“FIGHT KNIGHT” NOW AVAILABLE ON WWW.GOFIGHTLIVE.TV
<!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> New York/Lyndhurst, NJ (FEBRUARY 28, 2009)—This past Wednesday night Felko Promotions along with Dignity Promotions presented a big night of boxing that was culminated by a battle for the USNBC & NABA Cruiserweight titles as Bobby Gunn battled Brad Gregory in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
The action emanated from the Medieval Times in Lyndhurst.
That fight was the main event of a card that fans can now view on www.gofightlive.tv
Gunn & Gregory battled it out for that hardware which in turn will bring their respective career’s to a possible world title opportunity,.
The six-but card also featured exciting Jr. Lightweight, Carlos Zambrano in a four round bout.
Zambrano of Peru is an undefeated and has improved on each performance.
The night of vicious knockouts also saw a Heavyweight fight between Tyabb Beale and KC Cunningham which saw both men hit the canvas in the first two minutes of the fight.
Fans can also witness fights involving undefeated middleweight, Marcus Bianconi as well as the pro debut debut of Kyle White.
All the action was called by Marc Abrams and female sensation Noriko Kariya with former world champion Bobby Czyz joining the broadcast for the main event.
“This was a solid night of boxing and its always a pleasure to work with David Feldman and Mike Indri as they put on exciting shows that the fans really enjoy”, Said David Klarman, Vice-President of www.gofightlive.tv
Brian Cobb vs Terry Etim at UFC 95 Scratched
Brian Cobb vs Terry Etim at UFC 95 with Justin Buchholz scratched … (wordpress.gofightlive.tv) – February 13, 2009By: MMAmania Palace Fighting Championships (PFC) Lightweight Champion Brian Cobb (15-4) will take on Terry Etim (11-2) in a 155-pound match up at UFC 95: [...] […
Ruiz declared WBA mandatory heavyweight title challenger
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Ruiz declared WBA mandatory heavyweight title challenger
LAS VEGAS (February 28, 2009) – The World Boxing Association Championship Committee has declared two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs), presently rated No. 3, as the mandatory challenger for the winner of this year’s Ruslan Chagaev-Nicolai Valuev WBA title fight.
Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson settles the score with a unanimous decision over Daniel Judah on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights
February 27th 2009 (Hollywood Florida) Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood Florida saw light heavyweight Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson knock Daniel Judah 23- 4 (10KO’s), down with a straight right in round one en route to a hard fought convincing unanimous decision in the main event. Johnson, 40, a former light heavyweight world champion and Fighter of the Year, has won five of his last six fights. The loss was a controversial decision to Chad Dawson in April. This fight was a lot of Johnson stalking the Brooklyn based Judah and often landing his shots. Judah spent most of the night getting punched and taunting Johnson with his hands down and seldom hitting The Road Warrior Johnson. The official scores were 89 -99 and 90-99 twice
In the Co-Feature Welterweight Antwone Smith 14- 1 8 KO’s) and Norberto Gonzalez 16 – 0 (12KO’s) went to war in the first two rounds of their scheduled 8 round Co- Feature. Smith was getting rocked in the corner when he landed a straight right that floored the Mexican fighter at the end of round 2. Rounds 3 and four were very evenly matched with both fighters finding the mark but Smith showing to be a bit slicker. Round 5 had the Mexican Gonzalez firing big shots while wiping away blood from his but left eye. Smith had a big sixth round with the exception of a late round attack by a very, very tough Mexican in Gonzalez.. the crowd is in an uproar of appreciation at the bell. Smith won a unanimous decision with all three cards reading 78 – 74.
The ESPN Friday Night Fights telecast got on its way with the 2008 Olympian alternate light welterweight Danny O’Connor improving to 3-0 (1 KO) with a majority decision over Jamar Saunders 2-2-1 (1KO) fighting out of Atlanta. O’Conner who boasted a 95-8 record as an amateur, put his punches together well throughout the fight often landing heavy right hooks and straight left hands. No punch however was heavy enough to put Saunders down. The score cards read 38 -38 and 40-36 x 3
Russian heavyweight, Magomed Abdusalamov 3 -0 (KO 3,) impressed with a huge 1st round knockout in the opening bout of the evening. Abdusalamov, fighting for the first time in the United States, dropped Maurice “The Southern Solider” Winslow 3-8 3KO, with a huge right hook early on. Winslow beat the count but was caught with two hard shots before the referee Tommy Kimmons stepped in at 1:13 of the opening round. Abdusalamov, now fighting out of the Warriors Boxing stable and with John David Jackson in his corner was the Russian Amateur champion who won all of his amateur fights by knock out. And he keeps his knock out streak intact! Great way to get the night started!
