Brick City Boxing

On May 24, at City of Manchester Stadium, British fight fans will be treated to a boxing feast. Leading the top of the card will be Britain's favorite son and most popular sportsman this decade, Ricky Hatton.

In addition, a great deal of interest will be focused on the first appearance in Britain of IBF light welterweight champion Paul Malignaggi who defends his title against hardened former beltholder Lovemore Ndou.

This past Saturday night, Junior Witter lost his chance and WBC title when defeated by American Timothy Bradley, who has now thrown his own name into the ring to challenge Hatton but Malignaggi is looking to convince the British public that he alone is the man to face the number one superstar in the division in the Autumn.

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Aviator Sports & Recreation Complex, Brooklyn NY May 17, 2008 Pawel Wolak 20-0 VS Troy Browning 20-1 for the WBC USNBC Jr. Middleweight title

Troy Browning

Pawel Wolak and fans after another KEA Boxing Victory

Browning regroups after 1st loss,
moving up to Jr.middleweight

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey ( May 11, 2008) – There’s nothing more devastating in boxing that than a prospect’s first pro loss, especially for someone such as then World rated Troy Browning. (20-1, 8 KOs), whose age (41) alone makes opponents perform better. Browning suffered his first set-back February 13, when hot prospect Delvin Rodriguez out pointed Browning over 10 rounds on ESPN2 Friday night.

Troy has been in training camp for the past 2 months, and has no pressure on him at all states his manager Vincent LaManna.

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NOTTINGHAM, May 10 - With the poise of a seasoned veteran, Palm Springs, California’s Timothy ‘Desert Storm’ Bradley made the most of his first world title shot Saturday at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England, decisioning highly regarded hometown hero Junior Witter over 12 rounds to win the WBC junior welterweight championship of the world.

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By: Jeff Miller, ringside

It was a packed house last night in South Philly, as Hall of Fame promoter J. Russell Peltz along with Joe Hand Promotions delivered an exciting 8-bout card at the popular New Alhambra. Headlining the show was Philly’s own Mike “Machine Gun” Jones 14-0 (12 KOs) taking on Gilbert Venegas 10-5 (7 KOs) of Chicago, IL.

It was all Jones, as the hard-hitting welterweight circled the ring. He fired his crisp jab, and super-fast combinations, finding his mark over all 8 rounds. However, Venegas never seemed to slow down in this one sided match, showing the heart of a true warrior. In the end the crowd rose to their feet as Jones closed out the show landing pinpoint hooks and uppercuts completing the shutout. Official scores were 80-72 across the board.

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VALLEY GLEN—Monarch athletics is mourning the passing of alumnus Jimmy Buffo, who passed away Monday morning at his North Hollywood home. Buffo, 46, played middle linebacker for the Monarchs in 1982-83, where he received numerous accolades including Valley College Defensive MVP, unanimous selection to the All-Western State First Team, and selection to the California College All-State team. Nicknamed “The Stump” because of his height (5’5”), Buffo went on to play for California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks before returning to Valley College in 1987 as a coach.

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LOS 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 feel like himself during the Montiel fight and is happy with what he has accomplished in the sport. As he put it 'I owe everything to boxing and I don't want to fight anymore if I can't go at a world class level.' "

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HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING

BATTLE FOR PRIDE
8 COUNT PRODUCTIONS
CICERO STADIUM
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008

Derrick Findley 11-2, UD8 Miguel Hernandez 20-8 (80-72, 80-72, 79-73)
Francisco Rodriguez, 12-2, TKO3 (2:23), Angel Priolo, 30-7
Henry Coyle, 7-1, TKO3 (1:18), Ben Aragon, 7-10-2
Gadiel Andaluz, 3-0, MD4, Jose Madujano, 2-1 (38-38, 39-37, 39-37)
Eric Estrada, 4-0, TKO2 (1:58) Tim Carrizales, 4-8-1

(BRIDGEPORT, CONN.) – The first-ever USA Boxing Olympic Invitational took place on Friday night at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn., with several Olympians from the United States, China and Brazil facing off in one of the final competitions before the 2008 Olympics.

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Imes Challenges Roy Nelson For Heavyweight Belt; Conn. Native Latina, New York’s Franchi Match Up in Lightweight Bout as Jim Miller Withdraws

NEW YORK, May 9, 2008 – Mixed martial arts veteran Brad Imes (Sacramento, Calif.) will challenge Roy Nelson (Las Vegas) for the heavyweight championship as part of the nine-bout card as the International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI) returns to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on Friday, May 16. Imes replaces Branden Lee Hinkle (Weirton, W. Va.), who was injured in training.

