Arnaoutis
decisions Tyner in AC
"Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis scored
a unanimous decision over Lanardo Tyner to
retain his USBA Jr. Welterweight title at
Bally's Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City,
New Jersey....(click
for full report)
THE
CEREBRAL MR. BYRD
By Michael
Swann
For a fighter who has literally made
his career by devising methods to remedy an
opponent’s advantage in size, power,
and in some cases perhaps even talent, Chris
Byrd at 37 has once again come upon an ingenious
plan to extend his career and further his
legacy. Byrd, 40-4-1 (21), a former two time
heavyweight belt holder with five defenses
has reinvented himself as a light heavyweight......(click
for full article)
For
the second time in a week, an EliteXC fighter
will be featured on "E:60."
The most recognizable face in women's
mixed martial arts, the incredibly popular
and talented Gina "Conviction'' Carano,
of Las Vegas, will be profiled on "E:60"
next Tuesday, May 13, on ESPN. ...(click
for full report)
Solis
Out, Donaire Bout on Hold
Sources told 15rounds.com late last
night that IBF Light Flyweight Champion Ulises
Solis (26-1-2, 20 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico
fell ill and has pulled out of his scheduled
title defense against Glenn Donaire (17-3-1,
9 KOs) of San Leandro, California. ...(click
for full report)
SHOBOX
Special Edition WBC Super Lightweight Champuionship
weights & quotes Bradley-Witter ; Froch-Rybacki
ShoBox: The New Generation returns
to the United Kingdom on May 10, 2008, with
an outstanding world title showdown and a
promising undercard bout featuring two undefeated
prospects.....(click
for full article)
Alvarado
stops Rosales in seven
Mike Alvarado scored an impressive
seventh round stoppage over Michel Rosales
in a scheduled ten round Jr. Welterweight
bout at the Iseleta casino & Resort in
Albuquerque, New Mexico....(click
for full report)
Q
& A with Roman "Chocalatito"
Gonzalez
By Anson
Wainwright
Anson Wainwright had a chance to talk
to one of the most dynamic little men in the
sport. Roman Gonzalez is a rare knockout artist
in the 105-division with a record of 18-0
with sixteen knockouts...(click
for full report)
Jones
pounds Venegas over Eight rounds
Although he went the distance for the
second consecutive fight, Welterweight Mike
Jones may have turned in his most complete
performance as he dominated iron chinned Gilbert
Venegas over eight round to win a unanimous
decision at The New Alhambra in South Philadelphia.....(click
for ringside report)
Campbell-Casamayor
Headed to Purse Bid
Jacksonville, FL: The anticipated lightweight
matchup between IBF/ WBO / WBA Champion Nate
Campbell vs. WBO Interim Champion Joel Casamayor
appears to be headed for a purse bid, according
to Campbell's co-promoter Terry J. Trekas
of One Punch Productions......(click
for full article)
Talented
local favorites featured on ELITEXC’S
history-making fight card Saturday, May 31,
at Prudential Center
LOS ANGELES (May 9, 2008) – With
no less than 11 fighters scheduled to fight,
there will be a distinct East Coast flavor
to the six announced undercard bouts that
will immediately precede the highly anticipated,
first-ever mixed martial arts fight card shown
live in primetime on network television Saturday,
May 31, at the Prudential Center at Newark,
N.J......(click
for full article)
De
La Hoya to be featured on CBS Sports Mother's
Day special
Los Angeles (May 9, 2008)…Oscar
de la Hoya will be one of several sports super
stars featured this Sunday during a CBS-televised
Mother's Day special. ....(click
for full article)
Duva
Boxing & K2 Promotions reach agreement
for WBC World Heavyweight Champion Samuel
Peter to defend title vs. Vitali Klitschko
this Fall, avoiding purse bid
New York, May 9—Dino Duva, president
of Duva Boxing and promoter of World Boxing
Council Heavyweight Champion Samuel Peter,
announced today that an agreement has been
reached with K2 Promotions for the “Nigerian
Nightmare’ to defend his title against
former champion Vitali Klitschko, thus avoiding
a purse bid...(click
for full article)
GONZALEZ
VS. PASTRANA HEADLINES ‘SOLO BOXEO’
CARD ON MAY 16
LOS ANGELES, May 9 – The super
bantamweight division may be in for a shakeup
on Friday, May 16, as four of the division’s
most exciting battlers will be in action in
pivotal bouts on TeleFutura’s ‘Solo
Boxeo’ from the Morongo Casino Resort
& Spa in Cabazon, California...(click
for full article)
Ahmet
Öner as “surpise guest” at
the purse bid for Peter vs. Klitschko in Mexiko
City
None of the involved people had expected
to see this face at the purse bid for the
WBC heavyweight championship bout between
Samuel Peter and Vitali Klitschko...(click
for full article)
Hand
injury stops Sinan Samil Sam European heavyweight
championship postponed
Sinan Samil Sam has to take a break
in preparing for his European
heavyweight championship bout against Matt
Skelton due to a hand injury....(click
for full article)
Northern
California Notebook
By Mario
Ortega Jr.