In the second undercard bout, Welterweight Habib Allahverdiev 9 -0 (4KO), from Moscow scored a knockout in the first round over Richard Pitt, 3 -8. Abdusalamov is another new Warrior fighter and the former Russian amateur champion. He was 2 for 2 with left hook body shots; both dropped the game Pitt early. A straight right about 60 seconds later dropped the Bahamian Pitt for the third and final time at 2:19 of round 1.
Cuban heavyweight Henry Fuentes, 8 -0 (5 KO’s) ended his night early at 2:03 of the third round with a TKO over Samuel Brown 4 – 5 1KO. The Cuban Southpaw dropped SGT 1st Class Brown fighting out of Kentucky, twice, once with a left uppercut midway through the third and another with a straight left. Brown had a competitive first round with an early big right hand and controlled boxing, but it went the Cubans way from round two on. Fuentes was a Greco-Roman wrestler in the Cuban National Wrestling team and had no previous experience in boxing as an amateur or pro.
In an extremely entertaining bout Super middleweight and Miami favorite Eli Augustama 3- 0 (2KO) and William Deets got it!! The first round the two fighters felt each other out. Augustama landed great uppercuts and hooks and a overhand rights to finish round 2. Rounds 3 and 4 were even exchanges of power punches, sips, slides bombs and hooks. Augustama squeaked by with a majority decision d the cards reading 39- 37 twice and 38–38.
Notable boxers in attendance were Frankie “El Gato” Figueroa, Randall Bailey, Kassim Ouma, Jameel McCline, John David Jackson, Juan Urango, Jermaine Taylor, and former lightweight champion Nate Campbell.
Munroe retains EBU Title; Jeffries wins pro debut
The much anticipated rematch between defending champion Rendall “Two Tone” Munroe 20-1(8) against the man he deposed last March Kiko “La Sensacion” Martinez 20-2(15) took place at The Metrodome in Barnsley, Yorkshire. It pitted the clever boxer Munroe against the bull like puncher from Spain Martinez.
Things got off to an exciting start in a lively first round when both guys traded at close quarters neither man backed off. Both men were cut in the first Martinez over the right eye whilst the Southpaw champion was cut over the left eye. Neither cut ended up being a factor as they were both managed by the corners. The second saw Munroe take a step back and box more taking the round even managing a smile whilst covering up from a burst of Martinez punches. The third saw Martinez bully Munroe and take the round with a higher work rate. The fourth was closer where both men had there moments. Martinez was clearly looking to break Munroe down with body shots and that was reflected with stats of him out landing Munroe 21-9. Munroe making his fourth defence had the fight for his taking when he elected to box not stand and trade as well as out boxing his foe he actually managed to even put him on the back foot. The pattern was set and followed in the sixth and seventh. In the eighth Munroe seemed to take a breather allowing the Spaniard to push forward winning a quite round. The Leicester bin man got back on his game in the ninth continuing the trend in the tenth and eleventh. Desperate to make the ultimate statement Munroe charged out of his corner looking stop his man, though Martinez was trapped in a nutreal corner looking spent he did see the final bell.
The scores were announced 116-112, 116-113 & 118-110 all in favour of Munroe. 15 rounds.com scored the fight also in favour of Munroe but by 117-112. Munroe threw 709 punches and landed 156 punches with a connect rate of 22% while his Spanish adversary Martinez threw 547 landing 102 a connect rate of 18%.
Afterwards a jubilant Munroe who still works a day job as a bin man said “I’m ready for however they put in front of me”. He maintains his humility saying “I’m back to work on Tuesday”. Proving he really is a working class hero!
The card marked the debut of Britain’s first Olympian to turn pro. Tony “Jaffa” Jeffries traded in the vest and head gear having won bronze at last summers games and stopped Aliaksandr Vayavoda 5-13-1(1) at 2.42 of the first.
Promoter Frank Maloney said afterward that Jeffries who intends to campaign at Super Middleweight will be back in April. The Sunderland fighter seems to be a real ticket selling having sold 350 tickets grossing £11,000 on his own. Not bad for a guy starting out in the middle of a recession!
