Kendric Maple Wins Midlands 141 title, Remains Undefeated, Talks to Takedown
Sooners Place Third at Midlands Championships Kendric Maple took home the 141 title and remains unbeaten on the year. Kendric Maple Dec. 30, 2011 EVANSTON, ILL. –The ninth ranked Oklahoma wrestling squad finished third overall and claimed one champion among a talented field at the 2011 Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern University, on Friday, […]
Warren never offered Shumenov Feb. 25 Unification fight vs. Cleverly
LAS VEGAS (January 3, 2012) – Hall of Fame promoter Don Chargin, advisor for World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”) light heavyweight World champion Beibut Shumenov, has responded to a press release issued by Frank Warren Promotions that claimed Shumenov turned down a unification offer to fight World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) titlist Nathan Cleverly. […]
Takedown Wrestling To Broadcast Midlands on TheMat.com, Top Seeds Announced!
Takedown Wrestling Radio will offer free whistle to whistle coverage of the 2011 Ken Kraft Midlands wrestling Championships LIVE from Northwestern University. This very special broadcast of Takedown Radio (TDR) can be heard with the push of a button on the front page on TheMat.com thanks to USA Wrestling! Join TDR’s Broadcast Team of Scott Casber, Steve Foster, Jeff Murphy, […]
Illinois’ 2/3 Ranked BJ Futrell Looks to Illini V Hawks Battle Talks to Takedown
PARK RIDGE, Ill. – Illinois redshirt-junior All-American B.J. Futrell was named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday. Futrell earns the first honor of his career after going 4-0 last Saturday at the Wrestle for a Cure Duals. The No. 3 133-pounder dominated the competition, recording three pins and one technical fall, giving […]
Shumenov encouraged by Cleverly unification media reports
LAS VEGAS (November 25, 2011) – World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”) light heavyweight World champion Beibut Shumenov is encouraged by media reports and quotes from World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) titlist Nathan Cleverly claiming he is agreeable to a unification fight in Las Vegas versus Shumenov. Shumenov (12-1, 8 KOs), a 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian, and […]
Fight Night at the Horseshoe Undercard Results
On the non-televised undercard of the Hitz Boxing in Association with Banner Promotions’ Fight Night at the Horseshoe ESPN Friday Night Fights event on Friday, August 19 at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, former world champion Montell “Ice” Griffin (50-8-1, 30 KOs) of Chicago notched his landmark 50th professional victory with a hard-fought unanimous […]
Q&A with Promoter Bobby Hitz
Colorful Chicago boxing promoter Bobby Hitz, former heavyweight boxer and founder of Hitz Boxing, has much to smile about these days. Hitz and close friend Artie Pellulo of Banner Promotions have teamed up to present an action-packed televised 10-round lightweight bout between Chicago’s former WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz (36-3-1, 17 KOs) and Philadelphia’s Henry […]
World Champion Beibut Shumenov has special interest in Erdei-Mitchell fight
LAS VEGAS (June 1, 2011) – WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (11-1, 7 KOs), preparing for his third title defense this summer, has a special interest in Saturday night’s fight in Atlantic City between past world champions Zsolt “Firebird” Erdei and Byron “Slama from ‘Bama” Mitchell. While history-making Shumenov dreams of unifying the […]
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