Glenn Donaire (17-3-1, 9 KOs) has always
been a 108-pound light flyweight, but like
many fighters at that weight class, he has
fought the majority of his career fighting
men at the 112-pound flyweight limit and above.o...(click
for full article)
Carl
Froch to make SHOWTIME debut this Saturday
on a special edition of SHOBOX
NEW YORK (May 9, 2008) – Hard-hitting
super middleweight Carl Froch has been added
as the co-feature to Saturday’s special
edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, which
is taking place from Nottingham, England (SHOWTIME,
10:45 p.m. ET/PT, tape delayed). .....(click
for full report)
Peter
and Vitali Klitschko reach deal
According to various reports, WBC champion
Samuel Peter and mandatory challanger Vitali
Klitschko have agreed to fight in October....(click
for full report)
VIDEO:
ARNAOUTIS-TYNER WEIGH-IN
Full weigh-in for Mike Arnaoutis &
Lanardo Tyner as they prepare to battle for
the USBA Jr. Welterweight title in Atlantic
City...(click
to watch the weigh-in)
AUDIO:
DE LA HOYA - FORBES REVIEW ON THE BOXING SHOW
Joony and Marc break down De la Hoya
Forbes and preview Witter-Bradley on this
week's edition of THE BOXING SHOW....(click
to listen to THE BOXING SHOW)
CHARMING
CORRESPONDENCE
By Michael
Swann
If you missed it this week, many sites,
including this one, published a vitriolic
press release entitled, “An Open Letter
from Nate Campbell to Richard Schaeffer.”
Campbell, the talented, new IBF/ WBO/ WBA
lightweight champion is identified as the
author. (Click
here)....(click
for full article)
Weights
from Atlantic City
Mike Arnaoutis
139 1/4-Lanardo Tyner 139 1/5
Devin Vargas 226 - Dave Brunelli 231 1/4
Patrick Majewski 160 3/4 - Ariel Espinal 161
3/4
Jae-Sung Lee 123 1/2 - Andres Nichols 123
3/4
Qaid Muhammad 118 - Arthur Parker 120
Clinton Douglas 130 1/4 - Francisco Palacios
133
Raymond Serrano 147 3/4 - Charles Wade 147
3/4. ...(click
for full article)
Judah
injured, bout with Mosley off; May 31 Pay-Per-View
show cancelled
LOS ANGELES (May 8) – The scheduled
May 31 fight between Shane Mosley and Zab
Judah has been canceled due to an arm injury
suffered by Judah during his Las Vegas training
camp it was announced by Golden Boy Promotions
today. The HBO Pay-Per-View event was scheduled
to take place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas..
