Real ‘Homecoming’ for Whitley
June 25 in Holyoke, MA HOLYOKE, Mass. (May 19, 2011) – Battle-tested boxer Derrick “Double Impact” Whitley (24-25-3, 11 KOs) returns to the ring for the first time in nearly four years to headline a pro boxing show in his hometown of Holyoke, “Homecoming,” June 25 at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke. […]
Professional Boxing Returns to Holyoke for only second time in 50 years
Whitley-Hall Headlines “Homecoming” June 25 HOLYOKE, Mass. (May 12, 2011) – Professional boxing returns to Holyoke for only the second time in the past half-century, the first since 2000, on June 25 when American Fighting Organization (“AFO”) presents, “Homecoming,” at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke. Boxing’s roots in Holyoke date […]
Shaw: I’ll Petition Winner of Saturday’s Main Event to Fight Mares Next
Regardless of who wins tonight’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING broadcast from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast), between former IBF Bantamweight Champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez and two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan, promoter Gary Shaw says he’ll petition the IBF to sanction an Interim title […]
Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira Repeat Brazilian Athlete of the Year winner
MIAMI (April 18, 2011) – Unbeaten Interim WBC Latino super middleweight and UNBC middleweight champion,Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira (14-0, 11 KOs,) received his the Brazilian International Press Award’s 2010 Athlete of the Year Award last Saturday night in the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 20-year-old […]
Brazilian Revolution in Boxing working for WBC #20 rated Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira
MIAMI (April 12, 2011) – The movement spearheaded by MO Productions to establish undefeated Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira as a star in his native Brazil is moving forward as TV Globo, the third-largest network in the world, committed to a two-year, six-fight commitment featuring the 20-year-old Oliveira. After his 10-round unanimous decision victory March 25 […]
Shaw/Espino Ink Super Bantamweight Nehomar Cermeño
Gary Shaw of Gary Shaw Productions is proud to announce the signing of Venezuelan former WBA Interim Bantamweight Champion and current WBA #6 super bantamweight Nehomar Cermeño (20-3, 12 KOs) to a co-promotional deal with Panama-based Rogelo Espino of Promociones Y Eventos del Istmo. 31-year-old Cermeño is a former Olympian and one of Venezuela’s […]
APRIL 9 “ACTION HEROES” POST-FIGHT QUOTES
Erik Morales, Six-Time & Three Division World Champion “I want to acknowledge everyone who came to see this fight. I’m a good fighter. I fight for the people of Tijuana.” “I think he [Maidana] may have won a close fight, but not a clean win. I think that I won the fight because I landed […]