Boxing Links (10-01-11)
Martinez settles, but serious about Barker ESPN 17 in Showtime’s Super Six World Boxing Classic final) and titlist Lucian Bute. But Martinez said he won’t go all the way up to the 168-pound division. “I am willing to fight anyone up to 163 or 164, so if any of the big guys want to fight me, … See […]
PHIL LO GRECO STRIPPED; VICTOR LUPO TO FIGHT FOR VACATED WBC INTERNATIONAL WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
PHOTO COURTESY OF DURELL WAMBOLT/THE BOXING EXAMINER TORONTO (September 30, 2011) – The World Boxing Council (“WBC”) has announced today that Phil Lo Greco has been stripped of his WBC International Welterweight belt due to his refusal to defend against mandatory challenger Victor Lupo (19-1-2, 9KO’s). The official announcement can be […]
Boxing Links (9-20-11)
Larry Merchant on Mayweather flap ESPN LOS ANGELES — HBO boxing announcer Larry Merchant said Monday that Floyd Mayweather’s victory over Victor Ortiz on Saturday in Las Vegas was the result of a “legal sucker-punch.” Merchant, a guest on the Mason & Ireland Show on 710 ESPN Radio in Los … See all stories on this topic » […]
Willie Casey returnswith ‘Big Bang’ Eyes Kennedy or Quigg fight
CORK, Ireland (September 19, 2011) – Former European and Prizefighter super bantamweight champion Willie “Big Bang” Casey returned to the ring last Saturday night in Belfast, stopped veteran Daniel Kodjo Sassou in the eighth round of their fight on the Tyson Fury-Nicolai Firtha card in famed King’s Hall. Casey (12-1, 8 KOs), fighting out of Limerick, has now set his […]
Boxing Links (9-19-11)
Mayweather still boxing’s bad boy TheChronicleHerald.ca All in a night’s work for boxing’s bad boy, and a profitable one at that. He sells because people buy pay-per-views to either cheer him on or yell at the big screen in hopes he will lose. On Saturday night he won for the 42nd straight time, … See all stories on this topic […]
Promoter Gary Shaw Ring 8 Sept. Guest Speaker Tuesday evening in NY
NEW YORK, NY (September 15, 2011) – World renown boxing promoter Gary Shaw will be the special guest speaker Tuesday evening (Sept. 20) for RING 8’s monthly meeting (7 PM/ET start) at the historic WaterfrontCrabhouse in Long Island City. In 1971, he first got into boxing as an Inspector for the New Jersey Athletic Commission, serving 28 […]
IBF Junior Lightweight Champion Amanda Serrano New Boxing Queen of New York 1st Boxing 360 World Champion
NEW YORK (September 13, 2011) – Boxing 360 has its first world champion, new International Boxing Federation (“IBF”) junior lightweight Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano, who stopped WIBF Inter-Continental lightweight titlist Kimberly Connor in last Saturday night’s scheduled 10-round title fight in Brooklyn’s Aviator Sports Complex. The undefeated 23-year-old Serrano (12-0-1, 8 KOs), a native of Puerto Rico who […]
Amanda Serrano steps-up to fight for IBF World title Saturday night at home in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (September 8, 2011) – Unbeaten NABF Featherweight Champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano steps-up one weight class for her first world title fight, when she takes on WIBF Inter-Continental lightweight titlist Kimberly Connor in a 10-round bout for the vacant International Boxing Federation (“IBF”) junior lightweight title, Saturday night at home in Brooklyn’s Aviator Sports Complex. “It’s wonderful,” […]
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