...(click
for full article)
Martinez
& Vazquez gain wins in Panama
Panama City - In the main event local
Lightweight Ameth Diaz 24-7(18)
easily beat Nicaragua's Carlos Ramon Mairena
20-10-1(17) with a second
round KO in defence of his WBA Fedalatin &
WBC Latino titles... ...(click
for full article)
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SKELTON-SAM
POSTPONED
Matt Skelton's European heavyweight
title challenge against Sinan Samil
Sam= has been postponed because of an injury
to the Turk. ...(click
for full article)
AEG
aquieres ownership shares of Golden Boy Promotions
LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2008) – AEG,
considered one of the world’s leading
live sports and entertainment presenters,
has entered into an agreement with boxing’s
leading promoter, Golden Boy Promotions to
acquire ownership shares of the Los Angeles-based
organization it was announced today by Oscar
De La Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions
and Tim Leiweke, President & CEO, AEG.
The acquisition will make AEG the company’s
second largest shareholder behind De La Hoya.
...(click
for full article)
Timothy
Bradley Facts
Undefeated 24-year-old boxer Timothy
Bradley, of Palm Springs, has traveled approximately
2,100 miles total by car for his 21 professional
fights. .....(click
for full article)
Conference
Call quotes
Junior Witter & Timothy Bradley Wednesday,
May 7, 2008
ShoBox: The New Generation returns
to the United Kingdom this Saturday, May 10,
with an outstanding world title showdown and
a promising undercard bout featuring two undefeated
prospects. ...(click
for full article)
Pugnacious
Promotions returns to The Twin Tiers with
undefeated prospects in tough tests May 29th
at Tioga Downs
Nichols, N.Y. May 29, 2008 –
Pugnacious Promotions returns to the Twin
Tiers with a boxing card* featuring two undefeated
prospects in tough, eight-round fights and
an undercard of local favorites Friday, May
29th at Tioga Downs Racing, Gaming and Entertainment,
just outside Binghamton, N.Y...(click
for full article)
Konstantin
Airich to face Danny Williams
German Interim heavyweight champion
Konstantin Airich will face his toughest opponent
so far on May 30th in Istanbul in “Brixton
Bomber” Danny Williams. Experienced
Williams (38-6-0, 30 kos) has a tko-victory
over none other but Mike Tyson in his record.
....(click
for full article)
Who
is David Diaz?
By Robert
Morales
Employees at Time Warner Cable in San
Antonio on Tuesday were lined up to get the
autograph of a particular boxer. . ....(click
for full article)
Lopez
shocks Oliver with third round knockout
Reynaldo Lopez scored a shocking one
punch knockout to upset previoulsy undefeated
Mike Oliver in round three of a scheduled
ten round Super Bantamweight bout at The Roxy
Nightclub in Boston...(click
for full article)
Instant
Classic?
Mijares-Munoz Unification on PPV
GOMEZ PALACIO, DURANGO, Mexico (May
7, 2008) – Styles make fights and the
May 17 unification title bout between WBC
champion Cristian Mijares and WBA title-holder
Alexander “El Explosivio” Munoz
has all the makings of an instant classic.....(click
for full article)
Star
Boxing Announces
great fight quotes
Arnaoutis-Tyner; Vargas-Brunelli
Bronx, NY - May 06, 2008 Joe DeGuardia's
Star Boxing presents an exciting evening of
boxing this Friday night from Bally's Atlantic
City, as "Mighty Mike" Arnaoutis
(18-2-2 9KO) defends his USBA Jr. Welterweight
title against undefeated Lanardo Tyner (19-0
11KO) in a 12 round bout. ....(click
for full article)
Due
to enormous demand World Extreme Cagefighting®
releases more tickets for WEC: Faber vs. Pulver
Las Vegas, NV – After a sell
out of almost 8,000 tickets in the lower bowl
of the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., World
Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) announced
today that it is opening the upper sections
of the arena for WEC: Faber vs. Pulver. ......(click
for full article)
Diaz
predicts Santa Anna Winds from The Alamo will
blow away Pacquiao's dream for a fifth title!
