Lewus Gets Serious About Comeback
Former Featherweight Contender Drops 20 lbs, Ready to Make Run at World Title Fans of Chicago-based professional boxer Johnny Lewus (25-4-1, 21 KOs) better get used to seeing a lot less of him. Lewus, who will face Saint Paul, Minnesota’s Allen “The American Boy” Litzau in the eight-round lightweight main event of Hitz Boxing’s […]
Edwin Rodriguez Will Be Tonight’s FNU Combat Sports Show Guest
Professional Boxer Edwin Rodriquez (19-0, 14 KOs) joins “Rabble” Rousin’ Rich Bergeron and Tony “The Tornado” Penecale tonight on the Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show. Rodriguez is currently training with Ronnie Shields for a bout with Will “Power” Rosinsky (14-0, 8KO’s). Rodriguez will square off against Rosinsky on the DiBella Entertainment nationally-televised ShoBox: The New Generation card from the beautiful MGM Grand at Foxwoods, on […]
Kimbo Slice Invades Heartland: Oct. 15 fight in Nebraska
TOTOWA, N.J. (September 29, 2011) – One of the world’s most feared fighters, heavyweight Kimbo Slice, returns to the ring October 15 for only the second time as a professional boxer, facing Tay Bledsoe in a four-round bout at Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. “Kimbo Slice is a tremendous puncher,” his co-promoter […]
Boxing Links (9-16-11)
Mayweather out to stave off age, Ortiz ESPN Asked by a newcomer to the boxing beat following Wednesday’s final news conference if those legal problems were a distraction, Mayweather looked perplexed. He said the reporter wasn’t familiar to him, so he must have been new to have the audacity to … See all stories on this topic » […]
Boxing Links (9-14-11)
Victor Ortiz leans on youth, courage ESPN In the life of every elite professional boxer, there comes a time, at least once, for a stellar bout assessed by pundits and the boxer himself to be the fight of his life. That is precisely how boxingexperts classify Mexican-American boxer “Vicious” … See all stories on this topic » […]
Marston And Vella First To Receive Maltese Pro Boxing Licenses
The Malta Boxing Commission announced today that Marianne Marston and Clayton Vella are the first to be issued professional boxer licenses by the Republic of Malta professional boxing sanctioning organisation. On announcing the first boxers licensed by the Malta Boxing Commission President Alexander Zammit said, “It is with pleasure that I am able to announce […]
‘Bazooka’ Joe Linenfelser ready to explode on final 2011 ESPN FNF card
CHICAGO (Aug. 17, 2011) – Whether or not his swing bout airs on this week’s ESPN Friday Night Fights (FNF) card, welterweight prospect “Bazooka” Joe Linenfelser (9-1-1, 6 KOs), a 23-year-old boxer from Rockford, Illinois, plans to steal the show. The final ESPN FNF card of the year, live from Hammond, Indiana, showcases 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius […]
ESTRADA SIGNS TO MAKE MEXICO DEBUT “MANOS DE ORO” TRAVELS TO ACAPULCO FOR AUGUST 13 BOUT
Los Angeles, August 1 – East LA’s Shawn Estrada (12-0, 11 KOs) is set to make his Mexican debut when he takes on Alvaro Enriquez (11-8-2, 3 KOs) on August 13 at the Convention Center in Acapulco. Estrada, the 2008 US Olympian, is coming off a first round KO over Joe Gardner, the tenth 1st […]
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