Cayo, Peterson Conference Call Quotes
A conference call was held today to discuss the12-Round IBF Super Lightweight Elimination bout between the Dominican Republic’s once-beaten IBF #3-rated Victor “Mermelada” Cayo (20-1, 18 KOs) and Washington DC’s IBF #4-ranked Lamont Peterson (24-1-1, 14 KOs) on Friday, July 29, in the Chelsea Ballroom at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and live on ESPN Friday Night Fights. The […]
REMINDER! FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. VICTOR ORTIZ TICKETS ON SALE TODAY AT 1:00 P.M. ET/10:00 A.M. PT
Las Vegas (July 8, 2011)…Don’t forget! Tickets go on sale today, Friday, July 8 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT for “STAR POWER: Mayweather vs. Ortiz,” the most talked about fight in the cosmos set for Saturday, Sept. 17 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. “STAR POWER: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” is promoted by Mayweather Promotions […]
Boxing Links (7-7-11)
Ricky Hatton announces his retirement from boxing BBC Sport (blog) It is one of the oldest adages in boxing, indeed sport in general, that you are only as good as the other person lets you. And just as Henman’s path to potential immortality was blocked by superior talents, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao were … See all […]
Haye Klitschko this weekend plus Enter the Battle hits our screens!
Jul 1st 2011 11:20am Hi , The first face off was at SENI! Haye & Klitschko meet this weekend in one of the most anticipated and biggest heavyweight boxing showdowns. As a Brit and regular at SENI expo we are firmly behind David in his quest to unify the heavyweight belts. Check out the Behind the […]
PROMOTER BOB ARUM CONFERENCE CALL HIGHLIGHTS
BRANDON RIOS & URBANO ANTILLON, NEW YORK (June 30, 2011) – Team Rios and Team Antillon spent time with the boxing media on a teleconference call hosted by Top Rank’s Bob Arum on Thursday, a week before their upcoming world title showdown on Saturday, July 9, LIVESHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot […]
Fronhofer is New Head Coach for Columbia Lions Wrestling
Des Moines, Iowa When Brendan Buckley announced his departure from Columbia some thought the program he nurtured would end up suffering. Not so. The Columbia Athletic department moved swiftly to solidify its coaching staff. They looked and found no one better to lead this proud program than one of their own, Carl Fronhofer. Former assistant […]
Toney, Shamrock First Face-to-Face Ends in Near Brawl
From the files of “what did you think was going to happen with these two in the same room?” comes news that Saturday’s meet and greet and photo-opportunity faceoff at the newly opened IFC Gym in Van Nuys, California, between boxing great James Toney and MMA great Ken Shamrock featured the two nearly coming to blows. […]
Ice Retires! College of NJ’s Icenhower to Retire after 35 yrs, talks to Takedown Wrestling
Ewing, NJ…After 35 seasons of guiding one of the most successful wrestling programs in the history of the sport, The College of New Jersey’s David “Ice” Icenhower is retiring. Icenhower made the announcement official during the annual Lions’ Wrestling Camp where he was surrounded by the current team as well as a number of alumni, […]
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