Boxing Links (7-9-11)
George Kimball, at 67; covered glory days of boxing Boston Globe By JM Lawrence Author George Kimball, a former radical hippie poet out of 1960s Kansas who became a renowned boxing writer during more than 30 years with the Boston Herald and the Boston Phoenix, died of cancer on Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. … See all […]
SHO Sports News Update on Rios-Antillon with Al Bernstein from Carson, Calif.
CARSON, Calif. (July 8, 2011) – The BRANDON RIOS vs. URBANO ANTILLON fight week activities have only furthered the bad blood between the two relentless lightweights. SHOWTIME analyst AL BERNSTEIN is on site in Carson, Calif. with a news update on the impending slugfest. Televised live from The Home Depot Center on SHOWTIME®, beginning TOMORROW/Saturday at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West […]
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT CO-FEATURE FIGHTERS KERMIT CINTRON AND CARLOS MOLINA, UNBEATEN NOTRE DAME CHAMP MIKE LEE AND MIDDLEWEIGHT PROSPECT MATT KOROBOV MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES
Thursday, July 7, Fortune Gym, Hollywood, Calif. SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEHEADER This Saturday, July 9, At Home Depot Center, Carson, California, Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (July 7, 2011) – Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28 KOs), of Carolina, Puerto Rico, will mark his return to the SHOWITME airwaves while Carlos Molina of Chicago will make his […]
WBA LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION BRANDON RIOS, CHALLENGER URBANO ANTILLON, KERMIT CINTRON, CARLOS MOLINA, PROMOTER BOB ARUM AND MORE FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Wednesday, July 6, Wilshire Grand Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Doubleheader This Saturday, July 9, At The Home Depot Center, Carson, California, Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT LOS ANGELES (July 6, 2011) – Aside from some one-on-one, in-your-face jawing during a face-off for photographers, both Brandon “Bam Bam’’ Rios and Urbano Antillon […]
WBA LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION BRANDON RIOS, CHALLENGER URBANO ANTILLON, UNBEATEN, WORLD-RANKED MERCITO GESTA, PROMOTER BOB ARUM MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES
Two fighters who can’t hide their dislike for each other — Brandon Rios and Saturday, July 9, the unbeaten Rios (27-0-1, 19 KOs) will defend his WBA lightweight championship against Antillon (28-2, 20 KOs) in the main event onSHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. In the Top Rank-promoted co-feature on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, former IBF welterweight […]
Fight Week Kicks Off for Rios-Antillon
Click Photo Below to Recap the Genuine Animosity Already Displayed by the Two Fierce Lightweights For more photos and video from SHOWTIME Sports Visit sports.sho.com New York (July 5, 2011) – As fight week for BRANDON RIOS vs. URBANO ANTILLON WBA lightweight championship is underway, SHOWTIME Sports® takes a look at some of the fighters’ most powerful punches and verbal […]
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 […]
When Things Go Right, They End in Fights
Right now, a typical schedule of boxing’s upcoming bouts would include the following two entries with few other details: July 9: Erislandy Lara vs. Paul Williams (HBO) July 9: Carlos Molina vs. Kermit Cintron (Showtime) However, the work that went into propelling Lara and Molina into these high-profile fights against former world champions […]
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