MCGUIGAN: FRAMPTON HAS THE CLASS TO BE HUGE
Legend expects protégé to fight Scott Quigg this year Barry McGuigan believes it’s a big year for Carl Frampton after the Belfast boy’s stunning knockout of Kris Hughes in his Commonwealth Super-Bantamweight title defence on Saturday (January 28). In an exclusive interview with Matchroom Boxing, McGuigan said that Frampton’s spectacular seventh round assault […]
Boxing Links (2-1-12)
Will Junior remember Alamo differently? ESPN (blog) (A brief aside: The notion of two welterweights actually deciding who is the best fighter in the world by meeting in the ring might, to today’s generation of boxing fans, seem an absurdity, a fiction so improbable as to be without any kind of … See all stories on this topic […]
Bellator and theScore® Announce Expanded Programming Partnership
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 1, 2012) —Bellator Fighting Championships today announces that it has extended its programming partnership with Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) through its upcoming sixth season, starting on March 9, it’s Summer Season as well as its seventh later in the year. The extension gives Canadian mixed martial arts fans access to another year of Bellator fights […]
COLDWELL BOXING TEAMS UP WITH MATCHROOM SPORT FOR ‘THE BIG BANG’
Bellew’s Liverpool clash to be aired live on Sky Sports – tickets on sale at 9am Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that they have joined forces with David Coldwell and Coldwell Boxing for Tony Bellew’s British light-Heavyweight title defence against Danny McIntosh on ‘The Big Bang’ card at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (2-1-12)
Largest MMA organisation in Asia to base HQ in S’pore AsiaOne Asia’s largest mixed martial–arts (MMA) organisation, ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC), announced yesterday that it would establish its headquarters in Singapore. In what is the largest MMA media deal in Asia, it also announced a 10-year media … See all stories on this topic » AsiaOne Like mixed martial arts? $19500 […]
BWAA NAMES ANDRE WARD AND VIRGIL HUNTER FIGHTER AND TRAINER OF THE YEAR RESPECTIVELY
Los Angeles (Jan 31, 2012) – At the end of the year, when several highly respected publications, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and Yahoo! Sports named Andre Ward their Fighter of the Year, it seemed that the people around the 2004 Olympic gold medalist were even more thrilled than he was. Though grateful for the awards he had […]
Wrestling Links (1-31-12)
A courageous wrestler comes back to Philadelphia, this time for an award … Philadelphia Inquirer “They saw me as this kid who wouldn’t amount to the other wrestlers. That was very frustrating.” With the proper prodding from his high school coach, Bobby Williams, and wrestling pal Chris Frejie, Robles became a champion. The one-legged wrestler went … See all stories on this topic » […]
UNDEFEATED FEATHERWEIGHT JERRY “THE CORPUS CHRISTI KID” BELMONTES NOW A PROMOTIONAL FREE AGENT
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (JANUARY 31, 2012)–15-0(5KO’s) Featherweight Jerry Belmontes is now a promotional Free Agent. Belmontes, of Corpus Christie, Texas, gained his freedom from Marines Promotions after an ugly one -year year dispute between promoter Julio Marines and manager Adrian Clark which left Jerry out of the ring for nine months. Clark and Belmontes both […]
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