Boxing Links (10-31-11)
Golden Gloves boxer Pedro Luis Sosa has surgery, is fighting for his life … New York Daily News Boxer Pedro Luis Sosa’s distraught parents and ex-girlfriend gathered in a waiting room at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx while the 20-year-old pugilist fought for his young life. “We hope he makes it,” the fighter’s sobbing mother, Angela Escoto, … See […]
TEAM DURAN TO LOOK INTO GONZALES DECISION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PATERSON, NJ (October 31, 2011)—This past Friday night, Middleweight Ossie Duran took on undefeated Brandon Gonzales in the nationally televised main event on Sho Box: The New Generation. The fight, which took place in Duran’s home state of New Jersey, was a good fight with both combatants fighting hard. As the fight […]
No Cancun Vacation for Peter ‘Kid Chocolate’ Quillin
Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin Fighting Scotsman Craig McEwan Saturday night on HBO LOS ANGELES (October 31, 2011) – Undefeated middleweight contender Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (25-0, 19 KOs) breaks his Los Angeles training camp Wednesday to depart for Cancun, not for a vacation but to fight live on HBO for the first time, Saturday night against […]
Co-Feature Added To Nov. 5 Lucian Bute-Glen Johnson Telecast Featuring Rising Canadian Prospect Pier-Olivier Côté Against Jorge Luis Teron
Live on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) NEW YORK (Oct. 31, 2011) – Rising Canadian junior welterweight star Pier-Olivier Côté will take on Jorge Luis Teron in a 12-round co-featured bout on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday, Nov. 5, from the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). In the SHOWTIME main event, undefeated […]
World Boxing Champion John ‘The Quietman’ Ruiz Subject of Children’s Book ‘Hooks & Jabs’
MEDFORD, Mass. (October 31, 2011) – Two-time World Boxing Association (“WBA”) heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz is the subject of a bi-lingual, children’s book, Hooks & Jabs, which was written by Jose-Gabriel Almeida and illustrated by Jan Michaelsy. Ruiz, who is the first and only Hispanic Heavyweight Champion of the World, wanted to tell […]
WORLD RANKED HEAVYWEIGHT FRANKLIN LAWRENCE OBLITERATES OCHEING IN CHESTER, PA—FIGHT CARD NOW ON DEMAND ON GFL
EXCITING KNOCKOUTS FROM TIBERI & BARBOSA PLUS DERRICK WEBSTER WINS BAM TITLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHESTER, PA (October 30, 2011)—This past Friday night, WBC #14 ranked Heavyweight in the world Franklin “Yah Yah” Lawrence dropped Raymond Ocheing three times in just over one round to score a second round stoppage in the main event of […]
Boxing Links (10-30-11)
Boxing star power graces Task Force Duke, again DVIDS Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, Skype with world-champion boxer Manny Pacquiao and his trainer, Freddie Roach, Oct. 29, at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. Pacquiao reached out to TF Duke … See all stories on this topic » ‘Money’ indeed Boston […]
Fight Report: Choi Wins Prizefighter On Second Attempt And A New Star is Born
Report and Photos Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Last night at the York Hall in Bethnal Green 40 year old ‘Mongolian Warrior’ Choi Tseveenpurev won the excellent Matchroom Sport promoted Prizefighter tournament on his second attempt, having failed last year in the Super Featherweights. Choi may have been the ‘big name’ in this the 22nd edition […]
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