Boxing Links (9-21-11)
Boxing’s new low: Choice of Cortez sealed Ortiz’ fate The Hook By Juanita Giles | bweevil1@gmail.com Boxing has never been pretty. The blood turns a lot of people off, but die-hard fans (required, with such a dearth of talent in most divisions) know that boxing’s violence is tempered with fairness and grace. … See all stories on this topic » […]
“THE LION” ROARS AGAIN IN LAS VEGAS: SHARIF BOGERE RETURNS TO SHOBOX ON OCTOBER 7 TO FACE FRANCISCO CONTRERAS IN CLASH OF UNBEATENS
UNBEATEN RISING STAR JERMELL CHARLO FACES FELLOW PROSPECT FRANCISCO SANTANA IN CO-FEATURED BOUT LOS ANGELES, September 20 – Following his exciting 10-round battle with Raymundo Beltran in May in a bout which marked his debut on the hit series ShoBox: The New Generation, NABO Lightweight Champion Sharif “The Lion” Bogere will return to the SHOWTIME® airwaves on […]
UFC/Strikeforce Newsletter (9-20-11)
Velasquez Returns To Defend The Heavyweight Belt Against Dos Santos In Anaheim The UFC makes its debut on FOX on Saturday, November 12, with a battle for the heavyweight title between champion Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos! Live at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA – UFC Fight Club presale starts Wednesday at 10am […]
OLUSEGUN AJOSE & ALI CHEBAH MAKE U.S. DEBUTS IN WBC SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT ELIMINATOR ON SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION
Unbeaten Colombian Prospect Darley Perez Battles Oscar Meza In Co-Feature Live at 11 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 30, on SHOWTIME® NEW YORK (Sept. 20, 2011) – World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 1-ranked super lightweight contender Olusegun Ajose will face No. 6-ranked Ali Chebah in a WBC super lightweight eliminator on Friday, Sept. 30, in the main event on ShoBox: The […]
Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez Suffers Injury, Bellator 54 Championship Fight Delayed
CHICAGO, Ill. (September 20, 2011) — Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that reigning Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez has suffered an injury that will force the title holder off of the October 15th card at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The Philadelphia fighter was scheduled to square off against Season 4 Lightweight Tournament winner Michael Chandler in […]
INTERNET HIT USMAN AHMED IN PRIZEFIGHTER
Derby fighter can right some wrongs in Liverpool Super Flyweights show Internet sensation Usman Ahmed will get the chance to make a name for himself in the right way as he joins the line-up for Prizefighter Super Flyweights at Liverpool Olympia on Wednesday October 12, live on Sky Sports. Ahmed hit the headlines when a […]
Willie Casey returnswith ‘Big Bang’ Eyes Kennedy or Quigg fight
CORK, Ireland (September 19, 2011) – Former European and Prizefighter super bantamweight champion Willie “Big Bang” Casey returned to the ring last Saturday night in Belfast, stopped veteran Daniel Kodjo Sassou in the eighth round of their fight on the Tyson Fury-Nicolai Firtha card in famed King’s Hall. Casey (12-1, 8 KOs), fighting out of Limerick, has now set his […]
Fight Report: Williams Stops Okoth In Fifth, Fowler and Ockuko Impress
By: Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro On Sunday afternoon Miranda Carter and Bruce Baker co-promoted their first event of the new season – Great Expectations – at York Hall in the heart of the East End of London. Surprisingly York Hall wasn’t packed to capacity, perhaps because of the late pullout by British Light Welter Champ […]
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