A deep undercard also contained the world rated Nigerian Ajose Olusegun 26-0(13) who is based in London. Commonwealth champion Olusegan who is rated 6# by the WBC made his second defence stopping the brave but out gunned Scott Haywood 19-3(4) in a one sided beat down in the seventh.
In the third title fight of the night saw Welshman Gary “Dynamo” Buckland 15-1(5) win the Vacant Celtic Lightweight title with a career best win beating former Commonwealth champion Scotland’s Craig Docherty 22-5-1(9) via shut out 100-90.
Paul Hyland 14-1(4) won a six round decision in a Bantamweight fight against Nikita Lukin 8-17-2(2)
Also at Bantamweight Ross Burkinshaw 5-1-2(3) drew over four with Mike Robinson 4-0-1(0)
Lee Selby 3-0(0) kept his unbeaten record outpointing Craig Johnson 9-4(0) in four.
Dave Ryan 8-1(1) took Jamie Way’s 8-1(1) unbeaten record over four rounds in Light Welterweight action.
Lightweight Tyrone Nurse 6-0(0) scored a four round decision over Baz Carey 11-40-4(3)
PACQUIAO IN LONDON, SET FOR PRESS CONFERENCE & DART THROWING SHOWDOWN!
LONDON (February 27, 2009) – Pound-for-pound boxing king and reigning Fighter of the Year Manny Pacquiao was in his hotel room throwing feathered darts onto a practice dart board on Friday night.
“Just want to sharpen up little,” said Manny who will face Ricky Hatton in a darts competition at pub in Manchester on Saturday afternoon.
Pacquiao and his team on Saturday morning will take a train from London’s Euston Station to Manchester’s Piccadilly Station for a noontime press conference at the Trafford Centre – Great Hall. There they will talk about their upcoming ‘The East vs the West’ world title fight promoted by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 2. Pacquiao vs. Hatton will be available on HBO Pay Per View.
Pacquiao’s chief trainer Freddie Roach said today that Hatton will be much more difficult than Oscar De la Hoya.
“Hatton is younger, fresher, believes in himself,” said Roach. “He’s a great body puncher. But we’re still going to knock him out. We will have a much different game plan than the one we used to beat De La Hoya.”
Roach said “Manny fought a very smart fight against De La Hoya.
“Manny is a quick learner. He did everything we trained to do against De La Hoya,” Roach said. “When we return to Los Angeles (on Tuesday) I will present the how-to-beat Hatton game plan to Manny.”
Pacquiao arrived with his team into London on Friday night. The pound-for-pound king ate a late-night steak while drinking hot tea in his hotel suite.
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NONITO DONAIRE UPDATE
The Filipino Flash, Nonito Donaire, has a new date – April 18 – for his title defense against undefeated Raul ‘Cobra’ Robinson of San Antonio. The Donaire vs Robinson and Ulises Solis vs. Brian Viloria title fights were initially scheduled for March 21. The venue is the same, Araneta Coliseum, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Top Rank championship card will be on Pay Per View.
BRINKLEY/GILBERT “CIVIL WAR” HITS THE AIRWAVES NEXT WEEK
RENO, NV (February 27, 2009) The long awaited showdown between Northern Nevada arch rivals Jesse Brinkley and Joey Gilbert lived up to it’s billing of “CIVIL WAR”, as a packed house of over 7,000 fight fans stood “loud and proud” for their Northern Nevada favorites on Saturday, February 14th.
With blood being drawn early, the super middleweight battle quickly turned into an outstanding war with each fighter bravely soldiering on to the final twelve round bell in a ring covered in the sweat and blood of the two warriors.
Presented by Reno ’s “Let’s Get It On” Promotions and Las Vegas based TKO BOXING Promotions, “CIVIL WAR” will be broadcast starting next week as fight fans across North America can see the long awaited grudge match between these two super middleweights.
“The atmosphere in Reno was terrific, fans were chanting both fighters’ names from the time they entered the building right up through the final bell. These are the types of events were creating all over the country, huge crowds passionately cheering on the local favorites. We’ve done it in Reno , Vegas, Austin , Cincinnati , Baltimore and York , PA. ” said Chet Koerner, President of TKO BOXING Promotions.
