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| Miguel Cotto and Shane Mosley Face Off leading up to their showdown at Madison Square Garden |
| (From left to right) – World WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto and Three-Division World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley face off on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at New York’s B.B. King’s during the final press conference for “Fast & Furious!” Cotto vs. Mosley for the WBA World Welterweight Championship to be held on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Madison Square Garden. |
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| Three-Division World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley flexes his muscles while on the scale today, November 9, 2007, during the official weigh-in for his November 10, 2007 WBA World Welterweight Championship bout at Madison Square Garden against Champion Miguel Cotto. |
| Shane Mosley may be the perfect foil for Miguel Cotto: |
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| Mike Oliver IBF mandatory to Steve Molitor in question |
| Left to Right: Mike Oliver pictured with trainer John Scully |
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| Both boxing fans and the press who cover the game have been treated this year to some epic showdowns. We’ve seen the fights that need to happen come to fruition: Vazquez/Marquez (twice), Miranda/Pavlik, Pavlik/Taylor, Calzaghe/Kessler, Diaz/Freitas, Hopkins/Wright, Pacquiao/Barrera, and we still have Mayweather/Hatton to cap the year off, all in all a great year for the sweet science. The problem that remains is the sports, at times, lack of integrity. Bogus decisions, (see Casamayor vs Santa Cruz), and sanctioning bodies refusing to stick to their decisions regarding mandatory challengers to their titles. We saw it with the circus that was Sam Peter and his camp dealing with the WBC, now the latest victim appears to be Hartford, Connecticut’s undefeated IBO Super Bantamweight Champion Mike Oliver. Read the Full Story..... |
| John Scully: "Joe Frazier told Marvin Hagler something back in the late 1970's when Hagler was having trouble getting his chance at a world title that I think might apply to Mike Oliver now. "Your black, your southpaw and you can fight." |
| LOS ANGELES (November 12) – It’s only fitting that the December 8 “UNDEFEATED” Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton featured undercard fights bring the same high caliber competition as the evening’s main event super bout. Former super middleweight world champion Jeff Lacy returns to the ring against former ‘Contender’ star Peter Read the Full Story..... |
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| JEFF LACY RETURNS TO ACTION AGAINST PETER MANFREDO JR. ON MAYWEATHER VS. HATTON UNDERCARD |
| SYCUAN RINGSIDE PROMOTIONS’ JOAN GUZMAN RETURNS TO THE RING AFTER NEARLY ONE YEAR TO DEFEND HIS WBO 130 POUND BELT |
| NEW YORK (Nov. 13, 2007) – After nearly one year of inactivity, WBO junior lightweight champion Joan Guzman (27- 0, 17 KOs) makes his highly anticipated return to the ring when he battles Humberto Soto (43-5-2, 27 KOs) on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. on HBO “Boxing After Dark” at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT. Read the Full Story..... |
| OPEN MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMP RICARDO MAYORGA Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, First Street Boxing Gym, Boyle Heights , Calif. |
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| Fans that have purchased over $1 million in tickets to see two-time world champion “El Feroz” Fernando Vargas (26-4, 22 KOs) and three-time world champion Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga (27-6-1, 22 KOs) in what is anticipated to be a street-style brawl at STAPLES Center will get their chance when the two meet on the day after Thanksgiving on Friday, Nov. 23. Vargas and Mayorga will fight in a highly- anticipated main event of a card that begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and is being distributed by SHOWTIME® PPV. Before Tuesday’s open media workout started, the brash, colorful, outspoken Mayorga held a picture of Vargas next to his crotch, pointed to the media and said, “Don’t mess with me!” Read the Full Story..... |
| Golden Boy East President Bernard Hopkins, WBO Junior Lightweight Champion Joan Guzman, challenger Humberto Soto and President of Top Rank Todd duBoef pose for photographers at the New York press conference for their title fight on Saturday, November 17th at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City to be televised on HBO's Boxing After Dark. |
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| Joan Guzman defends his WBO Jr. Lightweight Title against Humberto Soto on HBO |
| Absence has not made their hearts grow fonder! |
| Bronx, NY - Nov 15, 2007 - Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing, announced today the exciting Light Heavyweight match up between dangerous Philadelphian Eric "Magic 2000" Harding (23-4-1 7KO's) and Brooklyn, NY's, Shaun George (15- 2-2 7KO's) on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ. In a twist of fate and opponent fall outs, long time rivals and former sparring partners Harding and George will get their chance to finish what was started years back in some heated, trash talking sparring sessions that can only be described as skirting real close to bedlam. We can expect more of the same on December 6, making this match up even more exciting and one not to miss! Read the Full Story..... |
