Gunn Breaks Silence: “Our Time Is Now Roy…let’s Make this Fight Happen”
Former IBA Cruiserweight Champion and current World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Boxing Champion Bobby Gunn has patiently waited for a response from Roy Jones Jr.’s team following Jones’ announcement last week on a live boxing radio show that he will fight Gunn next. There have been no moves forward about Jones fighting David Haye or Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, […]
Thanksgiving Eve Boxing Back in Chicago
November 23 Marks The Return of Popular Hitz Boxing Series Hitz Boxing’s upcoming “Thanksgiving Eve Belvedere Bash” boxing event on Wednesday, November 23, at The Belvedere Banquet in Elk Grove, Illinois, will mark an important rebirth for the sport in Chicago, as it will bring the return after five years of a series of […]
List of New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees
Inaugural Class Boxers Vito Antuofermo Carlos Ortiz Carmen Basilio Riddick Bowe Tony Canzoneri Benny Leonard Emile Griffith Gene Tunney Jake LaMotta Mike McCallum Ray Robinson Mike Tyson Non-Participants Steve Acunto Ray Arcel Gil Clancy Nat Fleischer Bill Gallo Jimmy Glenn Harold Lederman Arthur Mercante, Sr. (L-R) Bob Duffy (Ring 8 […]
Gleason’s Ring 10 Annual Fundraiser
*******LAST CHANCE******* NEW ADDITION TO THE AUGUST 27TH EVENT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD RIDDICK” Big Daddy” BOWE RING 10 Veterans Boxing Foundation Of New York 1st Annual Fundraiser Saturday, August 27th, 2011 1:00pm-6:00pm […]
Meet Jake LaMotta and other Boxing Celebrities
Meet Jake LaMotta at Ring 10’s “1stAnnual Fundraiser” Saturday, August 27th, 2011, 1:00pm-6:00pm at Russo’s on the Bay 162-45 Crossbay Blvd,Howard Beach, NY 11414 It has been 60 years since Robinson vs. LaMotta met in the ring for the 6th and final time. The sensational middleweight title bout between Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake […]
Former Contender Star Jimmy Lange Headed Back to Hollywood; Set To Fight Celebrity Mario Lopez at City of Hope Charity Event April 6
Fairfax, VA (March 28, 2011) — After earning his 35th victory on March 12, Jimmy Lange (35-4-2, 24 KOs), former star of The Contender TV show, is headed back to Hollywood. The NABA U.S. Super Welterweight Champion will fight actor/host/author Mario Lopez (Extra, Saved by the Bell, Dancing with the Stars) in a three-round celebrity […]
Press Conference Quotes From Miami: Next Generation of Cuban Greats Headed to The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas
MIAMI-A press conference was held to announce “Friday Night Fights at the Cosmopolitan” a night of world-class professional boxing at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, presented by The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in association with Warriors Boxing and Blue Wave Group, and televised live on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights”. “Friday Night Fights at the Cosmopolitan” […]
THE GREAT RIVALRIES IN BOXING
BY: Steve Farhood Jake LaMotta famously said of Sugar Ray Robinson, “I fought him so often, I almost got diabetes.” Over the years, LaMotta has used that line again and again, and that’s okay because he fought Sugar Ray again and again—six times in all from 1942 through “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” in 1951. […]