DECORATED PHILADELPHIA AMATEUR BOXER DAMON ALLEN SETS RECORD STRAIGHT DRUG BAN
PHILADELPHIA (December 5, 2011)—This past week it was announced that prized Philadelphia Amateur Damon Allen was banned by USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) for using a banned substance during competition. Allen, nineteen years old wanted to set the record straight on the circumstances surrounding the suspension. “I had a swollen hand and my grandmother gave […]
Bellator Fights Friday Nights: Season 6 Premieres Friday, March 2nd LIVE on MTV2 and EPIX
Promotion to Air Every Friday Night; Feature Five Tournaments CHICAGO, Ill. (December 5, 2011) — After a historic fifth season that saw Michael Chandler capture the Bellator Lightweight Title in a four-round classic that many critics labeled fight-of-the-year, and Eduardo Dantas, Douglas Lima and Alexander Shlemenko all earning tournament championships, Bellator will open their […]
Efrain Escudero to Replace Paul Kelly at Legacy Fighting Championship 9
Watch Legacy FC 9 Live on HDNet December 16th! Houston, TX. – December 2, 2011 – Texas-based mixed martial arts fight promotion company, Legacy Fighting Championship, announced today that noted English mixed martial artist Paul Kelly has been pulled from the Legacy FC 9 card due to Visa issues. Replacing Kelly on the card is Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Efrain […]
AMIR KHAN AND FREDDIE ROACH CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
Kelly Swanson Thanks, everybody, for joining us today. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We are really grateful that we’re on the call today with the one and only Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir ‘King’ Khan.Just a side note before we get to the call, I’ve learned recently that last week Amir was […]
WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin Trout in New York City
No Doubt, Trout is Coming Home WBA Light Middleweight World Champion Austin “NO DOUBT’” Trout will be available for interviews in the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn in Staten Island tomorrow (Friday, December 2, 2011). The Hilton Garden Inn is located at 1100 South Avenue in Staten Island. Trout is in New York to attend […]
Boxing Links (11-20-11)
Junior’s a winner FOXSports.com “I’m so very happy with my performance,” exclaimed Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to the press after his spirited TKO win over a hard-charging Peter Manfredo Jr. For more boxing news and analysis, check out The Boxing Tribune. He had good reason to be. … See all stories on this topic » It ain’t over yet […]
*Bellator 58 Weigh-In Results*
Hollywood, FL. – The Bellator 58 weigh-ins have been completed from Hollywood, Florida in preparation for Bellator’s Saturday night event at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, which features Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez defending his belt against season 4 tournament winner, Michael Chandler as well as Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard facing off against Trevor […]
ABNER MARES, ANSELMO MORENO, VIC DARCHINYAN & DON KING International Media Conference Call Highlights
NEW YORK (Nov. 16, 2011) – International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares, World Boxing Association (WBA), Bantamweight Super Champion Anselmo Moreno, Two-Division World Champion Vic “The Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan and Hall of Fame Promoter Don King held a media conference call on Wednesday to discuss the upcoming SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event on Saturday, Dec. 3, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed […]
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