Boxing Links (4-22-11)
Sav’s View-Mayweather and Pacquiao vs The Greats Part 1 EastsideBoxing.com By Jamie Savin: I have been a boxing fan ever since I was a little kid some of my earliest memories are watching the fab four with my father and the Benn/Eubank fights in the early 90’s. I was hooked and got to see so many […]
FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES: VIC DARCHINYAN AND YONNHY PEREZ, JOSEPH AGBEKO & ABNER MARES
Thursday, April 21, ESPNZone L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles Telecast This Saturday, April 23, Live on SHOWTIME® at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT From Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles; Live Card Begins At 5 p.m. PT LOS ANGELES (April 21, 2011) – Two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and former International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Yonnhy […]
INJURY FORCES JOSEPH AGBEKO OUT OF SHOWTIME® BANTAMWEIGHT TOURNAMENT FINAL AND WORLD TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST ABNER MARES
Vic Darchinyan vs. Yonnhy Perez To Headline Saturday’s SHOWTIME Telecast From Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE LOS ANGELES (April 21, 2011)–An untimely back injury sustained by IBF Bantamweight World Champion Joseph Agbeko earlier this week has forced him out of Saturday’s scheduled title defense—and the SHOWTIME Bantamweight Tournament Final—against Abner Mares. The co-main event bout featuring former world […]
Boxing Links (4-21-11)
Fighter pay: The downside of MMA Yahoo! Sports A week ago, MMA bad boy Nick Diaz, announced his plans to compete as a professional boxer in 2011. Diaz cited money as one of the reasons he was contemplating giving boxing another shot. Most MMA fans understand Diaz’s point, as full contact fighters … See all stories on this […]
OPEN MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES: ABNER MARES, VIC DARCHINYAN AND PROMOTER OSCAR DE LA HOYA
Tuesday, April 19, 2011, Westside Boxing Gym, Los Angeles, Calif. LOS ANGELES (April 20, 2011) –Undefeated WBC Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares and two-division titleholder Vic Darchinyan participated in an open media workout Tuesday at Westside Boxing Gym with Oscar de la Hoya,president of Golden Boy Promotions/ Mares’ promoter in attendance. This Saturday, April 23, Mares and Darchinyan will compete […]
The Bantamweight Tournament: The Semifinals Revealed – SHOWTIME BOXING
Before the April 23 BANTAMWEIGHT TOURNAMENT FINAL LIVE at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) on SHOWTIME Revisit the Emotional Highs and Lows of the Semifinals …Abner Mares Roaring Back from a Bloody Gash, Knockdown and Point Deduction… …Vic Darchinyan’s Disheartening Loss and Backstage Drama… …Plus the Round of the Year Candidate Between Joseph […]
JOSEPH KING KONG AGBEKO & ABNER MARES VIC DARCHINYAN & YONNHY PEREZ: THE BANTAMWEIGHT TOURNAMENT FINAL – Winner Takes All CONFERENCE CALL HIGHLIGHTS
Four of the world’s most talented and exciting bantamweights participated in a media conference call to discuss The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All on Saturday, April 23 LIVE on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight world champion Joseph […]
The Raging Bull is Raging Again
Former flyweight and super flyweight champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyanof Sydney, Australia, by way of Vanadzok, Armenia, says his experiment with being a boxer is now over. “I’m coming back to show everyone how strong I am,” he explains. “In my last fight, I wanted to prove I have skills by moving around and that’s not […]
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