Boxing Links (9-15-11)
Mayweather vs Ortiz: Aging star faces brash champ CBS News Floyd Mayweather, left, and Victor Ortiz square off for a photo after a boxing news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, in Las Vegas. The pair are slated to fight for Oritz’ WBC welterweight title on Saturday, Sept. 17. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) LAS … See all stories on this […]
Fight To Educate seems like old times for new Danny O’Connor
Wednesday, Sept. 21 at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH MANCHESTER, N.H. (September 15, 2011) – Popular light welterweight prospect Danny O’Connor returns to the ring Wednesday night (Sept. 21), fighting for the fourth consecutive year on the Fight To Educate (“FTE”) card, at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. This trip, however, the crafty southpaw […]
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 […]
CARL FROCH TO PERFORM LIVE PRIZEFIGHTER LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHTS II DRAW
Fighters weigh-in ahead of sold-out Sky Sports show WBC Super-Middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch will perform the first ever live fight-night draw at tomorrow’s sold-out Prizefighter Light-Middleweights II at Bethnal Green’s York Hall, live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1. The Nottingham star will lead the eight contenders to the ring with none of […]
WBO SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROBERT STIEGLITZ vs. MIKKEL KESSLER ADDED TO NOV. 5 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
Title Fight From Denmark Will Be Shown On Same-Day Delay Before Live Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson IBF 168-Pound World Championship in Canada; Telecast Begins at 9 p.m. ET/PT (Delayed on the West Coast) Four World Titles, Plus The RING Magazine Belt and Inaugural Super Six Cup All Up for Grabs in Unprecedented […]
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 […]
Boxing Links (9-13-11)
Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and boxing’s age-old issue Los Angeles Times But they’re approaching their mid-30s, and boxers such as Oscar De La Hoya and Ray Mancini say competing at that age is tough. Although many consider Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Manny Pacquiao to be the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, … See all stories on this […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (9-13-11)
‘Warrior’ transports hearts into the ring Houston Baptist Collegian Directed and written by Gavin O’Connor, the film follows two brothers as they find themselves on the same mixed martial arts path for very different reasons. Returning to his father’s home in Philadelphia, a war veteran named Tom Conlon (Tom Hardy) … See all stories on this topic » […]
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