“INSIDE MMA” PAYS TRIBUTE TO SHAWN TOMPKINS – TOMORROW NIGHT ON HDNET
Tomorrow night, Bas Rutten honors his good friend, one of MMA’s most elite trainers, Shawn Tompkins. Rutten, who mentored Tompkins, and coached alongside him in the IFL, shares his insights into this man who touched so many in Mixed Martial Arts. Tompkins, who trained Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva to name a few, died suddenly of […]
Bareknuckle Fighting To Explode Onto Fight Sports Scene This Friday
This Friday, August 5 is significant to fight sports for two reasons—the highly regarded motion picture Knuckle is being released in UK cinemas and on demand, and former world champion boxer Bobby Gunn will take part in the first sanctioned bareknuckle boxing match since 1889. Knuckle tells the story of an epic 12-year journey into the world of […]
CARL FROCH AGREES TERMS WITH MATCHROOM SPORT
The Cobra eyes “dream Nottingham show” after Super Six glory Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch has signed a five-fight promotional deal. The WBC Super-Middleweight champion spoke with both Barry and Eddie Hearn earlier this month and the work starts straight away with Froch heading to the States to fight […]
REMEMBERING MURRAY WILSON
Murray Wilson, the co-manager of Yuri Foreman died of a heart attack in his office on Wednesday, October 13, 2010. There are only good things to say about Murray. He was a classic New York guy. He was the owner of Campagnola’s, a popular restaurant in the Upper East Side where everybody wanted a seat. […]