Wrestling Links (1-26-12)
Addison woman wrestling for spot in Olympics Chicago Daily Herald By Marie Wilson Carlson, 21, is a resident athlete at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., preparing for the Olympic trials in women’s wrestling, where she hopes to claim one of only four spots on the US team, and the only one … See all stories […]
USA Wrestling Stories & Updates
Greetings – Each week this year, from now through the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City and the Summer Olympic Games in London, England, USA Wrestling will send a short email, with updates on the sport as well as story ideas on our athletes and activities. The idea is to make them brief and timely, allowing media to […]
Boxing 360 inks heavyweight prospect Joey Dawejko
NEW YORK (January 4, 2011) – Boxing 360 announced today that it has signed Philadelphia heavyweight prospect Joey Dawejko (5-0, 2 KOs) to an exclusive promotional contract. The 21-year-old Polish-American fighter is scheduled to make his Boxing 360 debut January 13 at home in Philadelphia against an opponent to be determined. “He’s a catch,” Boxing 360 […]
Faragon Headlines Boxing at Hilton Garden Inn in Staten Island
Tickets for “Championship Boxing at the Hilton Garden Inn” are available online at www.gcpboxing.com and www.NicotrasBallroom.com or by calling888.612.4191. They are priced at General Admission $50, Ringside $150 and VIP Ringside $250, which includes pre-fight open bar and hot buffet. On January 19, 2012 at Nicotra’s Ballroom in the Hilton Garden Inn in Staten Island, New York, Greg Cohen Promotions, […]
USA’s Phil Keddy Takes Silver @ HENRI DEGLANE CHALLENGE talks to Takedown
NICE, France – Two U.S. freestyle wrestlers won silver medals on the first day of the Henri Deglane Challenge on Saturday. The U.S. silver medalists were 2008 Olympic champion Henry Cejudo (Columbus, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Phillip Keddy (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC) at 84 kg/185 lbs. Cejudo opened with a pair of […]
Officials announced for Friday night’s ‘World Dominance: Holly Holm vs. Anne Sophie Mathis’
Women’s P4P championship at Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque ALBUQUERQUE, NM (November 29, 2011) – Judges Dave Moretti, Sandy Pino and Lisa Giampa, as well as referee Rocky Burke, have been assigned to work Friday night’s “World Dominance” showdown between nine-time world boxing champion Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (30-1-3, 9 KOs) and six-time […]
Meet Undefeated Light Heavyweight Prospect Lionell “Lonnie B” Thompson
“Lonnie B” to make UK debut at EventCity Nov 12,on undercard of Fury vs. Pajkic. London (7, Nov, 2011) Undefeated American light heavyweight prospect Lionell “Lonnie B”Thompson will make his United Kingdom debut November 12, on the Tyson Fury–Neven Pajkic undercard at EventCity, Trafford Park (next to Trafford Centre) in Manchester, England.The 26-year-old Thompson (10-0, 6 KOs), who lives and fights […]
Livingston making up for lost time
NEW YORK (October 25, 2011) – Undefeated middleweight prospect DonYil Livingston, whose cousin is world super middleweight champion Andre Ward, is making up for lost time. The 27-year-old Livingston (6-0-1, 3 KOs), fighting out of Palmdale, California, was a highly decorated US amateur boxer who was so disillusioned with the politics of boxing that […]
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