Boxing Links (11-3-11)
Performance-Enhancing Drugs: The Conversation Boxing Loves to Avoid Bad Left Hook If America, and the sporting media cared about boxing like they cared about baseball in the 90’s and early 2000’s maybe it would result in a sort of witch hunt that baseball saw. A guy like Andre Berto, who earlier in his career was a little softer and … […]
Weekend Boxing Preview
By: Patrick McElligott Cancun, Mexico (HBO): Alfredo Angulo vs. James Kirkland, 12 rounds, junior middleweights. At Quebec City, Canada (Showtime): Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson, 12 rounds, for Bute’s IBF super middleweight title. ********** ********** There are two good fights scheduled for Saturday night. Each of the two are interesting in and of […]
Carson Jones-Ricardo Williams USBA title fight set for December 15!
Oklahoma City, OK (November 2, 2011) – USBA welterweight champion Carson Jones will look to take another step towards his dream of fighting for a world title when he battles 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Ricardo “Slicky Ricky” Williams in the main event of “The Corona Rumble at Remington, Presented by Monster Energy” Thursday, December 15 […]
Boxing Links (11-2-11)
Boxer Tom McNeeley, who fought Patterson, dead at 74 USA Today By Jay Lindsay, AP writer BOSTON – Thomas McNeeley Jr., a boxer who battled heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson and raised a son who took on Mike Tyson, has died of complications from a seizure. He was 74. Tom McNeeley, former heavyweight contender, … See all stories on this […]
BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN: LENNOX SHINES ON SHO BOX UNDERCARD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CARTERET, NJ (November 2, 2011)—This past Friday night at Ballys in Atlantic City, Heavyweight John Lennox scored a four round unanimous decision over Donnie Crawford as part of the undercard to the SHO BOX main event between Ossie Duran and Brandon Gonzales. Lennox, who was previously known as a blood and guts […]
Thanksgiving Eve Boxing Back in Chicago
November 23 Marks The Return of Popular Hitz Boxing Series Hitz Boxing’s upcoming “Thanksgiving Eve Belvedere Bash” boxing event on Wednesday, November 23, at The Belvedere Banquet in Elk Grove, Illinois, will mark an important rebirth for the sport in Chicago, as it will bring the return after five years of a series of […]
Boyd Melson to fight November 17!
For Immediate Release New York, NY (November 1, 2011) – Captain Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson of New York City will fight for a second straight time in the Garden State when he battles an opponent to be named in a six round junior middleweight contest Thursday, November 17 at North Bergen’s Schuetzen Park. […]
Beibut Shumenov & Promoter part ways
LAS VEGAS (November 1, 2011) – World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”) light heavyweight World champion Beibut Shumenov andGoossen Tutor Promotions have settled their lawsuit and the disputes between them. They have agreed that their Promotional Contract is terminated and have amicably parted ways. Shumenov (12-1, 8 KOs), a 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian, […]
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