Boxing Links (1-26-12)
Rigondeaux has been ready all along ESPN The talk now among boxing’s cognoscenti is whether Rigondeaux is ready for the challenge of Nonito Donaire, a fighter who resides in the upper echelons of most pound-for-pound rankings and whom Rigondeaux called out immediately after the Ramos KO. See all stories on this topic » Underdog Boxing: Is […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-21-11)
MMA Power 10: It’s a Zuffa world USA Today By Sergio Non, USA TODAY By Eric Jamison, AP By Eric Jamison, AP By Eric Jamison, AP As recently as five years ago, a list of the most powerful people in mixed martial arts would have been spread across several organizations in Japan and the USA. … See […]
Providence amateur boxer Toka Kahn-Clary off to The Nationals
PROVIDENCE (June 8, 2011) – U.S. Olympic Boxing Team hopeful Toka Kahn-Clary, the recent 18-year-old E3 Academy graduate in Providence, will be shooting for a berth in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials when he competes in the upcoming 2001 USA Boxing National Championships at Colorado Springs. By finishing among the top four in the 132-pound […]
DIAZ ISSUES OPEN CHALLENGE TO SPORT OF BOXING
MMA CHAMPION NICK DIAZ ISSUES OPEN CHALLENGE TO BOXING Press Release e Don Chargin Productions Northern California, April 19, 2011 – It’s the type of quest for greatness that has the masses in a frenzy. Strikeforce welterweight champion, Nick Diaz is making an open challenge to the boxing world as he pursues the impossible […]
LOOKING FOR LEVERAGE: Fertittas’ Station Casinos Empire Running Out of Time
By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] The Fertitta Family is in crisis mode to save Station Casinos from the throes of bankruptcy, and without a solution materializing by Thursday there could be some major trouble brewing for the multi-billion dollar gaming empire. While the Fertittas are not the only ones who find themselves stuck in the […]
Zuffa, UFC, Xyience Bankruptcy Scandal
[mpinpage] UFC 81 OCTAGON DEVOID OF XYIENCE ADS & OTHER XYIENCE BANKRUPTCY NEWS By: Rich Bergeron It may just be all over for Xyience and the UFC. It appears that the company is fast-tracking a sale of the supplement and energy drink maker, and early indications reveal that anyone hoping to get a piece of […]
Xyience Temporarily Taps Out
XYIENCE FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Over a month before it became official, Fight News Unlimited reported that bankruptcy was imminent for Xyience. Our article entitled THE ENRON OF MMA exposed some of the reasons why the company is in such dire straits, but the Las Vegas Review Journal dug a little […]