Audio: Tarver vs Dawson Interview
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World Champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (27-4, 19 KOs) and undefeated “Bad” Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs) will face off in a battle of light heavyweight kingpins on Saturday, Oct. 11, live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) from The Pearl Theatre at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The 12-round championship bout will be for Tarver’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight belt. Read more
Kelly Pavlik vs Bernard Hopkins
One year ago tomorrow, KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK transformed himself from the No. 1 middleweight contender into world middleweight champion and boxing folk hero. It was on Saturday, September 29, 2007, in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, that Pavlik pulled himself off the canvas after a second round knockdown, served up by undefeated defending champion Jermain Taylor, to come roaring back, knocking out Taylor in the seventh round. Read more
Video: Mosley-Mayorga Post Fight Presser
RICARDO MAYORGA (Post-fight quotes taken in the ring): “I was proud of the way Shane fought, like a true champion. He didn’t run. I thought I was doing well in the fight, and I came out to win it in the last round, but Shane caught me.”
“I will tell that he hit harder than I thought he would.” Read more
Roy Jones Jr mp3: Battle of the Superpowers
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Listen to the new song Roy Jones, Jr. wrote and recorded to promote his upcoming fight against Joe Calzaghe at Madison Square Garden on November 8, 2008. You may not sell this song or charge anyone any fees related to distribution thereof. Read more
Mayorga - Mosley presser
Quotes from Mosley and Mayorga from final press conference at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday (Sept. 24) before Saturday’s showdown at the Home Deport Center in Carson, Calif. (HBO World Championship Boxing at 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET. Tickets for the event priced at $350, $150, $75 and $50 are on sale and can be purchased at all Ticketmaster outlets, on the Web at www.Ticketmaster.com or charge-by-phone at (213) 480-3232. Tickets are also available for sale at The Home Depot Center Box Office, open Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. PT, and on event days. Event suites, group packages and VIP packages are available by calling 1-877-AEG-TICKETS (1-877-234-8425) or by visiting www.aegtickets.com.) Read more
David Haye Takes On Monte Barrett
David Haye has announced his first heavyweight opponent. His trainer and manager Adam Booth today confirmed that the Hayemaker will take on Monte ‘Two Gunz’ Barrett at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday 15th November. Speaking exclusively on Steve Bunce’ Boxing Hour on Setanta Sports News Booth revealed that the deal had been done and described Barrett as a man with “big balls.” “Barrett’s the type of guy who knocks out prospects. But he loses to people like Wladimir Klitschko after seven rounds. Read more
Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao Announce tour
Boxing superstars Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao will each make one of the biggest announcements of their respective careers when they officially announce their December 6 mega-fight at one of the most cherished landmarks in the United States-the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York City. The press event, the first ever to take place on Liberty Island, will kick-off a six-city press tour marking the official announcement of what is a dream match-up for sports fans and one of the biggest fights in boxing history. Read more
Abraham-Marquez Update
Former world champion Raul “El Diamente” Marquez, who overcome the destruction of Hurricane Ike, recently broke his Houston training camp and departed for Germany, where on October 4th he challenges unbeaten International Boxing Federation middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham, headlining a pay-per-view card airing in the United States and Canada live from Bamberg, Germany. Read more
Klitschko-Peter Audio Interview
World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Sam Peter (30-1, 23 KOs) will defend against WBC Champion Emeritus Vitali Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs) in the opening half of a world championship doubleheader Saturday, Oct. 11, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Immediately following the heavyweight world title fight, which begins at 9 p.m. ET/PT on tape delay, two light heavyweight champions will meet, live on SHOWTIME, when Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver and “Bad” Chad Dawson square off in a long-awaited grudge match. Read more
Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao Tickets
Tickets to “The Dream Match” — the 12-round welterweight super fight between six-division world champion OSCAR DE LA HOYA and boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter MANNY PACQUIAO — will go on sale this Wednesday, September 24 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT.? Presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao will take place Saturday, December 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View. Read more
Video: Joe Calzaghe vs Roy Jones Jr
In a battle between two of boxing’s superpowers, world’s will collide when “Super” Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) clashes with “Superman” Roy Jones, Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) in “Battle of the Superpowers,” a scheduled 12-rounder for the Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Championship belt. The bout is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 8th at the Mecca of Boxing, Madison Square Garden and broadcast live on HBO Pay-Per-View. Read more
Haye-Johnson Off, Now Haye vs Mercer?
