Zepeda & Andrade take IBA Titles'
(JULY 31) At the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson,
Arizona, a give and take affair saw IBA rated contender Ernesto 'Baby'
Zepeda win the IBA Continental Jr. Welterweight title by split decision
over local favorite Norberto Bravo. In the chief support Oscar Andrade
met old nemesis Paolino Villalobos and won a convincing decision over
twelve rounds to claim the IBA Continental Bantamweight title. Promoter:
Golden Boy Promotions. Attendance: 1,564.
Santana Back in Action! (JULY 30) DiBella Entertainment will present a New York City boxing
extravaganza at the Broadway Boxing Summer Bash on Thursday night,
August 25th, at the Hammerstein Ballroom on 34th Street and Eighth
Avenue, featuring Dmitriy "Star of David" Salita, Sechew "Iron Horse"
Powell and Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi..Full
Story
DETROIT – It’s only appropriate that Mary Joe Sanders is fighting in her
backyard, because she expects Eliza Olson to turn their WBC welterweight
championship fight into a brawl.
“We have two different styles. She’s more of a come-right-at-you brawler..Full
Story
Reggie Johnson Out to Reclaim World Title
(JULY 29) Houston, Texas- On
August 27th, World Middleweight and Light-Heavyweight Champion, Reggie
“Sweet” Johnson (42-7-1) is back with a vengeance and this time he says
he has a ‘William Gutherie’ frame of mind. Gutherie (30-3) was the...Full
Story
Nephew Demetrius Hopkins to Headline
August 4th Fight Card (JULY 29)
PHILADELPHIA-. Former undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins,
President of Golden Boy Promotions East, is ready to host the first
official show of the east coast division and the ...Full
Story
Turton Stops King
Photo and Story
by Mike Blair
July 23, 2005
(JULY 23) Last night at the Northern Lights Casino, in Anacortes,
Washington, Seattle's Junior Middleweight Tricia Turton, 3-0-0 (2KO), scored
a TKO over Chris King of Greenwood, Colorado. King was making her pro debut,
and her lack of ring experience.
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Giving Boxing Back to the People
(JULY 23) LOS ANGELES, – With 11,992 fans in attendance at the MGM
Grand in Las Vegas last Saturday night to watch the middleweight
championship fight between Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor, it is
obvious that boxing is alive..More
"Baby" Joe Mesi special Thursday night
guest WOBURN, Mass. (July
18, 2005) - Expansion into Rhode Island and Connecticut has transformed
the New England Ringside Radio Show into the NER Radio Network, the most
frequently aired boxing show in the world with broadcasts six ...Full Story
Sycuan
Ringside Promotions to Host First Ever Professional Boxing Card
(JULY 18) SAN DIEGO– On Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005, the Sycuan Band of the
Kumeyaay Nation, through Sycuan Ringside Promotions, will host “Salute
to America’s Heroes,” a six-bout boxing ....Full Story
Barrera and Peden Unify Titles
(JULY 17) LAS VEGAS – It’s always a special night when two world
champions put everything they’ve worked so hard for on the line in
search of a unification of their titles. Saturday, September 17 will be
such a night when WBC super featherweight ...Full Story
Hitz
Boxing Announces Debut of John Duddy at the All State Arena
(JULY 15) CHICAGO--With the luck of the Irish, Bobby Hitz of Hitz
Boxing Promotions found a four leaf clover when Match Maker Jim
Borzell contacted him about introducing Duddy to Chicago’s strong
Irish ....Full
Story
Martin
on Conan Show
(JULY 15) 'Million
Dollar Lady' Christy Martin will be a guest on NBC's 'Late Night
With Conan O'Brien' on Thursday, July 21. Christy, who is
working out in Orlando, Fla., will take an early-morning flight
that day to New York City. She says she has a lot to tell
O'Brien, particularly about her 'Million Dollar Lady' opponent
Lucia Rijker.
"On July 30 she won't be
pushing
me around, like she has with other fighters. I promise that," said Christy.
After the visit with O'Brien, Christy plans to return to Orlando and make
final preparations for the flight to Las Vegas. Top Rank's 'Million Dollar
Lady' - Christy Martin vs. Lucia Rijker
in a WBC-sanctioned world's women championship bout - will be at
the Mandalay Bay on Saturday, July 30. The mega fight will be
available on Showtime Pay Per View.
KO Chicago Radio Every Wednesday Night
(JULY 12) Dominic Pesoli's 8
Count Productions along with Bob Arum's Top Rank Incorporated and Miller
Lite presents another installment of THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING as SOLO
BOXEO DE MILLER/NIGHT OF THUNDER takes place at the Aragon Ballroom on
Friday More
LeRoy
Neiman to Capture Middleweight Warriors on Canvas
LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2005 – Legendary artist LeRoy Neiman, known by
fight fans around the globe for his unique style and ability to capture the
true essence of the sweet science with each stroke of his brush, has been
commissioned to create the artwork for the....Full
Story
NER
radio show hits Las Vegas
WOBURN, Mass. (July 12, 2005) - Thursday night's New England Ringside
Radio Show will be broadcast live from MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the site
of Saturday evening's PPV show between undisputed middleweight champion
Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (46-2-1, 32 KOs) and unbeaten
middleweight title contender...Full
Story
Irish sensation John Duddy hits Chicago
July 20 vs. Patrick Coleman in headliner
NEW YORK CITY (July 8, 2005) - Undefeated Irish middleweight John Duddy
(10-0, 9 KOs) faces veteran Patrick Coleman (29-11, 20 KOs) July 20 in
the eight-round main event of a Bobby Hitz-promoted..Full Story
Sanchez dies
after fighting in bout in Nevada (JULY 7) On
Saturday, Martin “The Firefighter” Sanchez, 26, from Mexico City,
died at Valley Hospital Medical Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, just
hours after being knocked out by Russian boxer, Rustam Nugaev.
Sanchez fought on Friday night, and all seemed well until he was
walking strangely according to news sources. He was rushed to the
hospital and underwent emergency brain surgery.
IBA
Lightweight World Champion Juan Diaz Headlines Action-Packed Card
(JULY 7) Kinder, LA—The thrill of professional boxing returns to
Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, Louisiana on July 16 with “Knockouts
at Coushatta VIII.” Fighter weigh-in is scheduled for Friday, July 15 at
3:00 p.m. in Gumbeaux’s Oyster & Sports Bar located inside...Full Story
Kaddour
to fight on ShoBox card NEW YORK (July 5, 2005) - Ahmed "Hollywood" Kaddour,
who recently appeared on "The Contender," will become the first
contestant from the NBC reality series to return to boxing when he takes
on an opponent to be announced in the eight-round junior middleweight...Full Story
Unbeaten Peterson fights for IBA Title
(JULY 5) Promoter Brian Young presents on July 19th at the 'Isle of
Capri' Hotel & Casino in Lula, Mississippi fast rising Jr. Welterweight
Lamont Peterson (11-0) and Miguel Angel Torresillas (16-4-1) for the
vacant IBA America's Jr. Welterweight title.
