Golden Boy Promotions held a press conference at BB Kings on 42nd Street in New York. The press event was held for the upcoming fight on Saturday May 18th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. The main event will consist of IBF Junior Welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and Lucus Matthysse, the WBC Interim Super Lightweight titleholder from Trelew, ... Read More »
Category Archives: Boxing
Boxing in Huntington: MADDALONE SCORES KO
*Featured Image is credited to Marlene Amaya-Vazquez. Huntington, Long Island - There was boxing this evening in Huntington, Long Island. The site was the Paramount where six fights were on the card called Rockin Fights 8. The main event was fringe heavyweight contender Vinny Maddalone, from Flushing, Queens who came in with a 36-8 27 KO record. His 324 pound obstacle, ... Read More »
Truth be told, boxing revolves around Floyd Mayweather Jr.
New York - Someone said earlier today, “When Floyd Mayweather leaves boxing he can’t be replaced just like Michael Jordan could not be replaced when he retired from basketball.” To some extent there were those who resembled Jordan when he left the game, but it wasn’t the same. So when the discussion centers on Mayweather, well, this is boxing. And it will ... Read More »
INTERNATIONAL FIGHT NIGHT
The World Resorts Casino in Queens, NY, was the site of a great night of boxing last night, May 4. Before Floyd Mayweather won a mechanical decision over Robert Guerrero, it was the live action, brought to life by New Legend Boxing, Old World Boxing, and W.O.N. Promotions, who came together to give fans another reason to come to the ... Read More »
DANNY GARCIA DECISIONS JUDAH, RESPECT WON ON BOTH SIDES
It was the tale of two cities, Philadelphia and Brooklyn. It was Golden Boy Promotions. It was the Barclay’s Center. It was a young lion in Danny Garcia and an older fox in Zab Judah. It went from predictable to epic. When a world championship is on the line and bad blood beforehand, you get intense moments like this. “It’s ... Read More »
DANNY GARCIA VS ZAB JUDAH: BAD BLOOD IN BROOKLYN
The Barclays Center will be host tomorrow night, April 27, 2013, to a potential powder keg of a fight for the 140 pound world championship between the reigning champion, Danny Garcia, as recognized by the WBC, WBA (Super), and The Ring Magazine and 35 year old veteran, former two division world champion Zab Judah. Golden Boy Promotions will be presenting ... Read More »
Boxing News: FURY KNOCKS OUT CUNNINGHAM ON NBC
New York, NY - As Steve “USS” Cunningham was looking up at the ceiling with the spiderweb design, he may have felt like a stuntman who had performed one stunt too many. The place was the theater in Madison Square Garden. The perpetrator of his destruction was standing on the top ropes in the opposite corner, taunting the crowd. His name, ... Read More »
NEW YORK GOLDEN GLOVES AT HOME IN NEW BROOKLYN DIGS
The 86th edition of the Daily News Golden Gloves, the oldest and most prestigious amateur tournament in boxing, held it’s first of two finals days in the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, NY, for the first time. The director of the gloves Brian Adams once again ran things with a professional precision and put on a great event for fans and ... Read More »
RIGONDEAUX STEALS NONAIRE’S FLASH, UNIFIES 122 POUND CHAMPIONSHIP
Top Rank Boxing presented a unification championship boxing match Saturday evening, April 13, 2013, at the Radio City Music Hall. The participants were the WBO Junior Bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire and WBA titleholder, Guillermo Rigondeaux. This was the first boxing card held in Radio City since Roy Jones-David Telesco in 2000. However the fight, which promised to be a thriller, ... Read More »
Donaire awaits Rigondeaux as next step to accomplisning everything in boxing
New York - Nonito Donaire is a three-division champion and 2012 Fighter of the Year and he is the first to admit that he has done everything in boxing. Yet, Saturday evening at Radio City Music Hall in New York City there is another challenge against the undefeated WBA Super Bantamweight champion, and former two-time Cuban Olympic Gold Medalist Guilermo ... Read More »
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