John Wayne Hibbert Interview
With seriously big names, such as former World Champs Junior Witter and Colin Lynes and former British Champion Kevin McIntyre, grabbing all the headlines in the build up to the highly anticipated Matchroom Sports promoted Prizefighter – Welterweights II, which takes place at York Hall on Tuesday 7th June, I decided to buck the trend […]
Boxing Links (5-4-11)
J. Mayweather: Boxing….Furthest Thing From Floyd’s Mind BoxingScene.com By Chris Robinson The boxing world is completely consumed with this Saturday night’s showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley. Set to take place inside of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, the fight may not quite be as ‘super’ as some recent … See all stories on this […]
Fight Report: McAleese, Bailey and Bacon Do The Business Whilst Scriven Holds Gladman To A Surprise Draw
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro On Saturday night the boxing fraternity made it’s annual pilgrimage to the British home of Horse Racing – Newmarket – for the Graham Earl, in association with the TKO Boxing Gym, promoted ‘Return of the Mac’ event. Before I get onto the actual fight report I have to say that […]
Friday Night Fights at the Cosmopolitan Play by Play Report
By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] LIGHTWEIGHTS: Hylon Williams, Jr. (13-0, 3 KOs) vs. Marcos Herrera (6-4-1, 2 KOs) Round One: Williams began the fight by sticking an incredible jab in Herrera’s face. Herrera could only paw back, sustaining a bloody nose for his troubles. He took a defensive posture through most of the round […]
Interview With Rising Light Middleweight Star Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro I’m sure that the majority of those reading this will already be well aware of the talented young Light Middleweight prospect Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng from Stoke Newington in London. It’s hard not to be as Erick receives a lot more column inches in the boxing press than most seven […]
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 […]
‘Kid Chocolate’ played Wild Card as unbeaten Peter Quillin headed West for Success
NEW YORK (April 11, 2011) – A year ago, undefeated prospect Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin packed his bags and headed West, moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in what can only be described as a culture shock experience. Quillin, who was rated as high as No. 5 by the IBF before a series of unfortunate circumstances […]
Pedraza Victorious
Under the bright lights of Times Square, 2008 Puerto Rican Olympian Jose Pedraza won for the second time in as many pro bouts. Pedraza dismantled Corben Page in just one round on Tuesday night in the main event of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series from the BB King Blues Club in Times Square. […]
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