Boxing Links (11-27-11)
Denver’s Ron Lyle, heavyweight boxer, dies at age 70 Denver Post By Nick Groke Denver’s Ron Lyle, the son of a preacher father and missionary mother who brawled with the best during a golden age of boxing heavyweights, died Saturday morning. He was 70. With Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier and others, … See all stories on this […]
Boxing Links (7-9-11)
George Kimball, at 67; covered glory days of boxing Boston Globe By JM Lawrence Author George Kimball, a former radical hippie poet out of 1960s Kansas who became a renowned boxing writer during more than 30 years with the Boston Herald and the Boston Phoenix, died of cancer on Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. … See all […]
SHO Sports News Update on Rios-Antillon with Al Bernstein from Carson, Calif.
CARSON, Calif. (July 8, 2011) – The BRANDON RIOS vs. URBANO ANTILLON fight week activities have only furthered the bad blood between the two relentless lightweights. SHOWTIME analyst AL BERNSTEIN is on site in Carson, Calif. with a news update on the impending slugfest. Televised live from The Home Depot Center on SHOWTIME®, beginning TOMORROW/Saturday at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West […]
WBA LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION BRANDON RIOS, CHALLENGER URBANO ANTILLON, KERMIT CINTRON, CARLOS MOLINA, PROMOTER BOB ARUM AND MORE FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Wednesday, July 6, Wilshire Grand Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Doubleheader This Saturday, July 9, At The Home Depot Center, Carson, California, Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT LOS ANGELES (July 6, 2011) – Aside from some one-on-one, in-your-face jawing during a face-off for photographers, both Brandon “Bam Bam’’ Rios and Urbano Antillon […]
Fight Week Kicks Off for Rios-Antillon
Click Photo Below to Recap the Genuine Animosity Already Displayed by the Two Fierce Lightweights For more photos and video from SHOWTIME Sports Visit sports.sho.com New York (July 5, 2011) – As fight week for BRANDON RIOS vs. URBANO ANTILLON WBA lightweight championship is underway, SHOWTIME Sports® takes a look at some of the fighters’ most powerful punches and verbal […]
PROMOTER BOB ARUM CONFERENCE CALL HIGHLIGHTS
BRANDON RIOS & URBANO ANTILLON, NEW YORK (June 30, 2011) – Team Rios and Team Antillon spent time with the boxing media on a teleconference call hosted by Top Rank’s Bob Arum on Thursday, a week before their upcoming world title showdown on Saturday, July 9, LIVESHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot […]
When Things Go Right, They End in Fights
Right now, a typical schedule of boxing’s upcoming bouts would include the following two entries with few other details: July 9: Erislandy Lara vs. Paul Williams (HBO) July 9: Carlos Molina vs. Kermit Cintron (Showtime) However, the work that went into propelling Lara and Molina into these high-profile fights against former world champions […]
BRANDON RIOS AND URBANO ANTILLON RUMBLE FOR WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE Saturday, July 9, at The Home Depot Center
Live on SHOWTIME® Tickets Go On Sale Next Tuesday! May 31 at 10 a.m. PT LOS ANGELES (May 27, 2011) – Undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion “Bam Bam”BRANDON RIOS will make the first defense of his world title when he takes on two-time world title challenger and current Top-Five-rated contender URBANO ANTILLO, Saturday, July 9, at The […]
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