Boxing Links (6-17-11)
Here is boxing writer Keith Idec’s inside look at the sport: NorthJersey.com An entertaining style and a large, rabid fan base have made Mexico’s Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KOs)boxing’s fastest-rising star. Alvarez, 20, will headline an HBO “Boxing After Dark” broadcast Saturday and defend his WBC 154-pound crown in Guadalajara, … See all stories on this topic » […]
Troy Ross hospitalized Off June 24 show in Canada
TORONTO (June 17, 2011) – World cruiserweight contender Troy Ross is experiencing abdominal pains and has been hospitalized in Toronto, where he is undergoing precautionary tests. He has been forced to withdraw from fighting June 24 on the “Friday Night At The Fights” show at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Ross (24-2, […]
Weights And Quotes From London: Choi-Asiku and Hamilton-Ryan
Weights And Quotes From London: Choi-Asiku and Hamilton-Ryan The weigh in for former WBU/WBF Featherweight World Champion Choi Tseveenpürev versus former IBO Featherweight World Champion ‘Action’ Jackson Asiku and Southern Area Light Welterweight Champion Darren ‘Mr R&B’ Hamilton versus Midlands Area Light Welterweight Champion Dave Ryan, for the British Masters Light Welterweight title, took place […]
THE COSMOPOLITAN OF LAS VEGAS ANNOUNCES HARD-HITTING THIRD INSTALLMENT OF “FIGHT NIGHTS”
Return of Boxing Series Live on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” July 29 Featuring Bouts Between Edison “Pantera” Miranda & Yordanis Despaigne and Joel Casamayor & Jorge Luis Teron LAS VEGAS (June 16, 2011) – On July 29, “Fight Nights at The Cosmopolitan” returns to The Chelsea Ballroom featuring matchups between four of professional boxing’s toughest and […]
Wrestling Links (6-17-11)
Pro Wrestler Alex Riley: From Badass to Babyface Washington City Paper (blog) I’m going to go down to [my old street] Native Dancer Court, and when I pull in [to the driveway, I’ll] remember throwing the football in the yard with my dad and wrestlingaround with him. The first room he put together in this house was […]
Corley Has High Praise for Dulorme
On Friday, June 10, former world champion DeMarcus Corley took on Puerto Rican welterweight super prospect Thomas Dulorme (12-0, 10 KOs) at the Boricua Invasion 1, boxing event at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City and televised live on ESPN Friday Night Fights. The fight proved to be Dulorme’s best performance to […]
Sillakh Challenges All The Top Contenders and Champions
New Light Heavyweight Sensation Ismayl Sillakh Challenges All Top Contenders and Champions He’s young, he’s talented, he’s world ranked and undefeated. Ismayl “The Black Russian” Sillakh (16-0, 13 KOs) says now is the time for the top light heavyweights to take notice of him. Managed by Ivaylo Gotzev, trained by Shadeed Suluki and […]
THE COSMOPOLITAN OF LAS VEGAS ANNOUNCES HARD HITTING THIRD INSTALLMENT OF “FIGHT NIGHTS”
Return of Boxing Series Live on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” July 29 Featuring Bouts Between Edison “Pantera” Miranda &Yordanis Despaigne and Joel Casamayor & Jorge Luis Teron LAS VEGAS (June 16, 2011) – On July 29, “Fight Nights at The Cosmopolitan” returns to The Chelsea Ballroom featuring matchups between four of professional boxing’s toughest and hardest-hitting […]
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