BOXING'S NEW PROMOTIONAL POWERHOUSE: THE DAWN OF A BOXING "EMPIRE"
Author: BOXEOMUNDIAL.COM
Date: 2/8/2010
Although he has previously kept a lower
public profile, Greg Cohen, Founder and CEO of The Empire Sports and
Entertainment Inc., has long been a major player in boxing.
The former majority owner of Cedric Kushner
Promotions (CKP) and partner in Duva Boxing has been promotionally involved with
a number of heavyweight champions and top contenders, including former WBO
Champion Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs from the very first day of his pro career.
He's also had promotional ties to such
boxing luminaries as Chris Byrd, Jameel McCline, David Tua, Hasim Rahman, Samuel
Peter, Ike Ibeabuchi, Kirk Johnson, Larry Donald, Jesse "Boogieman"
Ferguson and Oleg Maskaev, as well
as future hall of famer "Sugar" Shane Mosley and former cruiserweight champion
Alfred Cole.
So why did Cohen, along with his partner,
well-known South Florida-based Venture Capitalist Barry Honig, decide to come
out from ..........
One
of the best cards in recent Philadelphia
history plus much talked about Adamek – Estrada Heavyweight clash highlights a
tremendous weekend of boxing on www.gofightlive.tv
NEW YORK — This
past weekend two big boxing events on the east coast took place and the action
was as hot inside the ring as it was cold outside. Despite blizzard conditions,
crowds in Philadelphia and Newark saw two incredible nights of boxing that
started out on Friday from The Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia where USBA
Jr. Middleweight champion Derek “Pooh” Ennis scored a fifth round stoppage over
Edwin Vazquez.
The next night in Newark,
New Jersey, former Light Heavyweight and
Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek scored a unanimous decision victory over
former U.S. Olympian Jason Estrada in Adamek’s second start as a
Heavyweight. That bout was fought
before an astonishin..........
The World Boxing
Council is announcing today that the organization will observe a day of mourning
for the passing away of the wife of one of its members, Major Lee, of
South Korea.
Mrs.
Lee passed away yesterday February 7th, 2010. Major Lee has been a member of the
World Boxing Council Board of Governors since 1981 and was awarded the “WBC
Lifetime Achievement Award” by our organization.
From our head offices, we present our
deepest condolences to our friend and we hope he soon recovers from this painful
situation he is going through.
BERLIN— Tournament point leader KING ARTHUR ABRAHAM (31-0, 25
KOs) is on his way to
America. The
undefeated 29-year-old has boarded a plane to Los
Angeles this morning. Coach Ulli Wegner is moving
training camp to Palm Springs where
Abraham will clash with Andre Dirrell in the second round of the Super Six World
Boxing Classic on March 6. The fight takes place at the Agua Caliente Casino,
Resort, Spa in Rancho Mirage,
Calif., in greater Palm Springs,
and is broadcast live on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the
west coast).
“I am thrilled to return to
America,” King
Arthur said. “If you want to become a true superstar, you have to impress on
both sides of the ocean. My KO victory over Edison Miranda in July 2008 was a
good start. The Super Six tournament will give me maximum exposure in the
US and I will
continue where I left it when I take on Dirrell in four weeks”.
Abraham was joined by WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco
“Captain” Huck (27-1,..........
There may have never been a more talent rich
period in the heavyweight division then from 1968 to 1978. With Muhammad Ali
(a.k.a. Cassius Clay) on the sidelines due to his draft case, other big men
emerged. They would compete with each other on an almost equal basis for the
next decade. Joe Frazier had risen to the top of the heap but the level below
him would remain as mainstays in the ratings for years to come. Jimmy Ellis, Jerry Quarry, Oscar
Bonevena, Floyd Patterson, George Chuvalo and Henry Cooper would eventually give
way to Ron Lyle, Joe Bugner, Ken Norton, Earnie Shavers and Jimmy Young.
All time great champions like George Foreman
and Larry Holmes also made their mark and Ali re-emerged to reclaim his throne.
Lost among the giants of that time period was a fine heavyweight from
Venezuela named
José Luis García. Although Jose never challenged for the world championship he
did meet three who did. He also met
three world champions in a career that never seemed to reach its full potential.
José turned pro in his native country in 1968. He would go undefeated in his first nine
bouts before losing a decision to future light-heavyweight champion Vincent..........
EDWIN VALERO REMAINS PERFECT, RETAINS WBC LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
Author: SHOWTIME Photo: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
Date: 2/7/2010
MONTERREY, Mexico (Feb. 7, 2010) – In a sterling performance, Edwin
Valero of Venezuela improved to 27-0 with 27 knockouts and retained the
World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title with a dominant ninth-round TKO
over WBC interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco (23-2-1, 17 KOs) of Tijuana, Mex.,
Saturday in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on
SHOWTIME®.
