Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-3-11)
Bellator deal could reshape MMA landscape Yahoo! Eurosport UK US MMA expert Dave Meltzer says that Viacom’s investment in Bellator could have long-term implications for the industry. Television giant Viacom’s recent purchase of a majority interest in the tournament Bellator Fighting Championships shows that for … See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Eurosport UK Munoz, Leben lead […]
Abbott Rejects Gunn’s Offer
In response to a recent challenge by former 7-time cruiserweight champion and current world heavyweight bareknuckle champion Bobby Gunn, Tank Abbott’s agent Timothy Beal declined the fight. Over the past week Bobby Gunn was quoted as saying he would openly challenge former UFC heavyweight Tank Abbot for the world heavyweight bareknuckle boxing championship, but Tank […]
Long-time Chicago Promotional Rivals Join Forces
The two premier boxing promoters in the Chicagoland area say they are fed up with Illinois commission’s recent spate of rules changes that, they say, make it much more difficult to promote an event in the state. Bobby Hitz, Founder of Hitz Boxing and Domenic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions, say they […]
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 […]
Texas has Allen HS, Allen Eagles Have HD Ch Jerry Best, He Talks to Takedown
Des Moines, Iowa He has 3 National titles of his own. Now he puts all his focus and energy in to developing one of the finest high school programs in the nation. Jerry Best is the head coach at Allen High School 20 minutes north of Dallas, Texas. I’m not alone in my study of […]
OU’s Mark Cody & The Sooners Ready for Opener V. OCU, Talks to Takedown
NORMAN, Okla. — The University of Oklahoma wrestling squad, ranked preseason No. 16 by InterMat and 13 by Amateur Wrestling News, kicks off the 2011-12 season this Thursday, Nov. 3, when it hosts Oklahoma City University inside McCasland Field House at 7 p.m. “I’m very excited for our program, staff and wrestlers to get the season started against […]
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 […]
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