Boxing Links (6-25-11)
Nick Charles, a brave man and good friend to boxing BoxingInsider.com (blog) But, Nick was a friend to all, and to yours truly, a friend from the first day we met at a ShowtimeBoxing event four years ago. It was supposed to be a meet and greet. But it became a friendship. As the battle continued, […]
RESULTS FROM PROVIDENCE “TOUGH & TESTED”
Thursday, November 13, 2008 Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence, RI LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS: Jaison Codrington (19-2, 15 KOs), Queens, NY WTKO8 (2:57) William Gill (8-21, 7 KOs), Toms River, NJ. SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS: Sakio Bika (27-3-2, 17 KOs), Sydney, Australia WTKO3 (1:53) Peter Manfredo, Jr. (31-6, 16 KOs), Providence, RI (Bika wins IBO Title). LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHTS: Grady Brewer […]
IBO SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: TOUGH AND TESTED FACT SHEET
MAIN EVENT – 12 ROUNDS “The Pride of Providence” PETER MANFREDO, JR. SAKIO “Scorpion” BIKA NABF Interim Super Middleweight Champion IBF Pan Pacific Super Middleweight Champion Runner-Up in The Contender I Winner of The Contender III, 2000 Olympian Rated WBC No. 13 Rated IBF No. 4 & The Ring No. 8 Providence, RI Sydney, Australia […]
No trash-talk between friends and Nov. 13 foes Brewer & Bundrage
Manfredo-Bika headline “Tough & Tested” in Providence, live on Versus PROVIDENCE (November 6, 2008) – The Contender, Season Two winner, “Bad Boy” Grady Brewer, and third-place finisher, Cornelius “K9” Bundrage, developed a strong friendship when they were teammates on the 2006 television reality series. The bond remains but has been temporarily put aside because Brewer […]
Bika wants unification fight or Hopkins after Manfredo
“Tough & Tested” Nov. 13 at Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, live on Versus PROVIDENCE (October 29, 2008) – The Contender, Season Three winner Sakio “The Scorpion” Bika plans to cash in after an impressive win November 13 against two-time world title challenger “The Pride of Providence” Peter Manfredo, Jr., runner-up in Season One of […]