TOP PROSPECTS LUIS FRANCO, LATEEF KAYODE & ARCHIE RAY MARQUEZ ALL FACE TOUGH COMPETITION IN FIRST SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION OF 2011
Friday, Feb. 4 LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) From Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. NEW YORK (Jan. 24, 2011) – Undefeated featherweight prospect and former Cuban Olympian Luis Franco will look to take another giant step towards challenging for a world title in 2011 when he […]
Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard signs with Top Rank
MANCHESTER, Conn. (January 17, 2011) – Undefeated, 24-year-old NABF and NABO champion Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard (23-0, 13 KOs), arguably America’s leading featherweight, has signed an exclusive promotional contract with Top Rank. “Matt is a tremendous, exciting fighter, “Hall of Fame promoter and Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said. “We are very pleased he has […]
Cruiserweight contender Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey a promotional free agent
PROVIDENCE (January 15, 2011) – World title challenger and former U.S. amateur standout, Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey (20-2, 10 KOs), is a promotional free agent prepared to get right back into the cruiserweight picture with the right promoter in his corner. Godfrey was stopped for the first time in his pro career last August when […]
ALLAN GREEN & GLEN JOHNSON, PROMOTER LOU DIBELLA SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC CONFERENCE CALL HIGHLIGHTS
Hard-hitting, world-ranked Allan Green and veteran contender and former world champ Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson participated in a national media conference call to discuss their must-win Super Six World Boxing Classic bout on Saturday, Nov. 6, live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. […]
CAMP NOTES: ROBERT “THE GHOST” GUERRERO RANKED #1 BY THE WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION
(GILROY, CA) October 21, 2010 – Former Three-time World Champion, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (27-1-1, 18 KOs), has stepped up his training camp in preparation for his upcoming showdown with 2004 Olympian, Vicente Escobedo (22-2, 14 KOs). While hosting camp in his hometown of Gilroy, California, Guerrero’s been running the usual mountains that have kept […]
Veteran Glen Johnson to Replace Injured Mikkel Kessler in Super Six on SHOWTIME
NEW YORK (Sept. 29, 2010) – Veteran contender Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson has been tapped to replace the injured Mikkel Kessler in the Super Six World Boxing Classic and is preparing to meet Allan Green in a Group Stage 3 bout on Saturday, Nov. 6, live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the […]
JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ vs. RAFAEL MARQUEZ WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOV. 6,
AT MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS LIVE ON SHOWTIME® ATTACHED NEW YORK (Aug. 30, 2010) – The World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight championship fight between undefeated titlist Juan Manuel “JuanMa” Lopez, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, and Rafael Marquez, of México City has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 6, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed […]
PROMISING BANTAMWEIGHT CHRIS AVALOS FACES FELLOW UNBEATEN CHRIS MARTIN FRIDAY ON SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION
FINAL WEIGHTS AND QUOTES TOMORROW, Live on SHOWTIME, 11 p.m. ET/PT NOTE: WEIGHTS (Aug. 5, 2010) – World-ranked bantamweight Chris Avalos measured 118 pounds and Chris “The San Diego Kid” Martin weighed in at 120 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in at Grand Casino Hinckley, in Hinckley, Minn. The hard-hitting Avalos (16-0, 13 KOs), of Lancaster, […]
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