| HEAVYWEIGHT HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR THE BOXING FAN IN YOUR LIFE FROM STEINER SPORTS Collectibles Signed by Mike Tyson, Joe Frazier, Jake LaMotta and Roy Jones, Jr. Provide Punch to Your Gift Giving New York, November 19—If you are looking for a “heavyweight” holiday gift idea for your boxing fan father, brother or buddy, look no further than Steiner Sports (www.steinersports.com), and order on line today! Collectibles signed by former heavyweight champions Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier, and all time middleweight titlists Roy Jones, Jr. and Jake LaMotta will provide powerful punch to your holiday gift-giving. The Joe Frazier autographed glove, priced at $250, heads the collection of items signed by the heavyweight icon. What Mike Tyson aficionado wouldn’t love a pair of his vintage black boxing trunks, a signed piece priced at $399.99? Just one of several Tyson collectibles. A memorable autographed photo (16x20) of Jake LaMotta punching Sugar Ray Robinson during their famous 1951 13-rounder has a $79.00 price tag. An autographed Roy Jones, Jr. boxing glove sells for $149.99, while a signed color portrait (16x20) is priced at $69.99. For ring fans of wrestling, signed collectibles by two great heavyweight champions will provide a holiday headlock. The Hulk Hogan 16x20 color autographed photograph with the “Hulkster” raising the world championship ($189.99), and the popular “Batista” arm pump color 8x10 signed ($44.99) are just two wrestling items available from Steiner. |
| HARTFORD (November 13, 2007) – Championship pro boxing returns to Hartford on Saturday night, November 24 -- “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s On In Hartford” -- as NABF cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey defends his title belt against former WBO heavyweight title challenger Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing” Williams, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s On In Hartford,” promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment, Inc. (CES), in association with Sports Entertainment & Media, Inc., will be taped live and air on dates and times to be determined across the country on numerous Comcast regional stations including Comcast West, American One Network, Fight Network in Canada, Sports Net New York, GTV in Africa, as well as internationally on KOTV. Pinnacle FiteNite is produced by 21 Lakes and distributed by Integrated Sports. Hartford has a rich boxing history that was rejuvenated on September 23, 2006, when CES promoted the first pro show there in a decade, but the city’s pugilistic tradition dates back long before if produced the late, great Willie Pep (230-11-1, 65 KOs). Back on July 4, 1887, legendary heavyweight John L. Sullivan umpired a baseball game and later fought a four-round exhibition with Joe Lannon. Through the years, lightweight king Ike Williams fought twice within a week in 1943 at an outdoor arena in Hartford, heavyweight Joe Louis fought a pair of exhibitions in Hartford during World War II, light heavyweight Archie Moore knocked out Doc Williams in eight rounds at the Hartford Auditorium, where heavyweight Rocky Marciano stopped Harold Mitchell in the second round of their 1951 fight. On the same card in 1977 at the Hartford Civic Center, Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Roy Jones (not Roy Jones, Jr.) in the third round of the main event, while Sugar Ray Leonard registered the same outcome versus Vinnie DeBarrios in the co-feature. In addition to the great Pep, two-time world welterweight champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling (45-6-1, 27 KOs) also comes from Hartford where he still resides. Starling’s most notable victories were against Lloyd Honeyghan, Mark Breland, Simon Brown, and Floyd Mayweather (twice). Starling successfully defended his WBC welterweight belt at the Hartford Civic Center in 1989, winning a 1-round decision against Yung Kil Chung. Other top Hartford born-or-based fighters have included former world title challengers “Iceman” John Scully, Eric Harding and Israel “Pito” Cardona, as well as 1996 U.S. Olympic Team captain Lawrence Clay-Bey. At least three other world title fights were held in Hartford: Young Corbett II (William Rothwell) knocked out Terry McGovern in the second round of their 1901 fight for the World Featherweight Championship at the Hartford Coliseum; Jimmy Slattery won a 10-round decision against Maxie Rosenbloom in 1927 at the Velodrome for the vacant NBA light heavyweight crown; Joe Louis Manley stopped Gary Hinton in the 10th round of their 1986 fight for the IBF light welterweight title. Godfrey (16-0, 9 KOs), now training in Hartford with his new trainer John Scully, is rated No. 2 by the World Boxing Council, as well as ranked No. 4 by the International Boxing Federation and No. 6 by the World Boxing Association. “Too Smooth” faces his toughest opponent in Williams (42-5-1, 35 KOs), fighting out of Long Beach (CA), in the 12-round main event on Nov. 24. Unbeaten Las Vegas-based cruiserweight prospect Aaron Williams (15-0-1, 11 KOs), former nine-time United States amateur champion, is scheduled to fight in the eight-round co-feature. On the undercard in separate bouts are Manchester’s (CT) own Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard (11-0, 7 KOs), the former WBC Youth super featherweight champion managed by Jackie Kallen; WBC rated No. 23 super middleweight Joey “KO Kid” Spina (20-1-1, 15 KOs), of Providence; cruiserweight Marc “The Defender” Saggese (3-0, 3 KOs), the high-profile defense attorney from Las Vegas known as the toughest pound-for- pound lawyer; Hartford junior welterweight Addy Irizarry (2-1, 2 KOs). All bouts and fighters are subject to change. Tickets are priced at $35.00 (Bronze), $50.00 (VIP Silver), $100.00 (VIP Gold), and $150.00 (limited Jimmy’s Platinum Club). Group discounts are available. Discount tickets are being offered to members of the Connecticut police and fire departments, men and women active in the U.S. military, and students. VIP Presidential Tables (total of 10 tables, 8 per table) are available by calling CES at 401.724.2253/2254. Call CES at 401.724.2253/2254, the Connecticut Convention Center (860.249.6000), Manchester PAL (860.645.6261) and Connecticut Restoration (860.528.6800), or go on line at www.cesboxing.com, to order tickets or for more information. Visit www.pinnaclefitenite.com for additional information. Doors will open at 5:30 PM/ET, first bout at 6:45 PM/ET. |
| Championship Pro Boxing Returns to Hartford Godfrey- Williams headlines “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s On In Hartford” Nov. 24 at the Connecticut Convention Center |
| Matt Godfrey pictured during his fight with Derrick Brown. Godfrey faces another difficult opponent in Jeremy Williams on November 24th, in Hartford. |
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