“We’ve got plenty more of “HOMETOWN HEROES” events that we’ll be announcing soon in different markets. Fight fans all over the country are turning out in record numbers in every city and they want to see great fights featuring their local heroes and that’s what we’re going to give them.”
See the fight which finally settled the four year long animosity started when both Brinkley and Gilbert were featured on The Contender, Season One.
The action packed two hour broadcast from the Reno Events Center will also include outstanding undercard action featuring the terrific co-main event between featherweights Rafael Valenzuela and Yogli Herrera. The action was called by Ring Magazine’s Doug Fischer along with Steve Munisteri. Former world champion and winner of The Contender, Season One, Sergio Mora also assisted with the broadcast of the main event.
Detailed below are listings across the country with additional viewing information to follow. Fight fans are encouraged to check local listings for additional broadcasts in these markets.
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Reno, Nevada based “Let’s Get It On” Promotions was founded in 2000 by legendary boxing referee Mills Lane . In early 2005 he was joined by sons Terry and Tommy in the operations of the company. Along with super middleweight contender Jesse Brinkley, “Let’s Get It On” Promotions also promotes lightweight prospect Bayan Jargal and highly regarded brothers Tyler and Derek Hinkey. They have consistently promoted world class boxing events on a national basis.
Further information on “Let’s Get It On” Promotions can be viewed at www.letsgetitonboxing.com
Formed in early 2008, Chet Koerner’s Las Vegas based TKO BOXING Promotions stable includes; heavyweight Lenroy Thomas, super middleweight Joey Gilbert, middleweights Elvin Ayala, Albert Onolunose and James Countryman, junior middleweights Bastie Samir and Anthony Thompson, welterweight Juan Buendia and Raul Tovar, junior welterweights Jonathan Gover, Francisco Contreras and Hastings Bwayla, lightweights Rolando Reyes and Terrance Crawford, featherweights Matt Remillard, Carney Bowman, Delvin Plascencia, Rafael Lora and Maxwell Awaku, super bantamweights Rafael Valenzuela and Carlos Reyes.
Further information on TKO Boxing Promotions can be viewed at www.tkoboxingpromotions.com
Supreme humidity: Marquez and Juarez make weight
HOUSTON – The promotional title for tomorrow’s lightweight world championship fight between Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez and Texan Juan Diaz is “Supremacy.” Well, if it’s supremacy they’re looking to contest in town this weekend, the match is already won: Houston’s heat and humidity in February fells all challengers.
Early Friday afternoon on a black-skirted aluminum stage guarded by red Tecate signs outside the ticket window of Toyota Center, under a facinorous sun whose heat was both tempered and abetted by the gathering clouds, Marquez and Diaz each made weight for Saturday’s scrap. Marquez tipped the electronic scale at 134 1/4, and Diaz made 134 1/2.
Both fighters looked excellent. Marquez was his usual combination of gently rippling abs and muscle-knotted back. Diaz, meanwhile, looked tighter than normal round his belly – with increased definition in his shoulders. When the fighters made their customary stare-down, with Bernard Hopkins supervising on stage, Marquez appeared to have an inch or more height advantage.
Next on the scale were WBA featherweight champion Chris John and Houstonian Rocky Juarez, the two men who will fight in Saturday’s co-main event. Each easily made weight with John coming in at 125 1/4 and Juarez making 125 1/2. Though John had the more tapered physique, Juarez appeared both more muscular and more defined than he’d looked in his last title fight – a November 2007 loss to Marquez.
Also making an appearance – his first public sighting since Manny Pacquiao beat him in December – was Oscar De La Hoya. The “Golden Boy” looked a bit above the weight at which he’d fought Pacquiao. He also looked a bit sheepish. Both the gregarious waving and raucous crowd reaction were gone, Friday, as De La Hoya partially emerged from between matchmaker Eric Gomez and partner Hopkins, gave a quick greeting and then receded to a corner of the stage.
Toyota Center doors open tomorrow evening at 5:30 CT, with the live “HBO Championship Boxing” broadcast scheduled to begin at 9:00. 15rounds.com will have full ringside coverage of the entire nine-fight card.
Adamek stops banks in eight to keep recognized Cruiserweight crown
Tomasz Adamek thrilled his adoring fans by stopping Jonathon Banks in round eight to retain the IBF and Ring Magazine cruiserweight title at The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
The fight started off well for Banks as over the first few rounds he fought at a measured pace and was effective in certain spots as Jabbing contests broke out over the first few rounds. Adamek punctuated round two as he landed a right at the bell that sent Banks back. Banks rocked Adamek in round four with a big left hook but the Detroit native could not capitalize.
