RAMOS VS RIGONDEAUX LANDS AT THE PEARL AT THE PALMS ON JAN. 20 ON SHOWTIME® CHAMPIONS COLLIDE
WBA SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP RICO RAMOS DEFENDS AGAINST GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2011) – Goossen Tutor Promotions will kick off 2012 with a World Championship bout headlining on the popular SHOWTIME series, ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Jan. 20. The special edition of ShoBox features World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight champion Rico Ramos defending his title for […]
Takedown Wrestling To Broadcast Midlands on TheMat.com, Top Seeds Announced!
Takedown Wrestling Radio will offer free whistle to whistle coverage of the 2011 Ken Kraft Midlands wrestling Championships LIVE from Northwestern University. This very special broadcast of Takedown Radio (TDR) can be heard with the push of a button on the front page on TheMat.com thanks to USA Wrestling! Join TDR’s Broadcast Team of Scott Casber, Steve Foster, Jeff Murphy, […]
Boxing Links (12-16-2011)
Ward vs Froch: Time For Andre Ward to Look Like a Star Bad Left Hook Kory Kitchen is back at Bad Left Hook this morning to talk about Saturday night’s Super Six WorldBoxing Classic final between Andre Ward and Carl Froch. Can the winner become a real star? One of the common discussions among boxing fans is to […]
Midlands Founder Ken Kraft Looks to 49th Edition, Talks to Takedown Wrestling
2011 Midlands Championships Follow @NU_Wrestle on Twitter Like the Wildcat Wrestling Club on Facebook EVANSTON, Ill. – More than 40 Division I, II and III teams will send wrestlers to Evanston for the 49th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships as Northwestern announced the tournament field today. This year’s event, running from Dec. 29-30 at Welsh-Ryan Arena, […]
Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira Morphing into more complete fighter
MIAMI (Nov. 16, 2011) – The maturation process for undefeated 21-year-old middleweight Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira (15-0, 12 KOs)spiked last Friday night after his impressive eighth-round win against veteran Xavier “The X-Man” Tolliver (23-7, 15 KOs) in the middleweight prospect’s first fight on American television. Oliveira won by disqualification on a World Championship edition of Shobox: The Next Generation, […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-13-11)
UFC Has Minute in Prime Time New York Times (AP) — Junior Dos Santos stopped Cain Velasquez just 1 minute 4 seconds into their UFC heavyweight title bout Saturday night, claiming Velasquez’s belt and bringing a swift end to themixed martial arts promotion’s prime-time network debut. … See all stories on this topic » For Brock […]
Trainer Orlando Cuellar believes Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira has marketing potential to be Brazilian Oscar de la Hoya
Undefeated middleweight prospect makes ShoBox debut Friday night vs. Xavier Tolliver in El Paso MIAMI (Nov. 9, 2011) – Unbeaten, 21-year-old middleweight Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira, according to his head trainer Orlando Cuellar, has the potential to be a Brazilian version of Oscar de la Hoya. Oliveira (15-0, 12 KOs) makes his nationally […]
Fight Report: Choi Wins Prizefighter On Second Attempt And A New Star is Born
Report and Photos Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Last night at the York Hall in Bethnal Green 40 year old ‘Mongolian Warrior’ Choi Tseveenpurev won the excellent Matchroom Sport promoted Prizefighter tournament on his second attempt, having failed last year in the Super Featherweights. Choi may have been the ‘big name’ in this the 22nd edition […]
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