12) WBC Champion Oleg Maskaev (34-5-26 KO’s) and upcoming challenger
Sam Peter (28-1-22 KO’s) have a combined 62 victories, with 48 ending in
knockout. Both of these guys can hit, and both of them have a serious
bone to pick with a division that is selling more “bull’..Full
Story
WBO Heavyweight World Champion, Sultan Ibragimov Presents his world title
belt
HOLLYWOOD, FL, AUGUST 12 - WBO Heavyweight World Champion, Sultan Ibragimov
presents his world title belt to Mitchell Cypress, Chairman of the Seminole
Tribe of Florida at the Rough, Rugged and Raw event on ESPN2's Wednesday
Night Fights which was broadcast live from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and
Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Ibragimov is back in the United States
preparing for his world title battle with Evander Holyfield. This higly
anticipated match will take place in Moscow, Russia on October 13th.
Tavoris Cloud Returns to Chicago on
Friday-August 24th (AUG 11)
World ranked light heavyweight Tavoris Cloud returns to Chicago to battle on
August 24th at the Congress Theater in a featured ten round bout as part of
“EL BRAVO,” the next evening of world class professional boxing presented by
Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST
..Full Story
BAD: DANIEL PONCE DE LEON VS. REY BAUTISTA AND JHONNY
GONZALEZ VS. GERRY PENALOSA (AUG 10) HBO's
late-night boxing series heats up with an explosive doubleheader when HBO
Boxing After Dark: Daniel Ponce De Leon vs. Rey Bautista and Jhonny Gonzalez
vs. Gerry Penalosa is presented Saturday, August 11 at 10:00 PM (ET/PT),
from the Arco Arena in Sacramento, Cal., exclusively on HBO.
Mesi off
Aug. 18 Utah PPV show
SALT LAKE CITY (August 10, 2007) – Unbeaten heavyweight “Baby” Joe Mesi has
pulled out of his August 18 fight against Sherman “Tank” Williams due to a
back injury he suffered this week in training camp. The eight-round
cruiserweight battle between former WBO heavyweight title challenger Jeremy
“Half-Man, Half-Amazing” Williams (41-5-1, 35 KOs) and Salt ..Full Story
Former Champions Collide Friday
Night!
Source: Press Release
August 8, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, MO – Former female champions Jeri Sitzes and Ada Velez
collide on Friday night in an anticipated six round bout at the Springfield
Expo Center. Friday’s event is being nationally televised by ESPN2 and
is headlined by an exciting heavyweight bout between Rob Calloway..Full
Story
Ringside
World Championships
August 7, 2007 |
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Amateur
boxers Angel Gladey, De’Andre Robinson-Neal, Jeffrey
Steen and Daniel Locklear represented Whiterock
Boxing, Palmetto Boxing, and the State of South
Carolina in the largest amateur boxing contest in
the world - The Ringside World Championships. The
tournament was held August 1-5, 2007 in Kansas City,
Missouri. Six rings were set up to accommodate 300
bouts.... Full
Story
Palmetto Boxing
Presents
Fall Brawl 2 - World Class Boxing
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return of the CBO Heavyweight Champion Moultrie Witherspoon. The
6’6”, 230 pound Witherspoon will showcase his championship abilities
as he fights for the first time since winning the CBO Heavyweight
Title. Moultrie’s return is scheduled for Saturday, September 28th,
2007 at the Jamil Shrine Temple in Columbia, South Carolina. The
event will include a fan base of military and civilian patrons from
areas that include ...Full
Story
Godfrey & Williams backed by strong
supporting cast in Friday night’s “Takin’ It To The River”
PROVIDENCE (August 7, 2007) – Some of the top,
young boxing talent in New England will serve as strong support Friday night
(August 10) for Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey, WBC rated No. 2 cruiserweight,
and his unbeaten stable-mate Aaron Williams in the main event and
co-feature, respectively, on ...Full
Story
Rocky Juarez Steps Up to fight Juan Manuel
LOS ANGELES (August 7) – When one
door closes, another door opens and that is exactly the case when Ricardo
Rocky Juarez will have a shot at Juan Manuel Marquez and his WBC Super
Featherweight World Title at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on “Fireworks” live on
Pay-Per-View on September 15th.
Full Story
Malignaggi
counters Chavez
BROOKLYN (August 6, 2007) – IBF
light welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic
Man” Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs), still savoring
his masterful title-winning performance against
Lovemore N’dou, is home in Brooklyn fuming about
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (33-0, 26 KOs) and his
team openly challenging him.