Adamek started getting it going in round five as he worked the body in an effort to slow Banks down. Adamek seized momentum in round’s five and six as he work rate began to climb steadily. Adamek continued his percise assualt in round seven as he mixed in shots to the head and body and looked to be in complete control.
Banks made one last stand in round eight as he landed two hard rights that rocked Adamek once again as he seemingly had the champ hurt. By not following up, Banks window of opportunity slammed quickly as Adamek landed a huge right inside that floored the challanger much to the delight of the screaming fans. With Banks in serious trouble, Adamek finished the show in championship style by jumping all over Banks and landed vicious shots in the corner. Referee Eddie Cotton stopped the bout just as Banks was dropping the floor for a second time.
With the win, Adamek, 199 lbs of Kilowice, Poland makes the first defense of his crown and is now 37-1 with twenty-five knockouts. Banks, 200 lbs of Detroit is 20-1.
Giovanni Lorenzo scored an explosive one punch knockout over Dioniso Miranda at 2:48 of round two of a scheduled twelve round IBF Middledweight Elimination boout.
Lorenzo shook Miranda with a little left and a moment later landed a huge right on the chin that sent Miranda down for then ten count.
Lorenzo, 159 lbs of New York is now 27-1 with nineteen knockouts. Miranda, 159 lbs of Miami is now 19-4-2.
Henry Crawford remained undefeated by dominating Kennan Collins over six rounds in a welterweight bout.
Scores were 60-53, 60-54 and 60-54 for Crawford, 147 1/2 lbs of Patterson, NJ and is now 21-0-1. Collins, 147 1/2 lbs of Reading, PA is now 19-3-2.
In an upset, Don Mouton scored an eighth round stoppage over one-time prospect Jerson Ravelo.
Ravelo controlled the action early as he uhsed his length and body attack. Mouton rocked Ravelo in round four and five with hard right hands. Ravelo steadied himself and was consistant for the next couple rounds.
In round eight, Mouton floored Ravelo with a right hand that sprawled Ravelo into the ropes. Mouton finished off Ravelo with a vicous three punch combination that launched Ravelo into the ropes and the ultimatly the ground and referee Benji esteves stopped the bout at forty-nine seconds of round eight.
Mouton, 164 lbs of Houston i snow 8-3-1 with seven knockouts. Ravelo, 165 lbs of Patterson, NJ is now 19-4.
Good looking prospect, Jeremy Bryan remained undefeated with a workmanlike six round unanimous decision over Osvaldo Rivera in a battle of unbeaten Jr. Welterweight affair.
Bryan was too fast as he landed some nice power punches over the first foour plus rounds and coasted down the stretch to win by scores of 60-54, 60-54 and 59-55.
Bryan, 142 lbs of Patterson, NJ is now 9-0. Rivera, 143 lbs of Bronx, NY is now 2-1-1.
Jesse Lubash bloodied and battered Chucky “T” by scoring a second roiund stoppage in a scheduled six round Welterweight bout.
The first round was competitive with Lubash gtting the better. Kubash landed a right and then a flurry that bloodied the nose of “T” and the referee administered a standing eight count. The fight was ended moments later as Lubash landed a couple more blows and cornerman Billy Briscoe saved his brother in law fromany more damage.
The end came at 1:22 for Lubash, 145 of Pittsburgh is now 10-0 with six stoppages. “T”, 143 lbs of Philadelphia was making his first start in four years is now 25-10-1.
Anthony Flores scored a Unanimous decision over Ikem Orji in a battle of undefeated Lightweights.
Flores controlled the action as Orji charged in with his southpaw stance.
Scores were 58-56 on all cards for Flores, 133 lbs of Philadelphia who is now 7-0. Orji, 143 lbs of Laurel, Md is now 4-1.
FOX SPORTS EN ESPAÑOL FORGES EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH“BOXEO THOMPSON”
Orange, CA (February 27, 2009) – Fox Sports en Español, the most popular and widely-distributed Spanish-language sports brand in the U.S., announced today a partnership with Thompson Boxing Promotions to carry exclusive coverage of its fight cards through 2011. The exciting action begins in March with “New Blood III”, and will continue with 22 one-hour broadcast events in 2009. The competitive featherweight main event between undefeated WBC and WBA-rated Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Omar Lizarraga is scheduled to air on Friday, March 6 at 10:00 PM (PST), and another main event between Junior Welterweights Mauricio Herrera and Brian Gordon will air on Friday, March 20 at 10:00 PM (PST).