World-ranked welterweight Carlos Abregu of Salta,
Argentina, upped his record to 29-0 (23 KOs) with a clear-cut, 10-round
unanimous decision over Miami-based Colombian Richard Gutierrez (24-4, 14 KOs)
in the co-feature at Arena Monterrey. The event, promoted by Gary Shaw
Productions, LLC, was the first SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast to emanate
from Mexico in nearly 12 years and the first in Monterrey in more than
15. Valero, who resides in Las Vegas, showed he was anything but
one-dimensional as he outfought and, somewhat shockingly, outboxed the tentative
and outclassed DeMarco while controlling all the rounds in a one-sided battle of
southpaws.
The talented Valero had is way despite suffering a cut
on the cheek in the first round and a severe, ugly gash on his forehead above
his right eye from an unintentional elbow in the second. Blood flowed from his
forehead for much of the match, but Valero remained poised and in total
command.
Tomas Adamek Scores Unanimous Decision over
Jason Estrada
In front of an exuberant crowd of 10,123
predominantly Adamek Fans, Tomasz Adamek defeated Jason Estrada in a 12 Round
decision, to retain the IBF Heavyweight International Heavyweight title. The
official scores were 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110, all in favor of Adamek.
POST FIGHT QUOTES FROM JASON
ESTRADA:
“If
everyone in this room were completely honest with themselves you would all admit
that I got robbed. I mean I got played. I might as well have had a gun pointed
to my head”
“At best I give Adamek three of the twelve..........
GET AWAY FROM THE SNOW - COME TO THE ADAMEK - ESTRADA FIGHT IN NEWARK TONIGHT!
Author: MAIN EVENTS ELLEN HALEY
Date: 2/6/2010
The Adamek - Estrada fight is on! There was
barely a dusting of snow in Newark,
NJ, the streets are clear. Tickets in the lower bowl have completely sold out,
but Prudential
Center will continue to open up
sections of $53 seats as long as there is a demand.
An exciting card is on hand, including the
IBF Heavyweight International Championship fight featuring Tomasz "Goral"
Adamek, Gilowice, Poland & Jersey City, NJ, 39-1, 27 KO's, vs. Jason "Big
Six" Estrada, Providence, R.I., 16-2, 4 KO's. Doors open at 7:00pm. The first fight will begin at 7:10pm. Tickets can be purchased at Prudential Center Box
Office, or by calling TicketMaster 800-745-3000 until 6pm. Visit www.prucenter.com for more
info.
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2010) – With one sudden, dramatic right hand, once-beaten Freddy “El Riel’’ Hernandez (28-1, 19 KOs) of Lynwood, Calif. broke open an entertaining, dead-even fight to brutally knock out former world champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop’’ Corley (36-13-1, 21 KOs) of Washington, D.C., at 1:48 of the fifth round Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME®.
In the co-feature at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif., power-punching, undefeated Dominican Francisco Contreras (13-0, 12 KOs), of Livingston, N.J., registered a 1:38, first-round knockout over Juan Castaneda, Jr. (16-3, 12 KOs), of La Paz, Mexico, in a scheduled eight-round junior welterweight bout.
The three judges had the Hernandez-Corley scheduled 10-round welterweight scrap scored 38-apiece entering the fifth round.
A former World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welter belt-holder, Corley vowed going in to take the fight to Hernandez and he did. He cut the No. 14-ranked contender in the World Boxing Council (WBC) around both eyes and his experience created a lot of problems for the native of Mexico City.
But no matter how slick, smart and slippery Corley was at times, he had no answer for the booming right hand that dropped him flat on his back. The victory was the fifth in a row for the 5-foot-10-inch, 30-year-old Hernandez, who is 11-0 with one..........
ENNIS; DAWEJKO; HUNTER; GUSTAFSON AND CRUZ SCORE EXPLOSIVE KNOCKOUTS AT A SOLD OUT BLUE HORIZON
Author: BOXEOMUNDIAL.COM MARC ABRAMS
Date: 2/6/2010
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DO NOT KEEP FANS AWAY FROM WATCHING
ONE OF PHILLYS BEST CARDS IN YEARS
PHILADELPHIA — Despite warnings of two
plus feet of snow, it was standing room only at The Legendary Blue Horizon and
those fans who braved the elements were rewarded with one of the most action
filled boxing cards that was reminiscent of the days that made The Legendary
Blue Horizon the world’s number one boxing venue. This night was part of the
annual Valentine’s Day Special show promoted by Vernoca L. Michael and Blue
Horizon Boxing Inc. The American Red Cross was present and fans donated money to
help the relief efforts in the Earthquake ravaged country of Haiti.
In the main event, USBA Jr. Middleweight champion Derek
“Pooh” Ennis tuned up for a spring title defense by dropping Edwin Vazquez twice
in round five with a vicious body assault to score a knockout at 1:26 of that round in their scheduled
eight round non title clash. Ennis showed tremendous hand..........
VÁSQUEZ NOT FIGHTING IN FATHER'S SHADOW ON FEB. 27 PPV
Author: BOXEOMUNDIAL.COM
Date: 2/5/2010
Ready to make Puerto Rican history against
Sonsona
“The Double Assault” PPV Feb.
