Manchester born Tyson Fury looks set to resume his assault on the domestic heavyweight scene this Friday on the undercard of Gary Sykes vs. Andy Morris, who battle for the vacant British Super Featherweight title. His opponent for the stay-busy fight has yet to be named.
Fury, who has been absent from the ring for 5 months, has came under scrutiny following his winning efforts over John McDermott. But since then Fury has been busy working hard in the gym to realise his potential and to win back those who criticised him.
"Who R U Picking?" "Who are you picking?" The buzz surrounding the biggest night of boxing this year has already started as superstar and six-time World Champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather and welterweight mega-star, five-time World Champion and current WBA Welterweight World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley, are set to meet in Mayweather vs. Mosley: Who R U Picking?, on Saturday, May 1 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas in a spectacular bout which will be produced and distributed live on HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
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Guillermo Rigondeaux, arguably the most decorated athlete in the history of the amateur boxing system, will step into the ring for the sixth time as a professional on April 10 as a part of “Fighting for Haiti ”, headlined by Andre Berto’s WBC welterweight title defense vs. Carlos Quintana. “Fighting for Haiti ” will take place at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise , Florida and will be televised live on HBO.
Rigondeaux (5-0, 4 KOs ) has been on the fast track to professional stardom since turning pro last May. As a two time Olympic gold medalist for his native Cuba , Rigondeaux has had no problem testing himself during his young career. In just his third pro fight he knocked out Giovanni Andrade, who came into the ring with a 60-11 record and having won five straight.
The last time Ricky Hatton was in London to fight was in December 2004 when he faced American Light Welterweight, Ray Olivera. He returns on March 26th but this time promoting the eagerly anticipated Light Middleweight contest between Anthony Small and Sam Webb.
The controversial Anthony Small, from Deptford in London, will make the second defence of his British Light Middleweight title when he takes on Webb at Dagenham’s Goresbrook Leisure Centre.
Tecate, cerveza con carácter, demonstrates its commitment to boxing through a regional marketing campaign designed to create buzz and bring adult boxing aficionados closer to the March 13encounter between Filipino WBO Welterweight Champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (50-3, 38 KO’s) and the hard-punching former title holder from Ghana, Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s). The event will be broadcast live on HBO Pay-Per-View from the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, beginning at 9p.m. ET/6p.m. PT.
A trio of Goossen Tutor Promotions’ hot young prospects will be in action on the super-charged undercard of promoter Dan Goossen’s seven-bout pro boxing event in the Grand Ballroom of the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California on March 5th.
The scheduled eight-round, co-featured bout – to be televised on “ESPN Friday Night Fights” underneath the 12-round NABO Lightweight Championship main event pitting titleholder Martin Honorio versus Wilton Hilario – will showcase the enormous talent of undefeated NABO Youth Super Bantamweight Champion Rico “Sauvecito” Ramos (14-0, 8 KOs) of Los Angeles, CA in his first title defense against veteran Mexican Cecilio “Boga” Santos (24-12-3, 14 KOs).
The countdown is on and the hottest night in boxing is about to get hotter as tickets for the much-anticipated mega-fight between Boxing Superstar FLOYD "MONEY" MAYWEATHER and current WBA Welterweight World Champion SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY are set to go on sale Tuesday, March 2 at 10 a.m. PT.
Livefight.com got in touch with WBC super middleweight champion to see what he made of the comments thrown his way by retired former champion, Joe Calzaghe yesterday.
Carl Froch laughed when he heard that Joe Calzaghe had called him a “spoilt, little bitch” in a recent interview.
Hometown heavyweight sensation Cristobal Arreola gets another shot at winning a championship on Saturday, April 24 as he fights IBF International Heavyweight Champion Tomasz “Goral” Adamek of Jersey City, NJ by way of Zywiec, Poland in a 12-round battle at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, CA.
Tickets for this “RING OF FIRE” boxing card presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions and Main Events in association with Ziggy Promotions will go on sale tomorrow Friday, February 26 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena Box Office and Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are priced at $250, $100, $70 and $35 (parking included with purchase). For more information please visit www.CBBankArena.com. A full card of fights underneath the Arreola-Adamek bout will be announced shortly. Doors open at 5 p.m. with the first fight set at 6 p.m. The main event is slated for 8:15 p.m.
Bad luck for Manuel Charr. The WBA #13 ranked heavyweight fighter suffered an injury nearly to the Universum Gym in snowy Hamburg, where the streets had been full of snow and ice during the last weeks. He injured his left knee and has a cruciate ligament rupture and a broken kneecap. He underwent surgery few days ago. Manuel Charr:
I fell on my knee. I'm doing better now but I will have a long recovery time. I'm devastated but I'm coming back even stronger then before. That's sports! Docters told me that it will take five month of recovering. Have your fingers crossed that I can return to the ring very soon.our quote goes here!
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