Manfredo looking Green (towards Duddy)
PROVIDENCE (April 23, 2009) – As he heads back to the middleweight division, former world title challenger Peter Manfredo, Jr., rejuvenated by his impressive seventh-round knocked out of Walid “Tempete de Sable” Smichet last Saturday, has his sites set on “Ireland’s” John Duddy. The 28-year-old Manfredo (32-6, 16 KOs), star of The Contender, Season I, […]
“Iceman” John Scully Presents: JOHNNY DUKE MEMORIAL AMATEUR BOXING SHOW
Former NABF Super Middleweight Champion SCOTT PEMBERTON and former two-time WBA World Champion JOSE ANTONIO “El Gallo” RIVERA will attend and help in handing out trophies. Also slated to attend are 1996 U.S. Olympian LAWRENCE CLAY-BEY, former NABF lightweight champion PITO CARDONA, former IBO super bantamweight champion MIKE OLIVER and HOPEFULLY (I should know on […]
CES building foundation for 2009 title runs
PROVIDENCE (September 23, 2008) – Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES) has promoted eight shows this year in three different states, including four broadcast nationally on ESPN, in order to build a foundation for world and regional title runs by its fighters in 2009. “I’ve been a boxing promoter for a long time […]