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Thursday, June 5th, 2008ADAMEK IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, IL- IBF Cruiserweight #1 Mandatory Tomasz Adamek met with the media in Chicago today to announce his ESPN2 televised showdown with veteran brawler Gary Gomez set for Friday, July 11th at the Aragon Ballroom.
Chicago was the location of two of Adamek’s biggest wins as he battled Paul Briggs in 2005 and 2006 [...]
MOVIE REVIEW : ” POOR BOYS GAME “
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008MOVIE REVIEW : ” POOR BOYS GAME ”
This 2008 boxing movie is what I call a ” sleeper “. The cast is headed by veteran actor Danny Glover who plays George Carvery. George is a former trainer whose son is beaten up outside the ring and left permanently disabled. The young man accused of this [...]
Boxing’s “Big Mac”…Mac Foster
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 By :Jim Amato
Long before Mark McGwire was launching tape measure home runs in Oakland and acquiring the nickname “Big Mac”, West Coast sports fans used to cheer the feats of another “Big Mac”. MacArthur Foster a heavyweight boxer from Fresno, California won his first 24 professional bouts all by knockout. Six [...]
KLITSCHKO vs HAYE : MR.HAYE MAY GET BLOWN AWAY !
Friday, May 30th, 2008I recently caught a clip of cruiserweight champion David Haye calling out heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko at a shopping mall. Wladimir looked to be rather amused by Haye’s bold challenge. He had a ” you’ve got to be kidding me ‘ look on his face. Wlad said something to the effect that David needed [...]
CHICAGO TICKET ALERT
Friday, May 30th, 2008CHICAGO, IL (MAY 29, 2008)Tickets are now on sale for THE RETURN OF THE POLISH WARRIOR, the Chicago July 11th cruiserweight showdown between former light heavyweight world champion and IBF # 1 Mandatory Challenger Tomasz Adamek and veteran brawler Gary Gomez at the Aragon Ballroom. Tickets are $100, $75, $50 and $30 and can be [...]
FORMER MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTENDER TONY LICATA PASSES AWAY.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008One of the better middleweights of the 1970’s died recently. Tony Licata was a victim of a heart attack at the age of 56. The smooth boxing Licata turned professional in 1969 and was undefeated in his first 52 fights. ( 49-0-3 ). During that streak he defeated the likes of Mike Pusateri, Luis [...]
Martin “EL GALLO” Castillo has retired!
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (MAY 7, 2008) Former super flyweight world champion Martin “EL GALLO” Castillo has retired from boxing, it was announced today by his longtime manager Frank Espinoza.
“We’ve talked numerous times over the last couple of weeks and Martin has concluded that this is the end of the line for him. He didn’t [...]
Month of Kings Results
Monday, February 4th, 2008January 25th 2008, Friday night fights took place in Cicero Stadium near Chicago headlined by Hugo Cazares (25-4-1) former World Champion from the great city of Los Mochis Sinaloa Mexico fought a decent fight against Kermin Guardia (36-8-0) of Turbo, Colombia.
The first round was dominated by Cazares with his left jab, but both were measuring [...]
los Juan Velasquez and Juan Carlos Velasquez will make their Chicago debuts
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Highly touted twin prospects Carlos Juan Velasquez and Juan Carlos Velasquez will make their Chicago debuts on January 25th at Cicero Stadium as Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions present THE MONTH OF THE KINGS, an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing.
The 23 year old Puerto [...]