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Team Stiverne calls for action vs. Vitali Klitschko

Posted by Press Releases on Aug 14, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

Team Stiverne calls for action Vitali Klitschko holding WBC belt hostage WBC Silver Heavyweight Champion and No. 1, mandatory challenger Bermane “B. Ware” Stiverne OTTAWA, Canada (August 13, 2013) -The latest ruling by the World Boxing Council (WBC), allowing its heavyweight champion, Vitali...

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Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame: Class of 2013 Officially Announced

Posted by Press Releases on Jul 30, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (July 29, 2013) – The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) has officially announced its Class of 2013. New members will be inducted at the 9TH annual CBHOF Gala Induction Dinner on Saturday night, November 9 in the Uncas Ballroom at Mohegan Sun. The new CBHOF inductees are former...

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V. Klitschko vs. Stiverne WBC purse bid postponed again

Posted by admin on Jul 30, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

OTTAWA, Canada (July 26, 2013) — When heavyweight contender Bermane “B. Ware” Stiverne (21-1, 20 KOs) upset Chris Arreola (35-3, 30 KOs) on HBO this past April 27, in a title elimination bout, it set-up the dangerous Canadian for a super fight versus future Hall of Famer and long-time World...

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New Boxing Hall of Fame Las Vegas Announces Inaugural Inductees

Posted by admin on Jun 30, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

Boxing Exhibit Within SCORE! Sports Attraction at the Luxor Hotel Features $73 Million Dollar ESPN Classic Fight Film Library Las Vegas, June 28, 2013 – The new Boxing Hall of Fame Las Vegas has announced its inaugural class of 25 inductees. The Boxing Hall of Fame Las Vegas is located at the Luxor...

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Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees

Posted by admin on Jun 16, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

#12 — Inductee Myung-Woo Yuh signs an autograph. #478 — Yuh, Colin Hart and Mike Weaver watch inductee Jimmy Lennon, Jr. get his fist cast/ #79 — Julian Jackson clowns with Lennon,...

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CNN – THE FIGHTERS

Posted by Press Releases on May 29, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

THE CNN FREEDOM PROJECT DOCUMENTARY, “THE FIGHTERS,” FEATURING MANNY PACQUIAO, IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE MANILA (May 26, 2013) — The CNN Freedom Project documentary, “The Fighters,” which recently debuted on CNN International, is now available online, in its...

MAYWEATHER vs. GUERRERO PREMIERES TOMORROW AT 10 P.M. ET/PT ON SHOWTIME®

Posted by Press Releases on Apr 10, 2013 in Other News | 15 comments

ALL ACCESS: MAYWEATHER vs. GUERRERO PREMIERES TOMORROW AT 10 P.M. ET/PT ON SHOWTIME® FIVE-PART SERIES NARRATED BY COMMON—THE GRAMMY AWARD WINNING HIP-HOP ARTIST, NOTED ACTOR AND AUTHOR “You have the biggest athlete in the world, the highest paid, acting a fool.” – Robert Guerrero “For him to speak...

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30 Days In May Featuring Floyd Mayweather

Posted by Press Releases on Apr 4, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTARY FILM “30 DAYS IN MAY” REVEALS INTIMATE & THOUGHTFUL PORTRAIT OF BOXING SUPERSTAR FLOYD MAYWEATHER DURING HIS “LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE” Premieres Wednesday, April 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME® NEW YORK (April 1, 2013) – “30 DAYS IN MAY,” a revealing documentary...

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88th BWAA Annual Awards Dinner

Posted by Press Releases on Apr 1, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

The 88th annual awards banquet of the Boxing Writers Association of America will take place on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Capitale in New York City. The excitement is building each day as the countdown has already begun to what is considered the Academy Awards of the sport. The buzz surrounding the event is...

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Don King Statement Regarding Florida Supreme Court Ruling

Posted by Press Releases on Apr 1, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.—“This is the Greatest Nation in the world…. The Miami Herald headline says it all: “Florida Supreme Court Sides with Don King on Appeal” (http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/28/3311655/fla-supreme-court-sides-with-don.html). “No matter what the outcome of my return to the...

