Massachusetts native Chris Traetti to square off with unbeaten Edwin Rodriguez the main event of Broadway Boxing on August 20 from Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Mass.
WORCESTER, MA (August 3, 2011) – It will be a battle for home state supremacy on August 20 when Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez puts his unbeaten record on the line in the main event of Broadway Boxing from Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. Rodriguez (18-0, 13 KOs), a Worcester native, will battle another local favorite, Chris Traetti (10-2, […]
Technology Brings Another Boxing First: Facebook Grudge Match to be Settled at Chumash This Friday
“Vernon Paris is soft and lacks determination, heart and integrity: All the things necessary to become a champion. I have every one of them.” Tim “Pitbull” Coleman The first consumer computers were built in 1976. Facebook was invented in 2004. The first Facebook Grudge Match in a boxing ring will take […]
Victor Lupo stalks Phil Lo Greco for Canadian Bragging Rights & more
TORONTO (August 3, 2011) – For the past year, rugged Romanian welterweight Victor Lupo has unsuccessfully stalked undefeated World Boxing Council (“WBC”) International Welterweight Champion Phil “The Italian Sensation”Lo Greco. His persistence will soon pay-off, though, as the WBC recently ordered promoters Hennessy Sports (Lupo) and OPI 2000 (Lo Greco) to negotiate an agreement or Lo Greco-Lupo will […]
Boxing Links (8-3-11)
Odom remains alive at Olympic boxing trials Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online by Terron Hampton, Staff Writer After years of chasing his Olympic dream, things quickly became a nightmare for Capitol Heights’ Allen Russell at the US Olympic Boxing Team Trials in Mobile, Ala., this week. Russell was disqualified from the … See all stories on this topic » […]
Bareknuckle Fighting To Explode Onto Fight Sports Scene This Friday
This Friday, August 5 is significant to fight sports for two reasons—the highly regarded motion picture Knuckle is being released in UK cinemas and on demand, and former world champion boxer Bobby Gunn will take part in the first sanctioned bareknuckle boxing match since 1889. Knuckle tells the story of an epic 12-year journey into the world of […]
MIRANDA CONGRATULATES DESPAIGNE FOR WINNING BEST ACTRESS OSCAR
Light heavyweight slugger Edison “Pantera” Miranda (34-6, 29 KOs) wishes to congratulate his latest opponent, Yordanis Despaigne (9-1, 4 KOs), for his Oscar-winning performance last Friday night. For those who missed it, Miranda lost what could have been a sensational war on Friday, July 29 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and live on […]
ERIK MORALES VS. LUCAS MATTHYSSE AND JESSIE VARGAS VS. JOSESITO LOPEZ ADDED TO “STAR POWER: MAYWEATHER VS. ORTIZ” FIGHT CARD, OFFICIALLY MAKING SEPTEMBER 17 THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN THE BOXING UNIVERSE
“STAR POWER” LIVES UP TO ITS NAME AS SEPTEMBER 17 PAY-PER-VIEW EXTRAVAGANZA INCLUDES THREE TITLE FIGHTS FROM TWO SITES IN ONE NIGHT LOS ANGELES (August 3)…The “STAR POWER: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” pay-per-view telecast is now complete with four star-studded fights from two sites all taking place Saturday, September 17 from the MGM Grand in Las […]
Morales, Vargas Hold San Antonio Press Conference Tomorrow
BOXING LEGEND ERIK “EL TERRIBLE” MORALES AND TOP CONTENDER JESSIE VARGAS TO HOLD SAN ANTONIO PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THEIR RESPECTIVE BOUTS ON THE SEPTEMBER 17 “STAR POWER” UNDERCARD THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 AT 12:15 P.M. AT THE ALAMODOME OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! WHO: ERIK MORALES,Five Time & Three Division World Champion JESSIE VARGAS,Undefeated […]
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