Martinez Could Indeed Be Considered in the Top Three as the best

Atlantic City- Moments after his stunning and quick second round knockout over three-time champion Paul Williams, that retained the WBC middleweight title for Sergio Martinez, his promoter Lou Dibella proudly said, “He is the best fighter I ever promoted.” That statement alone described what Martinez has now achieved. A 35-year old champion that HBO Sports [...]

A New American Revolution

When Clint Dempsey scored a gift goal at the 40th minute of the United States opening match-up to get level with England, the fortunes of the Americans may have changed. The contest finished in a 1-1 draw and both clubs received a point, but it meant a lot more to the US than it did [...]

Lopez and Gamboa shine in Knockout wins

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 [...]

HBO’s Boxing After Dark makes it first broadcast of 2010 with a very exciting doubleheader.

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. [...]

Phil “The Drill” Williams Loses to Tough Veteran Matt Vanda

Hinckley, MN – Queens-born, Minneapolis-based slugger Phil Williams lost a close fight to tough and wily veteran Matt Vanda tonight at Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota.
Williams (11-2 with 10 knockouts) boxed well, landing effective counters and hard single shots that occasionally thrilled the crowd, but Vanda prevailed by virtue of his unbreakable chin, [...]

Lopez May Have Spoiled Plans but Prevails to Keep His Title

New York – Juan Manuel Lopez the WBO junior featherweight champion from Caguas, Puerto Rico and WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa of Cuba defended their respective titles in separate bouts on the “Island Warriors” “Latin Fury 12” pay-per-view show at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden Saturday evening. The fighters did what they [...]

Local Fighter Wins Gatti Tribute

Arturo Gatti the former champion who was allegedly murdered by his wife back in July was honored this past Saturday evening down in Atlantic City New Jersey. The Atlantic City Convention Center/Hall where Gatti had some of his most memorable fights and established record gate receipts..
Main Events, promoter of Gatti, had an appropriate [...]

Queens Native Phil Williams Goes to 11-1

Hinkley, MN – Tonight’s featured bout at Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota was to have been a match between two New York boxers: Queens native Phil Williams and Queens-based Connecticut native Jaidon Codrington.  Codrington, however, dropped off the card less than a week before fight night, his team claiming an unspecified career-threatening injury.  So tough [...]

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