Kallen Returns to Detroit, Looking to Help Resurrect Boxing in the Motor City
Jackie Kallen, the “First Lady of Boxing” and one of the sport’s first and most successful female managers has relocated back to her roots in Detroit with one of her main goals being to help resurrect the sport of boxing in the Motor City. Kallen is working in association with promoter Joseph Donofrio to put […]
THE 10 MOST SIGNIFICANT SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUTS IN HISTORY
By: Steve Farhood On December 17, every eye in boxing will be glued to the super middleweight battle between WBA titlist Andre Ward and WBC titlist Carl Froch, who will clash in Atlantic City in The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic. The super middleweight division was born in 1984, when […]
Promoter Cohen OK After Crash Landing in Poland
Promoter Greg Cohen, of Greg Cohen Promotions, is safe after being aboard the Boeing 767 from New Jersey that had to make an emergency landing at Warsaw, Poland’s Frederic Chopin International airport today. On his way to his fighter, James Toney’s fight against Russia’s Dennis Ledbedev this Friday, Cohen was among the 230 people on […]
James Toney Invading Russia
All-time-great boxing champion James “Lights Out” Toney is turning a negative into a positive… As in he’s positive he’s going to Russia to kick Denis Ledbedev’s ass. After training extremely hard in preparation, Toney was informed not long ago that his unified rules bout with MMA hall-of-famer Ken Shamrock would be delayed until the early […]
Jimmy Lange to Fight Raul Muñoz for WBU Title as Main Event on September 10th Card at Patriot Center
FAIRFAX, VA (August 15, 2011) – Championship boxing returns to the Northern Virginia/National Capital area with a world title on the line as Jimmy Lange (36-4-2, 24 KOs) of Great Falls, VA faces Raul “El Toro” Muñoz (22-14-1, 16 KOs) of Topeka, KS for the World Boxing Union’s (WBU) vacant 154-lb. championship in the 10-round Main Event on Saturday, September 10th at […]
Toney, Shamrock First Face-to-Face Ends in Near Brawl
From the files of “what did you think was going to happen with these two in the same room?” comes news that Saturday’s meet and greet and photo-opportunity faceoff at the newly opened IFC Gym in Van Nuys, California, between boxing great James Toney and MMA great Ken Shamrock featured the two nearly coming to blows. […]
Boxing Links (6-27-11)
Heavyweight histrionics BBC Sport (blog) BBC Sport brings you 10 heavyweight contests that shook up the world – race riots,boxing as an allegory for world war, ‘phantom punches’, assassination plots, African dictators, a man who eats ears – and Frank Sinatra taking snaps! … See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport (blog) Nick Charles, […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-26-11)
MMA: Aguilar, Cramer among local winners at Bellator 46 Sun-Sentinel By Chris Perkins, Correspondent HOLLYWOOD — Amid injuries, canceled fights and training a 34-year-old Texas woman to be a mixed martial arts fighter for the MTV show “Made,” Jessica Aguilar managed to prepare for her own fight at Bellator 46 on … See all stories on this […]
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