With a possible blockbuster fight on the horizon between former heavyweight champ “Merciless” Ray Mercer (36-7-1, 26 KO’s) and powerhouse sensation David “The Hayemaker” Haye (21-1, 20 KO’s), Sal Musumeci’s Final Forum Boxing whetted the appetite of all boxing fans when he petitioned the WBO Tuesday to get Mercer ranked by the governing body. Sources close to the Haye camp, as well as “The Hayemaker’s” promoter, have both stated that they like the fight with the “Merciless” one. However, the only stumbling block for Haye is that Mercer is not rated by the WBO, and Haye’s UK TV contract stipulates that he must fight a ranked opponent. Read more
Calzaghe vs Jones Presser Video
HBO Sports’ groundbreaking reality franchise 24/7, which captured three Sports Emmy Awards earlier this year, returns next month with the exclusive series CALZAGHE/JONES 24/7, leading up to their light heavyweight pay-per-view showdown on Nov. 8. The first episode of the three-episode, all-access series debuts SUNDAY, OCT. 26 (8:30-9:00 p.m. ET/PT), on HBO, with another episode debuting the following SUNDAY, NOV. 2, at the same time, while the finale debuts THURSDAY, NOV. 6 (11:00-11:30 p.m.), two days prior to the bout. All three episodes will also be available on HBO On Demand.. Read more
Hatton-Malignaggi Presser Video
Hatton vs. Malignaggi will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., on Saturday, Nov. 22. The 12-round junior welterweight world bout for Hatton’s Ring Magazine and IBO junior welterweight world titles will be presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Punch Promotions and DiBella Entertainment and sponsored by Affliction Clothing. The event will air live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Read more
Forrest-Mora Video
Vernon Forrest reclaimed his WBC 154-pound title Saturday night, battering Sergio Mora in a lopsided unanimous decision that re-established the 37-year-old veteran as an elite junior middleweight. Forrest (41-3) lost his title to Mora in an ugly majority-decision upset June 7, but the Atlanta native had little trouble sending Mora to the first loss of his career in the mandated rematch. Read more
Casamayor-Marquez Video
Juan Manuel Marquez was nothing but bad news for Joel Casamayor. Marquez won his 135-pound debut Saturday night, stopping linear champion Casamayor for the first time in the Cuban’s career with a dynamic flurry late in the 11th round. Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) held title belts in two lighter divisions over the last five years, but moved up to lightweight in hopes of landing a third bout with Manny Pacquiao after going 0-1-1 against the pound-for-pound king. Read more
Guzman-Campbell Off, Bradley Defeats Cherry
In his first world title defense, Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley dominated dangerous veteran Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry en route to a decisive unanimous decision victory on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Bradley retained his World Boxing Council (WBC) super lightweight title by scores of 119-109, 118-109 and 117-110.
The previously scheduled main event, a WBA, WBO and IBF World Lightweight Championship between champion Nate Campbell and challenger Joan Guzman was cancelled when Guzman reportedly refused to fight due to health concerns. Guzman had failed to make the 135-pound limit at Friday’s official weigh-in, coming in at 138 ?? pounds. Read more
Abraham vs Marquez PPV
Integrated Sports will distribute the much anticipated October 4th showdown between unbeaten International Boxing Federation middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham and top contender Raul “El Diamente” Marquez, in the United States and Canada, live from Germany.. Read more
Hatton-Malignaggi Update
Fans may call it “Manchester Muscle vs. New York Flash,” “England vs. The United States,” or “Brawler vs. Boxer.” Regardless of how it is described, the Junior Welterweight World Championship bout between England’s Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton and New York’s Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas will be a clash between the two best 140-pound fighters in the world and one of the most intriguing and exciting fights of 2008.. Read more
Ricky Hatton vs Paulie Malignaggi
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI - IBF Jr. Welterweight Champion - “This is a great chance for my west coast fans to come support me. My east coast fans got a glimpse of me at Madison Square Garden. The referee is there to do his job. The bell is going to ring and you won’t see me looking at the referee for help. There are only two boxers with this style, John Ruiz and Ricky Hatton. I will have an answer for Hatton on Nov. 22..”
“Hatton has not fought well against guys with fast hands thus far in his career. He got knocked out when he fought (Floyd) Mayweather, so he has not handled fast-handed boxers well.” Read more
Felix Sturm vs Sebastian Sylvester
The Hamburg based boxing stable Universum Box-Promotion has won the purse bid for the world title bout between Felix Sturm and Sebastian Sylvester .The fight will be staged on November 1 at the K?nig-Pilsener-ARENA in Oberhausen – Live on ZDF
Universum Box-Promotion won today’s WBA purse bid in Panama for the middleweight title defense of WBA world champion Felix Sturm against mandatory challenger Sebastian Sylvester. Universum bid $2,815,756 to outdistance Sauerland Events’ bid of $1,901,014 in order to stage the fight in a “Universum Champions Night” event. As a result of the successful purse-bid by Universum, the bout will take place November 1 at the K?nig-Pilsener ARENA in Oberhausen, Germany and will be braodcasted live on ZDF.
Diaz-Katsidis, Juarez-Barrios Final Quotes
Fighting words were flying at today’s final press conference for the highly anticipated doubleheader featuring Houston’s former Three Time World Champion, Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz against Australian warrior Michael “The Great” Katsidis and Houston native and 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Ricardo Rocky Juarez against former Junior Lightweight World Champion Jorge “La Hiena” Barrios. See below for press conference quotes:
Rocky Juarez: “When my managers asked me if I wanted to take the fight with Jorge Barrios, I said ‘Hell yes!’ I’ve been looking forward to this fight for a while and have trained really hard. I am prepared for Saturday night and I’m really looking forward to it.” Read more
Guzman-Campbell Interview
In a terrific fight in the second-half of an excellent world championship doubleheader, International Boxing Federation/World Boxing Organization/World Boxing Association (IBF/WBO/WBA) lightweight champion Nate Campbell (32-5-1, 25 KOs) of Jacksonville, Fla., will make his first defense against undefeated two-division world champion Joan Guzman (28-0, 17 KOs) of, Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).. Read more
Casamayor vs Marquez Update
On September 13 in Las Vegas, Juan Manuel Marquez will take a huge step toward cementing his status as one of the greatest Mexican fighters of all-time when he challenges Joel “Cepillo” Casamayor, who reigns as The Ring Magazine World Lightweight Champion. For Marquez, a victory over the Cuban southpaw would be monumental. With a victory, Marquez, who has held world titles at featherweight and junior lightweight, would become a three-division world champion.. Read more
Tarver-Dawson Presser Video
It’s finally official. Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver’s (27-4, 19 KOs) International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight belt will be on the line when he battles “Bad” Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs) on Saturday, Oct. 11 live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from The Pearl Theatre at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. The announcement came at Wednesday’s Los Angeles press conference where both fighters addressed the media. Read more
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