“We are thrilled to partner with Fox Sports en Español, providing our fans with exciting boxing action,” said Ken Thompson, President of Thompson Boxing Promotions. “The network provides an excellent vehicle to showcase the talented stable of fighters within our organization.”
“We hope boxing aficionados will share our excitement and make Fox Sports en Español their home for some of the most thrilling boxing coverage on television,” said David Sternberg, General Manager & Executive Vice President Fox Sports International.
“In forging this important alliance, we strengthen our position as the most popular and widely-distributed Spanish-language sports platform in the U.S., providing our loyal viewers with the exclusive and action-packed coverage they’ve come to expect from us,” affirmed Sternberg.
About Thompson Boxing Promotions
Launched in May of 2000 by Ken Thompson, a former President of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, Thompson Boxing Promotions was established with the purpose of elevating the sport of boxing by providing exciting sports entertainment while showcasing talented athletes on their way to the summit of the sport. In the past nine years, the company has risen from being not only one of the top promotional firms in the competitive west coast market, consistently providing shows that live up to the adage ‘never a dull moment’, but to a nationwide powerhouse that includes on its roster some of the best talent in the game today, including Timothy Ray Bradley Jr., Juan Carlos Burgos, Dominic Salcido, Mauricio Herrera, Abraham Lopez, Josesito Lopez, Sergio Espinoza, and Pavel Miranda.
About Fox Sports Español
Fox Sports en Español features more than 1,600 hours of live, exclusive sports programming in Spanish and, with few exceptions, English SAP each year, including InterLigaTM, the Copa Santander Libertadores, the Copa Nissan Sudamericana, and the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the Major League Baseball regular season, League Championship Series, All-Star Game and World Series; and premier combat sports including championship boxing from Mexico and the U.S., Ultimate Fighting Championship® and kickboxing. The channel reaches more than 14.4 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which more than 5 million are U.S. Hispanic Households.
Fox Sports en Español is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation’s (NYSE: NWS) Fox Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Español online at foxsportsla.msn.com.
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- Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey practice civility at news conference March 10, 2010Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey practice civility at news conference. […]Calvin Watkins
- Manny Pacquiao plans to entertain at post-fight party March 10, 2010Manny Pacquiao has big plans for Saturday night -- after his fight against Joshua Clottey. […]Associated Press
- Muhammad Ali visits San Francisco Giants' clubhouse March 9, 2010Muhammad Ali showed up in the San Francisco Giants' clubhouse as part of a campaign for his charity. […]Associated Press
- Judge dismisses felony coercion charge in battery case against Roger Mayweather March 9, 2010A court clerk says a judge dismissed a felony coercion charge against boxing trainer Roger Mayweather, who faces trial June 1 on allegations that he beat and choked a female boxer at a Las Vegas apartment he owned. […]Associated Press
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. associate faces charges in Vegas shooting March 9, 2010Police say an associate of boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been arrested on attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon charges in an August shooting outside a Las Vegas skating rink. […]Associated Press
- Promoter Bob Arum expects sellout for Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight at Cowboys Stadium March 9, 2010Promoter Bob Arum said he expects a sellout for the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight at Cowboys Stadium. […]Calvin Watkins
- Britain's Amir Khan to defend WBA light welterweight title against American Paulie Malignaggi March 9, 2010Amir Khan of Britain will defend his WBA light-welterweight title against American challenger Paulie Malignaggi on May 15 at New York's Madison Square Garden. […]Associated Press
- Devon Alexander stops Juan Urango to unify WBC, IBF light welterweight titles March 9, 2010Devon Alexander knocked out Juan Urango with a right uppercut at 1:12 of the seventh round to unify the WBC and IBF light welterweight titles on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena. […]Associated Press
- Vitali Klitschko to fight Albert Sosnowski in WBC heavyweight title defense March 9, 2010Vitali Klitschko will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Polish-born fighter Albert Sosnowski on May 29. […]Dan Rafael
- Junior welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr. signs with HBO March 12, 2010
