ROACH, RICHARDSON ROUNDTABLE, UNDERCARD FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES: WILFREDO VAZQUEZ, JORGE ARCE, KELLY PAVLIK, ALFONSO LOPEZ, MIKE ALVARADO, RAY NAHR
Thursday, May 5 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada LAS VEGAS (May 5, 2011) – The trainers for Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley, Freddie Roach and Naazim Richardson, respectively, and the fighters who will compete on Saturday’s undercard met with the press Thursday at MGM Grand. This Saturday, May 7, at the sold-out MGM Grand Garden Arena, eight-division world champion Pacquiao (52-3-2, […]
AGGRESSION MMA ANNOUNCES “CONFRONTATION” FOR NEXT EXCITING EVENT
Card is headlined by top-ranked Canadian 170ers Ryan Ford and Nick Hinchliffe Edmonton, Alberta (Canada): Aggression MMA, Edmonton’s top fight promotion, today announced its next fight event, “Confrontation,” which will feature a main event between nationally-ranked welterweight stars Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford (14-3) and Nick “Juggernaut” Hinchliffe (18-7). This highly-anticipated event will take place Friday, June 10th, at […]
MANNY PACQUIAO, SHANE MOSLEY ALL CLASS AT FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE AT HOLLYWOOD THEATRE AT MGM GRAND
Wednesday, May 4 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada LAS VEGAS (May 4, 2011) – A mega-boxing event devoid of trash talk continued Wednesday as classy athletes Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley maintained their respectful tones during the final press conference at the Hollywood Theatreat MGM Grand. The final press conference for the undercard fighters is Thursday. Several hundred […]
AL BERNSTEIN: MAY 7 ALSO BIG FOR PAVLIK,VASQUEZ JR.
While attention will certainly be focused on the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley mega fight on May 7th, Al Bernstein says that two other boxers will have plenty at stake that night as well. Bernstein, who will serve as analyst on the Showtime Pay per View telecast of that card, points out that Kelly Pavlik and […]
Gleason’s Next Amateur Show is Saturday Night, May 14, 2011
The show is open to any registered amateur boxer. This includes Juniors, Seniors and Master boxers. If you wish to compete, please contact New York’s number one matchmaker Angela Querol at 718 797 2872 orgleasons75@aol.com. The weigh in will begin at 4:00PM and the first bout will begin at 6:00PM. All our bouts are pre-matched. They […]
Wrestling Links (5-4-11)
Weighing in on new wrestling divisions phillyBurbs.com Why did high school wrestling, a sport that has more troubles than it needs already, change its weight classes around? The old weight classifications seemed fine. Nothing was broken until last week. That’s the day when the National Federation of State … See all stories on this topic » Oviedo High wrestling […]
CARL FROCH AGREES TERMS WITH MATCHROOM SPORT
The Cobra eyes “dream Nottingham show” after Super Six glory Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch has signed a five-fight promotional deal. The WBC Super-Middleweight champion spoke with both Barry and Eddie Hearn earlier this month and the work starts straight away with Froch heading to the States to fight […]
Chad Dawson Training Camp Notes
Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward is hard at work at the Kronk Gym in Detroit with his new client, former WBC light heavyweight champion “Bad” Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s), for Dawson’s upcoming 12-round match-up against Romanian/Canadian light heavyweight contender Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s). The two will meet on the undercard of […]
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