Boxing Links (10-29-11)
Canadian boxer, kayakers nab gold at Pan Am Games CBC.ca Canadian boxer Mary Spencer had to wait until the championship bout before she was really tested at the Pan American Games. When faced with an opponent who was truly in her class, she came through with flying colours. Spencer became the first Canadian… See all stories on this […]
LUCIAN BUTE & GLEN JOHNSON CONFERENCE CALL HIGHLIGHTS
NEW YORK (Oct. 25, 2011) – With a shot at the biggest fight in Super Middleweight history on the line, undefeated superstar and International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute will make the ninth defense of his 168-pound title against ageless former light heavyweight champion Glen “The Road Warrior’’ Johnson on Saturday, Nov. 5, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the […]
Katajisto, Swierzbinski and Aliyev are new champions for Baltic Boxing Union (BBU)
Baltic Boxing Union (BBU), a regional sanctioning body for 12 Baltic area countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine) and their boxers, has been more than active at the change of September and October. Three BBU title fights took place in three different countries within just three weeks. […]
Livingston making up for lost time
NEW YORK (October 25, 2011) – Undefeated middleweight prospect DonYil Livingston, whose cousin is world super middleweight champion Andre Ward, is making up for lost time. The 27-year-old Livingston (6-0-1, 3 KOs), fighting out of Palmdale, California, was a highly decorated US amateur boxer who was so disillusioned with the politics of boxing that […]
Good Guy Trahan Learning the Ropes from Gentleman Glen
With all the leather flying, you’d never know you were watching “The Good Guy” spar with “Gentleman” Glen. “My brother gave me that name,” explains undefeated super middleweight prospect Chad “The Good Guy” Trahan (5-0, 4 KOs). He always tells me I look like such a good guy, but in the ring I’m a […]
BRANDON GONZALES AND JAVIER MOLINA READY TO MAKE THEIR MARK ON SHOBOX DEBUT OCT. 28 AT BALLY’S ATLANTIC CITY
LOS ANGELES (Oct. 21, 2011) – Unbeaten through his first 15 bouts, highly touted middleweight prospect Brandon “Flawless” Gonzales is expecting next Friday’sShoBox: The New Generation telecast to be nothing short of exciting and eye-opening. Gonzales, who goes toe-to-toe with the very tough Ossie Duran next Friday, Oct. 28 at Bally’s Atlantic City (live on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the […]
Boxing Links (10-19-11)
Freed boxer wins first — and last pro fight CBS News I’ll work out with people and I would love to learn the game of boxing a little bit more if I can. I will sit down and do announcing.” Going forward, he says he wants to focus on helping kids aspire to achieve, with the Dewey Bozella Foundation. … […]
Boxing Links (10-14-11)
Hopkins has answer to age-old question ESPN By Dan Rafael LOS ANGELES — It has become the age-old boxing question: Just when will Bernard Hopkins finally get old? Before Hopkins knocked out overwhelming favorite Felix Trinidad to become the undisputed middleweight champion in 2001, many thought … See all stories on this topic » Nathan Cleverly and […]
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