Full Story
FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE – ROUGH, RUGGED AND
RAW HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 6 – Rising
middleweight star “Mean” Joe Greene (15-0, 11 KOs), one of the best
prospects to come out of New York City in years, will face his biggest test
to date on Wednesday, August 8th, when he looks to win his first
professional title in a 12 round NABA championship bout against Daryl Salmon
(16-1, 4 KOs) in the main event of ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights.
Full Story
FLOYD MAYWEATHER vs. RICKY HATTON
“UNDEFEATED” SET FO SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8
LOS ANGELES (August 5, 2007) – They are two of
boxing’s best, two of the most exciting fighters in the sport today, and
both are undefeated. They stand atop their weight divisions and fight fans
are in for a thrill as pound-for-pound king of the ring and welterweight
champion “Pretty Boy”..Full
Story“Baby Joe” Mesi battles “The Tank” on way
towards 2008 world title shot Tua-Montana...SALT
LAKE CITY (August 5, 2007) – Former WBC top contender and unbeaten
heavyweight “Baby” Joe Mesi takes another step towards his goal of a world
title shot on August 18 against veteran Sherman “The Tank” Williams in the
10-round co-main event on the "Pinnacle FiteNite” pay-per-view show at the
South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah.
Full Story
IBRAGIMOV
VS HOLYFIELD NOW TO TAKE PLACE IN MOSCOW ON OCTOBER 13TH
HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 3 – After the sudden
withdrawal of WBA Heavyweight Champion Ruslan Chagaev from his October 13th
unification bout with WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov due to
undisclosed medical reasons, Seminole Warriors Boxing, Golden Boy
Promotions, Main Events and Golden Grain Promotions, in association with ...Full
Story
Guerrero featured on Latin Eyes
(AUG 3) Two-Time IBF world champion, Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero will be
featured on the Emmy Award winning Latin TV show "Latin Eyes". The show will
air this Saturday August 4, 2007 on KRON 4 (Bay Area) at 4pm PST and again
on Sunday 8/5 at midnight. "The Ghost" will be interviewed in the 2nd
segment of the show after the first commercial break. Latin Eyes is a
weekly half-hour television show, in English, for everyone interested in
Latino culture. For more information, visit LatinEyes.tv
TEAM GUERRERO FEELS VINDICATED: LOSS TO
ORLANDO SALIDO IS RULED "NO CONTEST"
(AUG 3) hen former IBF Featherweight champ
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero stopped Denmark’s Spend Abazi in the eighth
round of their February 18, 2007 battle for the Vacant IBF World
Featherweight Championship in Copenhagen, the management and promotional
team, family and legions of ardent supporters celebrated the pride of
Gilroy, California’s “reclamation” of the title he lost by decision to ...Full
Press release
NABA TITLE
BOUT BETWEEN GREENE AND SALMON TO HEADLINE ESPN2 WEDNESDAY NIGHT FIGHTS
HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 3 – Rising middleweight star “Mean” Joe Greene (15-0,
11 KOs), one of the best prospects to come out of New York City in years,
will face his biggest test to date on Wednesday, August 8th, when he looks
to win his first professional title in a 12 round NABA championship bout
against Daryl Salmon (16-1, 4 KOs) in the main event of ESPN2 Wednesday...Full
Story
Open to the Public-Final Press Conference
HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 3 – Rising
middleweight star “Mean” Joe Greene (15-0, 11 KOs), one of the best
prospects to come out of New York City in years, will face his biggest test
to date on Wednesday, August 8th, when he looks to win his first
professional title in a 12 round NABA championship bout against Daryl Salmon
(16-1, 4 KOs) in the main event of ESPN2
..Full Story
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(AUG 2) WBAN has received a press release on
Boxing Promoter, Arnie Rosenthal of “A Ring of their Own” who has just
recently had a music CD released and is available for purchase. Rosenthal
has put on countless boxing shows featuring women’s boxing. But, besides his
promotion of women's boxing, he is also a professional singer and musician.
Full
Story
“Baby Joe” Mesi battles “The Tank” on way
towards 2008 world title shot SALT LAKE CITY (August 1, 2007) – Former WBC top contender and unbeaten
heavyweight “Baby” Joe Mesi takes another step towards his goal of a world
title shot on August 18 against veteran Sherman “The Tank” Williams in the
10-round co-main event on the "Pinnacle FiteNite” pay-per-view show at the
South ...Full Story
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