Cohen Launches New Promotional Company: Greg Cohen Promotions (GCP)
Greg Cohen, formerly the Founder of The Empire Sports and Entertainment Inc., is proud to announce the formation of Greg Cohen Promotions. Cohen will continue to promote former unified and two-time heavyweight champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (49-7-2, 40 KOs); WBA 154-pound champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout (22-0,13 KOs); Queens, New York, junior middleweight contender “Mean” Joe Greene (22-1, […]
Franco Stepping up the Power
Looking to improve on his already considerable skills, undefeated Cuban featherweight prospect and current WBO Inter-Continental champion Luis “La Estrella” Franco (9-0, 5 KOs) is currently hard at work at SoMi Fitness in his hometown of Miami with world-renowned strength and conditioning coach Willie Del Sol and dietician Unni Greene. In addition to his […]
Wrestling Links (4-30-11)
WWE cuts dividend, and shares stagger BusinessWeek THE SPARK: The online and television wrestling entertainment company said Thursday that it will now pay a dividend of 12 cents per share per quarter instead of 36 cents. The new dividend yields 4.2 percent based on WWE’s closing share price on Thursday … See all stories on this topic […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (4-28-11)
Couture wraps up matchless MMA career at UFC 129 msnbc.com By GREG BEACHAM Randy Couture has waited long enough for the grand finale to hismixed martial arts career. The 47-year-old MMA pioneer says he’s finally finished with competition after taking on Lyoto Machida at UFC 129 in Toronto this weekend. … See all stories on this topic » […]
Wrestling Links (4-4-11)
Wrestlemania XXVII: Snooki Wrestling In WWE Match Huffington Post The reality star made her WWE debut two weeks ago, calling out Guerrero and executing two epic takedowns the likes of which the wrestling world has never seen. She’s been hyping up her appearance over the past two weeks on Twitter, promoting to her … See all stories on […]
“Kid Blast” Barthelemy to Return April 29
On the undercard of last Friday night’s ESPN2 Friday Night Fights broadcast from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, super featherweight dynamo Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (11-0, 8 KOs), scored a dominating TKO victory over James Hope at 2:04 of the fourth round. Not content to sit on his laurels, Barthelemy will be back on […]
City Boxing’s Chris Chatman vs Charles Hatley ESPN2 Feb 4
Hatley-Chatman Feb 4 Highly touted prospect Charles Hatley (14-0, 11 KOs) of Texas will meet San Diego based Chris Chatman (9-1, 4 KOs) on February 4th. The bout will be televised on ESPN2 Friday Fights Series as an 8 round welterweight co-feature. The 24-year-old Hatley, a native of Texas, enters the bout as the unbeaten […]
UFC Star Phil Baroni is Ready for Tavares at UFC 125, He Talks To TDRTV
Long Island’s Phil Baroni is a wrestler and grappler at heart. Here’s the rub, He’ll kick your but with his fists too. With 24 hours notice and a 20 plus pound weight cut, Baroni put himself in a fight with a very tough opponent in Amir Sadollah at UFC 106. Fans can put a Baroni’s […]
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