Month: May 2008

by Nick Mathur – Tonight, Oscar De La Hoya will battle Steve Forbes at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, in a fight that presents a tune-up of sorts … Read more

SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (May 2, 2008) – Photos by Tom Casino / Showtime – Undefeated Andre Dirrell answered his critics, made a statement and showed that he is a force … Read more

Connecticut super-bantamweight contender Mike “Machine” Oliver (21-0, 7 KO’s) will now take on 14-year, Colombian veteran Reynaldo Lopez (28-5-2, 19 KO’s) on this week’s installment of ESPN2’s Wednesday Night Fights, … Read more

By Matt Yanofsky: This Saturday, Oscar De La Hoya 38-5 (30 KO’s) will be fighting on network television for the first time in over 7 years, as he kicks off … Read more

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – 2007 World Champion Demetrius Andrade (Providence, R.I.) has been added to the line-up for the USA Boxing Olympic Invitational on May 9 at the Arena at … Read more

What appeared to be a dream opportunity quickly developed into just another day at the office for rising super middleweight Jameson “Jamie Kang” Bostic. The transplanted Brooklyn southpaw was informed … Read more

By Europei Mediterranei Press Office: After having achieved great success in Italy, the exhibition “From Rocco Marchegiano to Rocky Marciano” will be organized in the United States, starting next September … Read more

02.05.08 – By Vivek Wallace: Every Friday on my ‘Call-Out’ segment a new fighter finds himself in the ‘fishbowl’, as we dissect the pro’s and con’s as they relate to … Read more

Promoter Dino Duva hopes to have another Nigerian superstar and future world champion on his hands. The promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter has signed Ola Afolabi, the NABO … Read more

by James Slater: It has been almost two weeks since the Joe Calzaghe-Bernard Hopkins fight, yet the 43 year old Hopkins is still angry at how two of the three … Read more