HP signs Pacquiao for new tablet campaign
By Bill King, Senior Writer, Sports Business Journal Published May 2, 2011, Page 28 Two months after taking over management of Manny Pacquiao’s largely dormant global endorsement portfolio, promoter Top Rank has landed the fighter a spot in Hewlett-Packard’s upcoming campaign around its recently released tablet computer. Working through agency William Morris, Top Rank submitted Pacquiao to […]
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 […]
Providence amateur boxer Toka Kahn-Clary earns spot on U.S. Boxing Team for Pan-Am Qualifier
PROVIDENCE (March 20, 2011) – U.S. Olympic Boxing Team hopeful Toka Kahn- Clary, an 18-year-old senior at E3 Academy in Providence, won a close decision today (Sunday) against U.S. Marine Tommy Rogue at the 2011 Pan American Games Box-Offs, held at the Olympic Training Center’s Sports Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. By winning at the Pan […]
WRESTLING LINKS (3-18-11)
Penn State, Cornell vie for top spot ESPN (blog) By Jason McDonnell PHILADELPHIA — When Cael Sanderson left Iowa State for Penn State two years ago he said he thought he could build a wrestling powerhouse by recruiting the rich talent of Pennsylvania. Right now his prediction looks accurate, … See all stories on this topic » […]
Pro Wrestling Duo Takes on New Adventures
(Largo, FL) – Legendary Professional Wrestler and Entrepreneur Fidel Sierra and Fantasy have seen their success blossom in and out of the wrestling ring from Sierra’s Championship reigns to owning a popular hot spot in Largo, Florida; Sierra and Fantasy have taken the world by storm. Sierra is best known for wreaking havoc in the […]
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONS EDGAR AND ALVAREZ SQUARE OFF THIS WEEK ON HDNET’S “INSIDE MMA”
Plus, Lorenzo Fertitta on an all new “Fighting Words with Mike Straka” Tomorrow Night, Friday, March 4 on HDNet DALLAS (March 3, 2011) MMA’s Lightweight division is arguably the most competitive weight class in the sport with three champions in three different promotions jockeying for the top spot. Politics will almost certainly keep them from […]
FRANKLIN “YAH YAH” LAWRENCE READY FOR THE TOP OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (February 25, 2011)—With very few top American Heavyweights in recent years, a new name is ready to crash the party and influx some life into what many boxing insiders say is the lowest time in American Heavyweight boxing. Enter Franklin “Yah Yah” Lawrence. The native of Indianapolis, Indiana has scored […]
Newton dedicated to change: Former champ replacing injured Al-Hassan at MFC 28
A newly re-focused and re-dedicated fighter is hoping to re-establish himself as an elite fighter in the Maximum Fighting Championship. He’ll get the opportunity to prove he’s a changed man as an injury replacement at MFC 28: Supremacy. Former MFC light heavyweight champion Emanuel “The Hardcore Kid” Newton (13-6-1) has agreed to a new multi-fight […]
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