Month: June 2006

16.06.06 – By Wray Edwards: Photos © by Wray Edwards – In a setting reminiscent of the sweltering heat of the Tampa Bay Aquarium Pavilion, where the weigh-in for Jones-Tarver … Read more

16.06.06 – By John Howard: I was saddened last week to read the obituary of former light heavyweight boxer Mike Quarry. Actually, it ruined my day, and it will likely … Read more

16.06.06 – By Per Ake Persson: Dutch middle Raymond Joval, reigning IBO champ, is back in training after his bad neck injury. Joval was all set to challenge IBF ruler … Read more

16.06.06 – By Karen Belford: Hello East Side People. On Saturday, ESPN is going to be having a six-hour telecast devoted to Rocky Marciano, who in case you didn’t know, … Read more

16.06.06 – Billy Corcoran is confident that he will beat Carl Johanneson on Wednesday 12th July at the York Hall in Bethnal Green to become the fourth member of the … Read more

Whippany, NJ, KEA Boxing will be making their return at a new venue that they can call home for 2006 and beyond….. the Birchwood Manor in Whippany, New Jersey on … Read more

16.06.06 – WBU World Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Maccarinelli has backed Wales to give Argentina a kicking tomorrow in the second Test and has promised to follow it up by knocking … Read more

15.06.06 – By Vanessa McConnell: June 24, 2006 Combatants Calvin Brock, Timur Ibragimov, Joel Julio and Carlos Quintana will go head to head at the Open-Air Roman Amphitheatre at Caesars … Read more

NEW YORK (June 15, 2006) – In a rematch of a thrilling, action-packed slugfest that wound up as one of 2005’s most shocking upsets, “The Ghostbuster,” Gamaliel “Platano” Diaz (20-5-2, … Read more

15.06.06 – By Yousef Faroniya: Thank you to all who read and responded to “As the World Turns…The On-Going Story-lines of 2006.” In the ongoing tradition of interactivity at boxing247.com, … Read more