Boxing
Mar 13th, 2010 |
By Joe McDonald |
Category: Boxing, Top Story
CLOTTEY READY FOR PACQUIAO: Before leaving for Dallas Texas last week for the biggest fight of his career against welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey showed his skills sparring in the Bronx and at the Kingsway Gym in Manhattan. Pacquaio-Clottey Saturday evening on HBO pay-per-view is the replacement [...]
Tags: Bantamweight, Boxing History, Division Champion, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Flyweight, Hbo Pay Per View, Jabs, Joshua Clottey, Last Fight, Madison Square Garden, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Native Of Ghana, Pacquaio, Pound Fighter, Punches, Saturday Evening, Second Fiddle, Wbo, Welterweight Champion Posted in Boxing, Top Story |
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Mar 4th, 2010 |
By Jonathan Yaghoubi |
Category: Boxing, Top Story
Boxing superstars Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley kicked off their three city media tour with a bang on Tuesday afternoon at the Nokia Theatre in New York City. Both are promoting their mega fight that will take place on May 1st at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Both men had no interest on waiting that [...]
Tags: Andre Berto, Bang On, Boxing Fans, Boxing Promoter, Clever Slogans, Collision Course, Fiasco, Floyd Mayweather, Juan Manuel Marquez, Last Fight, Leonard Ellerbe, Mgm Grand, Schaeffer, Scrum, Shane Mosley, Sugar Shane, Superstars, Tuesday Afternoon, Turning Point, Wrestling Match Posted in Boxing, Top Story |
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Feb 11th, 2010 |
By Taylor Hallman |
Category: Boxing, Top Story
It was finally time for Jose Torres fight. I’d been observing him preparing all evening at Nomads Adventure Quest in South Windsor, Connecticut where the Western New England Golden Gloves were being held. The owners of the Untouchables boxing gym in Springfield, Mass had asked me to come up and take pictures of their fighter. [...]
Tags: Adventure Quest, Boxing Gym, Calmness, Encouragement, Golden Gloves, Hallway, Jose Torres, New England, Night Time, Occasional Words, Old Timer, Other Sports, Pedro Arriaga, Snowy Night, Social Services, South Windsor Connecticut, Spar, Springfield Mass, Viewfinder, Young Man Posted in Boxing, Top Story |
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Jan 26th, 2010 |
By Jonathan Yaghoubi |
Category: Boxing, Top Story
Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa took one more step to a future big money showdown between the two kings of the featherweight division.
“JuanMa” Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) totally dominated and outmatched the skilled Steven Luevano to take away his WBO featherweight title in fantastic style. Lopez knocked out Luevano with a crushing right-left combo [...]
Tags: Accomplishment, Dear Life, Death Battle, Featherweight Division, Felix Tito Trinidad, Knockout, Last Fight, Left Hands, Life And Death, Madison Square Garden, Manuel Lopez, Punches, Referee, Scorecards, Steven Luevano, Tko, Two Kings, Wamu, Wbo Featherweight, World Titles Posted in Boxing, Top Story |
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Jan 22nd, 2010 |
By Jonathan Yaghoubi |
Category: Boxing, Top Story
Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey concluded their two-day, two-city press conference earlier today in New York at Madison Square Garden. Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs), boxing’s No.1 pound for pound fighter, will make the first defense of his WBO welterweight title when he faces off against the WBO’s number 1 contender, Joshua Clottey(35-3, 20 KOs).
The fight [...]
Tags: Big Losers, Boxing Fans, Hbo Ppv, Heavyweight Championship Fight, Joshua Clottey, Ken Norton, Last Fight, Madison Square Garden, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Muhammad Ali, Pacquiao Vs Mayweather, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Pound Fighter, S Sports, Sports Stadium, Welterweight Title, World Championship Fight, World Heavyweight Championship, Yankee Stadium Posted in Boxing, Top Story |
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Jan 22nd, 2010 |
By Jonathan Yaghoubi |
Category: Boxing, Top Story
For the second time in three months, two of boxing’s brightest young stars will headline a card at the Wamu Theatre in Madison Square Garden. Juan Manuel Lopez and Yurikois Gamboa look to take one last step toward a possible collision course between the two if they are victorious. [...]
Tags: Aggression, Challengers, Collision Course, Death Battle, Doubleheader, Featherweight Division, Hbo, Hbo Boxing, Iq, Knockout, Life And Death, Madison Square Garden, Manuel Lopez, Rogers Mtagwa, Second Time, Southpaw, Steven Luevano, Wamu, Wbo Champion, Young Stars Posted in Boxing, Top Story |
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Jan 16th, 2010 |
By Jonathan Yaghoubi |
Category: Boxing, Top Story
1. Gatti/Ward was the best trilogy of the decade.
Fact..With all due respect to the Vazquez-Marquez trilogy, there was no series of fights this decade that even came close to the amount of drama that Gatti/Ward brought us. It was not just the best trilogy of the decade, but it might been the best in the [...]
Tags: Arturo Gatti, Due Respect, Fight 1, Gary Shaw, Gatti Ward, Golden Boy Promotions, Great Sport, Greatest Boxing Matches, Guts, Handful, Jim Lamply, Punch, Referee, Second Banana, Successes, Top Rank, Toughness, Trilogy, Warriors, World Champions Posted in Boxing, Top Story |
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Jan 7th, 2010 |
By Rich Mancuso |
Category: Boxing, Top Story
Happy New Year! And hopefully it will be for all of you and for the boxing world that is in limbo. Because the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. can’t seem to agree on blood testing procedures for their potential super bout that is slated for March 13th in [...]
Tags: Blood Testing, Bob Arum, Body Enhancement, Boxing World, Defamation Lawsuit, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Golden Boy Promotions, Happy New Year, Hotel In Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao, Mgm Grand Hotel, Mgm Grand Hotel In Las Vegas, Nasty War, Nevada State Athletic Commission, Oscar De La Hoya, Pound Fighters, Random Drug Testing, Richard Schaefer, Sticking Point, Welterweight Champion Posted in Boxing, Top Story |
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Dec 27th, 2009 |
By Rich Mancuso |
Category: Boxing, Rich Mancuso, Top Story
They came to their second home Wednesday. The professionals who train at the Morris Park Boxing Gym, the prospects preparing for the upcoming Golden Gloves tournament, and the kids who live in the community, stunned to see their gym destroyed by a fire earlier in the day that also left two families homeless.
“We will rebuild [...]
Tags: Aaron Davis, Boxing Gym, Business Man, Dex, El Gato, Electrical Fault, Electrical Problem, Golden Gloves Champion, Golden Gloves Tournament, Mainstay, Morris Park, Old Business, Professional Fighter, Promoter, Trials And Tribulations, Two Families, Van Nest, Wednesday Morning, Welterweight Champion, White Plains Posted in Boxing, Rich Mancuso, Top Story |
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Dec 20th, 2009 |
By Howard Goldin |
Category: Boxing, Top Story
Five young, professional boxers continued their undefeated professional careers in the ring at B.B. King’s Blues Club and Grill during the latest edition of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing on Wednesday evening, December 16. Each of the young pugilists displayed the skills acquired during an impressive amateur career. Although most of the bouts were short in [...]
Tags: B B King, Bayamon Puerto Rico, Blues Club, Bracero, Delvalle, Dibella Entertainment, Featherweights, Gulfport Ms, Impressive Amateur Career, Knockdown, Lou Dibella, Professional Boxers, Professional Careers, Pugilists, Ringside, Santiago Cuba, Sonora Mexico, Sunset Park Brooklyn, Victors, Wednesday Evening Posted in Boxing, Top Story |
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