SAN ANTONIO, TX (May 7, 2008) -- World
Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion
DAVID DIAZ (34-1-1, 17 KOs), from Chicago,
paid a media day visit to San Antonio yesterday,
May 6, to talk up his title defense against
WBC super featherweight champion and Filipino
national treasure MANNY PACQUIAO (46-3-2,
34 KOs).....(click
for full article)
Rodriguez-Dunaway
rematch on “Finally” PPV show
ALBUQUERQUE (May 7, 2008) – IBA
junior flyweight champion Wendy “Little
Thunder” Rodriguez will be seeking revenge
June 13 when she fights one of only four opponents
to ever defeat her, Hollie “Hot Stuff”
Dunaway, in their 10-round bout for the vacant
IBA strawweight belt on the “Finally”
pay-per-view event, airing live (10 PM/ET-8
PM/MT) from Isleta Casino & Resort in
Albuquerque, New Mexico.....(click
for full article)
Huck
to fight Kasanic for IBF Intercontinental
Title on May 17
Marco "Captain" Huck (20-1,
15 KOs) will fight Frantisek Kasanic for the
vacant IBF intercontinental cruiserweight
title in Bayreuth on May 17. "....(click
for full article)
DID
OSCAR ACHIEVE WHAT HE WANTED?
By Michael
Swann
I’m somewhat torn on this issue.
On one hand Oscar De La Hoya did much of what
he set out to do by winning a convincing decision
over undersized, overmatched Steve Forbes
at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California
before 27,000 in his “Homecoming”
fight. The scores of 119-109 (twice) and 120-108
for Oscar were an accurate accounting, although
the fight itself was more competitive than
the scores might indicate. . ....(click
for full article)
JOEL
JULIO MOVES TO #4 IN THE WBC WITH VICTORY
TOTOWA, NJ (May 6, 2008) – Top
jr. middleweight contender Joel Julio’s
impressive April 30 victory over Ishe Smith
earned him a two-spot jump in the WBC rankings,
it was announced today by Main Events CEO
Kathy Duva and All Star Boxing President Tuto
Zabala. .....(click
for full article)
Shaun
George: "I Feel like a New Fighter
For Shaun George, his May 16 showdown
with Chris Byrd is about more than a fight
- it represents the struggle to fulfill the
lofty potential held in his fists.....(click
for full article)
Q&A
Cristian Mijares
By Anson
Wainwright
The Pride of Gomez Palacio a suburb
of Durango Mexico, WBC Super Flyweight Champion
Cristian Mijares 34-3-2(14) took time out
from his busy schedule ahead of his unification
fight with WBA counterpart
Alexander Munoz 32-2(27) a fight that will
take place in his home town of Gomez Palacio.
.....(click
for full article)
Chageav
- Valuev II is postponed ; Champ ill
According to various reports, the May
31st rematch between WBA Heavyweight champion,
Ruslan Chagaev and former champ Nikolai Valuev
has been postponed due to an illness to the
champion.....(click
for full article)
Weights
From Boston, Massachusetts
Mike Oliver 121.5 Reynaldo Lopez 121
Aaron Torres 147 Antoine Smith 148
Sean Eklund 141 Jose Velasquez 137
Eddie Caminero 161 Adrick Butler 158
Luis Rosario 127 Frankie Trader 130.....(click
for full article)
Emery-Nickel
Clash Added to FSN Best Damn Championship
Fight Night Period Card
HENDERSON, Nevada (May 6, 2008) –
An compelling match between middleweights
Jill Emery and Cristy “Code Red”
Nickel has been added to the already exciting
and competitive Fox Sports Net’s Best
Damn Championship Fight Night Period card,
headlined by a pair of International Female
Boxers Association (IFBA) world championship
bouts, on Thursday, June 12 at Mohegan Sun
Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut......(click
for full article)
Manfredo,
Sr. promoting to keep young fighters busy
PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island (May 6, 2008)
– Peter Manfredo, Sr. has been a world
champion kick-boxer, owns and operates New
England (Manfredo’s Gym in Pawtucket)
top gym, and trainsd talented pro fighters
such as his son, world title challenger Peter
Manfredo, Jr., Jessie Brinkley, Edwin Rodriguez
and other promising prospects.....(click
for full article)
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