BWAA NAMES ANDRE WARD AND VIRGIL HUNTER FIGHTER AND TRAINER OF THE YEAR RESPECTIVELY
Los Angeles (Jan 31, 2012) – At the end of the year, when several highly respected publications, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and Yahoo! Sports named Andre Ward their Fighter of the Year, it seemed that the people around the 2004 Olympic gold medalist were even more thrilled than he was. Though grateful for the awards he had […]
Gunn Breaks Silence: “Our Time Is Now Roy…let’s Make this Fight Happen”
Former IBA Cruiserweight Champion and current World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Boxing Champion Bobby Gunn has patiently waited for a response from Roy Jones Jr.’s team following Jones’ announcement last week on a live boxing radio show that he will fight Gunn next. There have been no moves forward about Jones fighting David Haye or Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, […]
‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson leads New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Inaugural Class of Inductees
NEW YORK (October 25, 2011) – The newly-founded New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (“NYSBHOF”), sponsored by Ring 8, held a press conference today at famed Gallagher’s Steakhouse in Manhattan to announce its inaugural class of inductees. The late, great “Sugar” Ray Robinson, arguably the greatest boxer of all-time, leads a star-studded list of […]
IT’S CHOI STORY 2 FOR PRIZEFIGHTER FEATHERWEIGHTS!
Mongolian Warrior gets second crack at tournament on October 29 The Mongolian Warrior Choi Tseveenpurev hopes it will be second time lucky when he takes part in Prizefighter for the second time as the Featherweights hit York Hall, Bethnal Green on October 29, live on Sky Sports. The 40 year-old lost a thrilling semi-final to […]
The New Ray Robinson
BAM on Boxing Ray Robinson, not the original Sugar Ray Robinson but the New Ray Robinson, carries the name of an all-time great. At heart, though, he’s simply a down-to-earth guy trying to make his own way in the world. I asked the New Ray Robinson to talk about himself, but the first thing he […]
Meet Jake LaMotta and other Boxing Celebrities
Meet Jake LaMotta at Ring 10’s “1stAnnual Fundraiser” Saturday, August 27th, 2011, 1:00pm-6:00pm at Russo’s on the Bay 162-45 Crossbay Blvd,Howard Beach, NY 11414 It has been 60 years since Robinson vs. LaMotta met in the ring for the 6th and final time. The sensational middleweight title bout between Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake […]
BillyCBoxing 2011 Hall Of Fame Inductees Announced!
Lake George, NY – After thousands of emails, phone conversations and one on one conversations with boxing’s most knowledgeable fans, BillyCBoxing.com has officially formed a Hall Of Fame and has announced the inductees for the inaugural BillyCBoxing Hall Of Fame Ceremony, which will be held on November 19, 2011. Post Inductees are America’s First Heavyweight […]
THE GREAT RIVALRIES IN BOXING
BY: Steve Farhood Jake LaMotta famously said of Sugar Ray Robinson, “I fought him so often, I almost got diabetes.” Over the years, LaMotta has used that line again and again, and that’s okay because he fought Sugar Ray again and again—six times in all from 1942 through “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” in 1951. […]
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