Maurice Harris riding high going into Friday night’s rematch against Tony Thompson
NEW YORK (May 24, 2011) – The long, strange trip Maurice “Sugar Moe” Harris has taken during his often tumultuous 18-year pro career is close to reaching its ultimate zenith as the USBA heavyweight champion makes final preparations for this week’s rematch against former world title challenger Tony “The Tiger” Thompson,” live on ESPN Friday Night Fights from Reno […]
Stellar Polish Amateur Marcin Marczak To Pro Debut In London On June 4th
Exciting Finchley based Polish Lightweight Marcin Marczak is set to professionally debut, at the Olivia Goodwin Main Events promoted ‘Search & Destroy’ double title headed event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, on Saturday, 4th June 2011, against Earl’s Court battler Bheki ‘Becks-Tiger’ Moyo. A long time amateur boxer in his home country, Marcin moved […]
Bad Chad Ready for Return!
Even though he won’t be appearing in the main event tonight, former WBC world champion “Bad” Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) is eagerly awaiting his chance to remind the world he is the best fighter on the card. Dawson will meet fellow former champ Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) in the 12-round main supporting bout of […]
TOP CONTENDER HINCHLIFFE TO FORD: “I WILL MAKE IT A QUICK NIGHT”
Hinchliffe and Ryan Ford set to collide at “Confrontation” Edmonton, Alberta (Canada): Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford is seen by many as the next great Canadian star to come out of the Great White North. This opinion was only further cemented by Ford’s vicious TKO victory over former UFC welterweight contender Karo Parisyan May 19th in Ontario. […]
Russell Turning Negatives to Positive Against Fonfara
Canadian light heavyweight Anthony “The Rowdy One” Russell (16-2-1, 5 KOs) isn’t expecting a warm welcome when he steps into the ring this Friday at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago to face Poland’sAndrzej Fonfara for the NABO title. Polish fighters in Chicago are like rock stars. While some might feel intimidated, Russell has […]
Jean Pascal Media Conference Call Transcript
Yvon Michel Thank you, everybody, for joining on for this conference call. First, I would like to thank all our partners for this event HBO, Golden Boy Promotions, Gary Shaw Promotions, and InterBox for helping us to put on a very exceptional show here in Montreal. We are ten days from the fight. Next week is fight week, […]
Double Joy For Balker: Faces Miles On June 4th Ahead of October Title Shot
London based Dutch Cruiserweight prospect Mitchell Balker has had a double helping of good news this past week. First his manager-coach Johnny Eames negotiated for him to fight Hari Miles on the Olivia Goodwin’s Main Events ‘Search & Destroy’ double title headliner at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday 4th June 2011. Then just one […]
Wrestling Links (5-14-11)
Thanks for everything, Coach CANOE Wrestling I ask wrestlers all the time about who their mentors were, but I don’t think I’ve ever been asked about mine. But “Coach” Glenn Cole, who died Friday, was one of them. He was the Toronto Sun wrestling writer, a Saturday column he wrote with … See all stories on this topic […]
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