Month: April 2007

NEW YORK, NY (April 24, 2007) — There is only one way to describe the first week’s sales for the Miguel Cotto vs. Zab Judah welterweight title fight — X-Plosive! … Read more

24.04.07 – By Ted Sares: Back in the day, Carmen Basilio would fight Sugar Ray Robinson, Kid Gavilan would fight Chuck Davey, Davey would fight Chico Vejar, Jake LaMotta would … Read more

24.4.2007: Middleweight contender Evans “The African Warrior” Ashira (26-3, 13 KOs), who lost a close fight for the Commonwealth title against former world-title-challenger Howard Eastman (42-4, 35 KOs) this past … Read more

PROVIDENCE (April 24, 2007) – Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) has signed undefeated cruiserweight phenom Aaron Williams (12-0-1, 8 KOs) to an exclusive promotional contract, CES president Jimmy Burchfield … Read more

23.04.07 – Veteran sports writer Kevin Iole joins Yahoo! Sports as the site’s national boxing reporter and will provide in-depth coverage and analysis on the sport. Iole’s first assignment for … Read more

(Cuban Olympic heavyweight Odlanier Solis, on right, seen here sparring with Vaughn Bean) 23.04.07 – He’s back! On March 24th the “Dancing Destroyer“ Herbie Hide from Norwich made his debut … Read more

23.04.07 – “We sold out show after show at Morongo during 2006,” said Al Franco. Franco, along with Willie Schunke, is part of the team that runs II Feathers Promotions. … Read more

22.04.07 – By Scoop Malinowski: Don King and Ray Austin taunted IBF Heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko with their words leading up to the IBF Heavyweight championship fight last month. In … Read more

23.04.07 – By Keith Marder, CSTV – David Schacter has a chance to do something no other boxer in the storied history of the University of Nevada has ever done … Read more

23.04.07 – By James Slater: In some ways, Dwight Muhammad Qawi reminds me of Joe Frazier. Like Joe before him, he is best remembered for his fights with a man … Read more