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HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING

BATTLE FOR PRIDE
CICERO STADIUM
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008
TICKETS AND INFO/312-226-5800
DOORS OPEN 7PM, FIRST BELL 8PM

MAIN EVENT
MIGUEL HERNANDEZ, 165 VS. DERRICK FINDLEY, 163, 8 ROUNDS
FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, 119 VS. ANGEL PRIOLO, 118, 8 ROUNDS,
HENRY COYLE, 155 VS. BEN ARAGON, 155, 8 ROUNDS,
GADIEL ANDALUZ, 131 VS. JOSE MANDUJANO, 131, 4 ROUNDS,
ERIC ESTRADA, 122 VS. TIM CARRIZALES, 124, 4 ROUNDS,

Interview by: Ken Hissner
www.doghouseboxing.com

One cannot talk about Philly’s legendary Blue Horizon without mentioning the king of the Blue, Rockin’ Rodney Moore. Self proclaimed “one of Philly’s all time greats”. In 29 appearances he only lost once along with a draw there. He was inducted into the prestigious New Jersey International Hall of Fame in 2004 and the prestigious Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 2007. I caught up with Moore and he was good enough to do a Q&A with me in spite of his busy schedule as President/CEO of “Fight To Learn”. This is an after school program to help boys and girls 5-12 to improve on their academics, life skills training
and athletics in improving their lives. Past funders and contributors have been HBO Sports, the Evander Holyfield and the George Foreman Foundation’s.

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Los Angeles (May 9, 2008)…Oscar de la Hoya will be one of several sports super stars featured this Sunday during a CBS-televised Mother's Day special. "Who Made You," A Mother's Day Tribute, will be hosted by Dick Enberg and air from 3:00-4:00 pm ET/ 12:00-1:00 pm PT.
De La Hoya discusses his relationship with his late mother Cecilia, who succumbed to cancer months before he captured his 1992 Olympic gold medal in Barcelona, Spain.

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New York, May 9—Dino Duva, president of Duva Boxing and promoter of World Boxing Council Heavyweight Champion Samuel Peter, announced today that an agreement has been reached with K2 Promotions for the “Nigerian Nightmare’ to defend his title against former champion Vitali Klitschko, thus avoiding a purse bid.

The two sides reached accord at meetings in Mexico City yesterday, and the WBC world title clash will take place sometime this fall, with date, site and television to be deterimined in the near future.

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By: Jim Amato

When you think of Mexican fighters it is usually a tough little hombre like a Ruben Olivares, Vincente Saldivar or Julio Cesar Chavez. More often then not the better battles from Mexico scaled under 160lbs. In an exception to the rule during the mid 60’s to the early 70’s this country produced a pretty fair heavyweight. He fought two world champions and nine others that vied for the heavyweight crown. His name was Manuel Ramos. Although he lost almost as many as he won, the names on his resume are quite impressive.

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May 9 on ESPN2 "Friday Night Fights"

USBA Jr. Welterweight Championship
"Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis, Champion (18-2-2, 9 KOs) 139 1/4
Lanardo Tyner (19-0, 11 KOs) 139 1/5

"Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis and Lanardo Tyner

8 Rounds - Heavyweights
Devin Vargas (15-0, 6 KOs) 226
Dave Brunelli (8-3, 3 KOs) 231 1/4

4 Rounds - Lightweights
Clinton Douglas (2-1-2) 130 ¼
Francisco Palacios (2-4-4) 133

6 Rounds - Super Middleweights
Patrick Majewski (7-0, 5 KOs) 160 3/4
Ariel Espinal (6-2-1, 2 KOs) 161 3/4

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Unique Fight Surface Developed by IFL, Throwdown Industries Will Debut August 15 in New Jersey

NEW YORK, May 8, 2008 – The International Fight League today announced it is in the process of developing a hexagon-shaped mixed martial arts ring, to be used in future IFL competitions. The new ring, created in conjunction with Throwdown Industries, the makers of Throwdown Energy Drink, will debut on Friday, August 15, at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J. The fight card for that event will be announced in June.

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MAY 31 PAY-PER-VIEW SHOW CANCELED

LOS ANGELES (May 8) – The scheduled May 31 fight between Shane Mosley and Zab Judah has been canceled due to an arm injury suffered by Judah during his Las Vegas training camp it was announced by Golden Boy Promotions today. The HBO Pay-Per-View event was scheduled to take place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Judah suffered multiple severe lacerations on his right forearm and received 50 stitches to close the wounds suffered in an accidental fall. As a result, Judah will be unable to train for four weeks and was forced to withdraw from the bout.

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Holm-Sanders headlines June 13 at Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE (May 7, 2008) – IBA junior flyweight champion Wendy “Little Thunder” Rodriguez will be seeking revenge June 13 when she fights one of only four opponents to ever defeat her, Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway, in their 10-round bout for the vacant IBA strawweight belt on the “Finally” pay-per-view event, airing live (10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT) from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK (May 8, 2008)—This past February 23rd in Lake Charles, Louisiana a battle of former Light-Heavyweight champions took place with little fanfare. There was no HBO License-fee, no Vegas lights or A-list stars.

Just two champions going at it tooth and nail for the right to be called IBA Light-Heavyweight champion and an opportunity to springboard in back into the thick of the division.

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LAS VEGAS (May 7, 2008) – Former two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz has announced that he’s prepared to replace WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev to fight another former WBA title-holder, Nikolay Valuev, for the WBA belt.

