Del Valle facing tough challenge this Saturday
Luis ‘Orlandito’ del Valle training in December at the Juan “Popo” Guzmán Gym in Cupey Alto, Puerto Rico. This week, undefeated super bantamweight (122 lbs) Luis “Orlandito” del Valle (14-0, 11KO’s) is finishing up preparations in Newburgh, New York for his bout against José Beranza (34-21-2, 26 KO’s), to be held January 21st, 2012 at […]
RISING WELTERWEIGHT STAR SHELDON WESTCOTT SIGNS WITH AGGRESSION MMA
Top Canadian 170-pounder to make AMMA debut Feb. 11th Edmonton, Alberta (Canada): Aggression MMA, one of the top MMA promotions in Canada, today announced that the promotion has signed rising welterweight star Sheldon Westcott to compete on its upcoming February 11th event. The name of Westcott’s opponent will be released shortly. As also recently revealed, […]
Volkmann’s Joke at UFC 141 Land Fighter in Hot Water, Talks to Takedown Radio
Jacob Volkmann More trouble for fighter after Obama comments Jacob Volkmann has found himself paying the price for his comments once again. The lightweight, who defeated Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision at UFC 141 last month, used nearly the entirety of his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan to send a message to President Barack Obama in the form of a […]
Simcic Retains WBF Title With UD Over Adamek
With a sold out crowd of 1500 spectators at the Maritim Hotel in Magdeburg, Germany, defending World Boxing Federation International Light Heavyweight Champion Denis Simcic retained his title with a unanimous decision over Czech challenger Tomas Adamek. Judges Zoltan Enyedi of Hungary, Lachzen Oumghar from the Netherlands and Germany’s Frank Michael Maass scored the contest […]
LUIS RAMOS JR. SCORES TIGHT DECISION OVER RAYMUNDO BELTRAN TO REMAIN UNBEATEN
Omar Figueroa Jr. Stops Michael Perez in All-Action Lightweight Co-Feature Telecast Replay to Air on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHO EXTREME INDIO, Calif. (Jan. 6, 2012) – During a weekend when SHOWTIME® is available in more than 60 million homes as a part of the premium network’s Free Preview Weekend, a pair of […]
Boxing Links (12-24-11)
Andre Ward, Super Six Revisited BlackAthlete.net It marked the climax of what was a lengthy, grueling, and drawn out tournament called the Super Six World Boxing Classic featuring six (or eight) of the world’s best at 168 pounds. Not only did Ward unify the WBA/WBC championships, the Ring Magazine … See all stories on this topic » […]
Sampson Boxing Congratulates Featherweight Sensation Javier Fortuna
For his ‘Graduation’ Against Roman Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing wishes to congratulate his up-and-coming featherweight sensation Javier “El Abejon ” Fortuna (18-0, 13 KOs) for taking the biggest step of his young career in beating Juarez, Mexico’s former world title challenger Miguel Roman (38-8, 28 KOs). Making the second defense of his WBC Youth […]
ANDRE WARD AND VIRGIL HUNTER: THEIR YEAR OF SUCCESS SHOULD LAND THEM FIGHTER AND TRAINER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
LOS ANGELES, CA (Dec. 20, 2011) – It has been a tremendously successful 2011 for Andre Ward(25-0, 13 KOs), who after a twenty-six month journey is now the Super Six World Boxing Classic champion; the WBA champion; the WBC champion; the Ring magazine champion and the No. 1 Super Middleweight in the world. Right there with […]
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