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KLITSCHKO nominated for Sports Emmy Awards

Posted by Press Releases on Mar 25, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) has announced KLITSCHKO as nominee for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards. The Awards will be given out at the prestigious Frederick P. Rose Hall on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 in New York City. KLITSCHKO tells the captivating story of the boxing...

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IBO February Computerized Rankings

Posted by Press Releases on Feb 7, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

The IBO Top 100 Computerized Boxing Rankings for February 2013 are now available Click here to view or download the world’s most unbiased, objective rankings of boxers, brought to you only by the International Boxing...

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BWAA Announces 2012 Award Winner – Donaire Declared Fighter of the Year

Posted by Press Releases on Jan 28, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

Super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire has been named Fighter of the Year for 2012 by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Donaire successfully defended his world title four times in 2012, the last two by stoppage, as he surged toward the top of most pound-for-pound fighter lists. It marks the...

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NBC Sports and boxing in 2012

Posted by Press Releases on Jan 25, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

NBC SPORTS GROUP AND MAIN EVENTS LIT UP BOXING IN 2012. AND CONTINUE TRADITION IN 2013 Main Events & NBC Sports Knockout Year 2012 FIGHT NIGHT on NBC Sports Network launched its second season on January 19th with another knockout of a boxing broadcast. The dynamite double header featured two stunning...

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PETER FINNEY WINS A.J. LIEBLING AWARD

Posted by Press Releases on Jan 19, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

They are a vanishing breed, sports writers and columnists who are as instantly identifiable with their cities as, say, baseball’s Stan Musial is in St. Louis, basketball’s Bill Russell is in Boston and former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier is in Philadelphia. Peter Finney, the newest winner of the...

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MUSSACHIO RETURNS FEB. 23 AGAINST LIONEL THOMPSON AT BALLY’S ATLANTIC CITY

Posted by Press Releases on Jan 17, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

MUSSACHIO RETURNS FEB. 23 AGAINST LIONEL THOMPSON AT BALLY’S ATLANTIC CITY Atlantic City, NJ—Light-heavyweight Chuck Mussachio, of Wildwood, NJ, who has been on the fringe of the world rankings in recent years, returns Saturday evening, Feb. 23, at Bally’s Atlantic City, in a scheduled eight-round...

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Rigondeaux’ strength coach Montanocordoba denies Donaire’s claim

Posted by Press Releases on Jan 12, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

MIAMI (December 28, 2012) – The strength-and-conditioning coach of World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Bantamweight champion Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KOs), D.J. Montanocordoba, vehemently denies Internet reports alleged by Nonito “The Filiipino Flash” Donaire...

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WealthTV Makes Major Strides in Boxing

Posted by Press Releases on Jan 12, 2013 in Other News | Comments Off

Two WealthTV fights are nominated for fight of the year by the BWAA and two-time WealthTV headliner David Price named ESPN’s Prospect of the Year SAN DIEGO, CA –January 3, 2013 – WealthTV’s live boxing programming efforts for 2012 have been recognized by the Boxing Writers Association of America,...

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Beating Up on Food Craze from the UK

Posted by MICHAEL AMAKOR on Dec 23, 2012 in Other News | 4 comments

It has been reported that there is a fundraising craze in the UK featuring guys wearing old boxing gloves to punch up, beat up and pound on and through food to raise money for charities including filling donuts with jam and cream,digging through bowls of baked beans,apple sauce.syrup and rice pudding to find...

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WBA Orders Klitschko vs Povetkin

Posted by admin on Dec 20, 2012 in Other News | Comments Off

***Klitschko to Face Povetkin as Next Opponent – Immediate Negotiations Ordered by the WBA*** The World Boxing Association (WBA) has instructed the promotional companies Sauerland Event (SE) and Klitschko Management Group (KMG) to conduct immediate negotiations for the fight between the current Heavyweight...

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As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.

In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.