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Brickcity's Danny Serratelli and Diego "Chico" Corrales in 2003

By: Matt Yanofsky

One year ago today, the boxing world lost one of its legendary warriors as Diego Corrales died at age 29 following a motorcycle crash in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Corrales was the perfect example of how a fighter may have a chin made out of glass and still have steel-like heart and rock solid toughness. Although weak legs do to being weight drained was often the case, Chico became accustomed to coming off the canvas while inside the squared circle. This included five trips to the canvas against Floyd Mayweather, three in his trilogy with Joel Casamayor and once against Acelino Freitas among others. While always doing his best to get up and continue fighting is impressive, nothing comes close to what he did exactly three years ago today.
Diego Corrales vs Jose Luis Castillo (10th Round)

On May 7th, 2005, Corrales, The WBC Lightweight champion, put his title on the line in a unification bout with WBO kingpin Jose Luis Castillo. The fight was expected to be an action bout, but what actually happened couldn’t have been predicted. From the opening bell, Corrales and Castillo traded shots and refused to take a step back as the fight was extremely competitive. This was until a turning point in the 10th round as many fans were thinking about the famous saying that goes “all good things must come to an end”.

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Perfect left-hand shot stops Oliver midway through the third.

By: Christopher Roche

With a perfectly timed left hand, Reynaldo Lopez ended Mike "Machine Gun" Oliver's undefeated string. As Oliver lay face down on the canvas, his title hopes went up in smoke.

Both men cruised through an uneventful first round, and in the second, Lopez landed an ominous, hard right hand that caused Oliver to clutch and hold. Oliver looked to use his speed, and Lopez looked to time Oliver coming in. The bout got sloppy in the second, and the referee, Dick Flaherty, earned his money.

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Having already achieved great success in Italy, the exhibition “From Rocco Marchegiano to Rocky Marciano” will come to the United States beginning September 21, 2008. Promoted by Francesca Mancini, with the support of the Province of Chieti, the exhibit focuses on the life of the late undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, who hailed from Brockton, Massachusetts. Although he was born in the United States, Marciano’s father was from Ripa Teatina, a small town close to Chieti in Central Italy.

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June 12 at Mohegan Sun

HENDERSON, Nevada (May 6, 2008) – An compelling match between middleweights Jill Emery and Cristy “Code Red” Nickel has been added to the already exciting and competitive Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period card, headlined by a pair of International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) world championship bouts, on Thursday, June 12 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

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Rodriguez & Hinkey on “Diamonds in the Rough” May 17 in Boston

PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island (May 6, 2008) – Peter Manfredo, Sr. has been a world champion kick-boxer, owns and operates New England (Manfredo’s Gym in Pawtucket) top gym, and trainsd talented pro fighters such as his son, world title challenger Peter Manfredo, Jr., Jessie Brinkley, Edwin Rodriguez and other promising prospects.

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For Shaun George, his May 16 showdown with Chris Byrd is about more than a fight - it represents the struggle to fulfill the lofty potential held in his fists.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, George has had to overcome the odds more than once to reach his goals. Yet even in New York City's deep and competitive amateur boxing program, George was able to make a name for himself, earning two NY Golden Gloves titles and a US National Amateur championship. His amateur accolades have yet to translate into the professional acclaim that once seemed inevitable, a fact that George fully recognizes.

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Top-contender sees title shot on horizon

TOTOWA, NJ (May 6, 2008) – Top jr. middleweight contender Joel Julio’s impressive April 30 victory over Ishe Smith earned him a two-spot jump in the WBC rankings, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva and All Star Boxing President Tuto Zabala. The Colombian bomber is now installed as the WBC’s #4 ranked contender and is looking for a showdown against any of the major sanctioning body champions.

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Aaron Torres will be fighting in support of "Machine Gun" Oliver's main event on ESPN2 tomorrow night.

Below is a link to our January 2007 feature on Torres.

Torres was on the Contender 2, and at the time of our feature, he was looking to make his mark. Unfortunately, 2007 was not his year, but he recently reeled off two straight, and a big performance tomorrow night will put him back on the map.

Plesae click here for the story on Torres.

Weights From Boston, Massachusetts
Mike Oliver 121.5 Reynaldo Lopez 121
Aaron Torres 147 Antoine Smith 148
Sean Eklund 141 Jose Velasquez 137
Eddie Caminero 161 AdrickButler 158
Luis Rosario 127 Frankie Trader 130
Promoter: Cappiello Promotions
Venue: The Roxy - Boston, Massachusetts
TV: ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights

WORLD CHAMPION DAVID DIAZ LANDS IN SAN ANTONIO TO MEET FANS AND MEDIA

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, (May 5, 2008) World Boxing Council Lightweight Champion David Diaz arrived in San Antonio, Texas on Monday night in advance of his meeting with the fans and local media on Tuesday at 11:30am at Mi Tierra Café, 218 Produce Row in San Antonio.

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