27
HOBOKEN,
N.J. – Unbeaten WILFREDO “WV2” VAZQUEZ, JR., the
proud son of 2-time world champion Wilfredo Vazquez, Sr., plans to make Puerto
Rican history Feb. 27 when he fights the 19-year-old being billed in the
Philippines as the next Manny Pacquaio, “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona, for the
vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO junior featherweight title, headlining one
of two sensational shows airing on pay-per-view in North
America.
The double-barrelled “The Double Assault” is
presented by PR Best Boxing Promotions in Puerto
Rico, in association with All Star Boxing and Sampson Boxing LLC,
and KO Entertainment in Cancun,
Mexico. The unique
broadcast is being distributed in
the United States and Canada by Integrated Sports for live viewing..........
STORM POSTPONES SATURDAY NIGHT ATLANTIC CITY FIGHT CARD TILL MARCH 6TH
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Author: STAR BOXING
Date: 2/5/2010
In light of the major snow storm expected to hit the Atlantic City area, Tropicana Casino and Resort and Star Boxing have decided to postpone Saturday night's boxing show until Saturday March 6th, noting major concern for the safety of traveling fans, fight participants and the general public welfare.
Both are very disappoined that they have had to postpone the show, especially since ticket sales had been so strong. All tickets purchased for the February 6th event will be honored on March 6th. The Tropicana and Star Boxing look forward to seeing everyone at the show on March 6th.
For further details or questions please call the Star Boxing at (718) 823-2000
EDWIN VALERO & ANTONIO DEMARCO, LUIS CARLOS ABREGU & RICHARD GUTIERREZ FINAL QUOTES
Author: SHOWTIME
Date: 2/4/2010
The always-exciting Edwin Valero will defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title against undefeated, once-beaten WBC 135-pound interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco in the main event this Saturday, Feb. 6, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
The undefeated knockout artist and two-time world champion Valero (26-0, 26 KOs), of Merida, Venezuela will be making the second defense of his WBC title against Tijuana’s Demarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs), the WBC Interim Champion at the Arena Monterrey located in Mexico. In the 10-round co-feature, Luis Carlos Abregu (28-0, 23 KOs), of Salta, Argentina will meet Richard Gutierrez (24-3, 14 KO’s), of Miami, Florida, via Arjona, Colombia, in a welterweight bout.
The event is promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC and will take place during the celebration of the bicentennial of Mexico’s Independence. What the fighters and their respective promoters had to say at Wednesday’s final press conference.
EDWIN VALERO “I’m looking forward to Saturday night with great anticipation. It’s going to be a great fight. I am very focused and have put in my work by training extremely hard as I do in all of my fights.”
“I have sacrificed a lot by being out of my country and away from my family for so long. Because I have made the sacrifice to be away from them I have nothing mor..........
On Saturday night Larry Flynt's Hustler Club - NYC, Hustler Honeys will be out in full force at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, adding to what is an already exciting night of fights being presented by Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing. Headlining the show will be an exciting ten round welterweight showdown between Atlantic City's own Shamone "The Truth" Alvarez (20-2, 11KO) and knockout artist Alexis Camacho (17-2, 16KO). Also on the card will be the always entertaining Vinny Maddalone (32-6, 23KO) taking on Dominique Alexander (19-7-1, 9KO), as well as number of the area's up and coming talent.
Kicking off the show will be a pre-event party from 5:30-7pm, featuring a meet and greet for guests with the fighters on the card, promoter Joe DeGuardia, as well as all of the Hustler Honeys. Complimentary cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served throughout.
Following the meet and greet, the fights will begin shortly after at 7:30pm. During the fight's the Hustler Honeys will continue their meet and greet with the fans in attendance as well as serve the beautiful ring card girls for the evening's night of fights.
The Tropicana Casino and Resort is located at 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ and can be contacted by calling (609) 340-4000. The show, promoted by Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing will be shown live on GoFightLive.tv. Tickets are priced at $100 (ringside), $50 and $30 with a limit..........
FREDDY HERNÁNDEZ FACES CHOP CHOP CORLEY IN FRIDAY'S SHOBOX MAIN EVENT
Author: SHOWTIME
Date: 2/4/2010
Live
at 11
p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME® At Chumash Casino Resort,
Santa Ynez,
Calif.
NEW
YORK – One night before two-time world champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KOs)
defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight crown against WBC 135-pound
interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs) in Monterrey, Mexico, on
SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT), once-beaten Freddy “El Riel’’ Hernandez (27-1, 18
KOs), of Lynwood, Calif., will take on former world champion, southpaw DeMarcus
“Chop Chop’’ Corley (36-12-1, 21 KOs), of Washington, D.C., in the 10-round
welterweight main event on ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME® (11 p.m.
ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
Benny Leonard, Ted "Kid" Lewis, Henry Armstrong, Billy Conn, y Manuel Ortiz son miembros del Salón de Fama. ¿Que mas tienen en común?
Todos perdieron sus primeras peleas como profesional. De hecho Miguel Cantos y los campeones pesos completos Bonescrusher Smith y Mike Weaver perdieron en su debut también.
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