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Friday, December 14, 2012

Video Feature: Leo Santa Cruz Opens Up About His Family Life Prior to Saturday's CBS Title Defense‏

IBF Bantamweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz defends his title against Alberto Guevara live on Saturday in the first CBS boxing telecast in 15 years (4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT). But the undefeated champion will be fighting with a greater purpose on Saturday – to help find a cure for his brother, Roberto, who suffers for a debilitating and potentially life-threatening disease. Check out this poignant video featuring an inside glimpse into the Santa Cruz family and their quest to provide a better life for Roberto.

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Amir Khan vs. Carlos Molina, Saturday, Dec. 15 From The Los Angeles Sports Arena, Live On SHOWTIME® In The United States & Live On Sky Sports 1HD In The United Kingdom

Khan vs. Molina is a 12 round fight for the vacant WBC Silver Super Lightweight Title and is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Khan Promotions and sponsored by Corona and AT&T. In the co-featured attractions, charismatic unbeaten knockout artist and 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist Deontay "Bronze Bomber" Wilder squares off against undefeated Kelvin Price in a 10-round heavyweight clash for the vacant WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Championship and hard-hitting junior middleweight Alfredo "El Perro" Angulo of Los Angeles by way of Mexicali, Mexico faces Jorge Silva in a 10-round bout. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) with a ten round welterweight fight featuring rising star Shawn Porter vs. former World Champion Julio Diaz airing live on SHOWTIME EXTREME beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The Sky Sports 1HD telecast begins live at 2:00 a.m. GMT on Sunday, December 16.

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Fight for Rockaway - December 15th

Fight for Rockaway - December 15th

Join Friday Night Fights and the Muay Thai community for a special event in celebration and support of Chris Romulo and his club: Crom Martial Training. Christopher Romulo, a key figure for Muay Thai in the region, consistently exemplified many of the qualities we all aspire to: Courage, Dignity, Generosity towards others and of course, Heart.

After his retirement, the Romulos continued to build these values in their own community through their gym, Crom Martial Training located in Rockaway Beach, New York. On Saturday December 15th, we celebrate Chris Romulo, his career, his gym and his family with an evening to remember: Great Muay Thai fights to benefit the Romulo family who lost both their home and their business in the heart of Rockaway Beach, devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Held in our most intimate venue, The Broad Street Ballroom, we expect a sold out show.

Jean Pascal to Battle Aleksy Kuziemski live on WealthTV Former Reigning WBC Light Heavyweight Champion to battle Olympian and WBO Title Challenger

December 10, 2012– Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KOs), the proven World Boxing Council (WBC) Light Heavyweight champion from 2009 to 2011, is returning to the ring to battle former Olympian and two-time WBO world challenger Aleksy Kuziemski, live and exclusively on WealthTV Friday, December 14 at 7 PM EST from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

In 2010, Pascal had an impressive victory over the then undefeated Chad Dawson, giving Dawson his first professional loss. Pascal twice went the distance with the legendary Bernard Hopkins. In the first Pascal v. Hopkins fight, Pascal became the first man to put the future Hall of Famer on the canvas in more than fifteen years, yet Pascal was only able to secure a draw. In Pascal’s last outing, a WBC/IBO world unification fight against Hopkins back in May of 2011, Pascal took Hopkins the distance but came up short on points. Pascal plans to once again fight WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Chad Dawson on March, 23 2013 but before that fight can take place Pascal must get himself back in the various boxing associations’ rankings with an impressive performance against Kuziemski.

Looking to upset the apple cart, Kuziemski (23-4, 7 KOs), comes into this fight with extensive amateur and professional experience. He won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, and represented Poland in the 2004 Athens Olympics (Pascal fought for Canada in the same Olympiad.) Kuziemski has also challenged for a WBO world title twice but came up short against champion Juergen Braehmer and undefeated Nathan Cleverly

“Jean Pascal is one of the most exciting fighters in the world. We know Kuziemski has been training hard and will be trying to make a statement, making the toe-to-toe action exciting for our viewers,” stated Tommy Morris, director of live events forWealthTV. “The main event will have fight fans on the edge of their seats. We’re also excited about the strong undercard bouts featuring a number of undefeated rising stars, making for a great night of professional boxing entertainment,” Morris concluded.

The card also contains middleweight, David Lemieux (27-2, 26 KOs), who has astonishingly knocked out 26 opponents in his 27 victories. Lemieux will square off against a tough Albert Ayrapetyan (20-3, 9 KOs.)

Eleider Alverez (10-0, 6 KO) will be trading punches with England’s Danny McIntosh (13-3, 7KOs) for the WBO NABO light heavyweight title. Both Lemieux and Alverez appeared on WealthTV on October, 12, 2012, both won in knockouts in the first and second round respectively

Additionally, undefeated super featherweight Logan McGuinness (18-0 9 KOs) is scheduled for 10 rounds with Carlos Manuel Reyes (23-1-1, 15 KOs) and welterweights Kevin Bizier (18-0, 13KOs) and upset specialist Doel Carrasquillo will duke it out as well.

Two Time Heavyweight Champ Tim Witherspoon Appointed VP of Malta Boxing Commission‏

Two Time Heavyweight Champ Tim Witherspoon Appointed VP of Malta Boxing
Commission

One of boxing’s greatest ambassadors, two time Heavyweight Champion of the
World ‘Terrible’ Tim Witherspoon, becomes the latest big name to join the
board of the newly revitalised Malta Boxing Commission.

The American superstar, who has been appointed Honorary Vice President,
joins fellow legend, two time, two division Champion of the World Steve
‘Celtic Warrior’ Collins, who was appointed President earlier this month
and his long time friend, Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro, who is a founding
partner and the other Vice President of the Malta Boxing Commission on the
top table.

Tim’s exceptional pro career began in 1979, fours years later, and with
just fifteen wins under his belt, Tim hit the Championship trail for the
first time in May 1983, when he challenged fellow Pennsylvanian Larry
Holmes for the title he’d held firmly in his vice like grip since 1978,
and had successfully defended no less than fourteen times previously, just
one less than the total of fights Tim had to date.

Considering this was Tim’s first tilt at a title, and against a long time
Champ like Larry Holmes, who had previously successfully defended against
such luminaries as Gerry Cooney, Leon Spinks, Trevor Berbick, Muhammad
Ali, Ernie Shavers, Ken Norton etc,, Tim put on a fantastic performance to
take big Larry the distance, something even the legendary Ali didn’t
manage, only to lose by a controversial split points decision (115-113,
118-111 & 114-115).

Tim may have ‘lost’ but at the same time he had ‘arrived’, that fight
against Holmes had put ‘Terrible’ Tim right up there as a true World class
boxer, and future World Champ.

Four months later Tim was back in Championship action, this time beating
James Tillis to secure the NABF title, which he vacated six months later,
after he rightly earned another shot at the WBC title, this time against
Greg Page, for the now vacant World Boxing Council version, following
Larry Holmes having switched from the WBC to Championship sanctioning
rivals, The International Boxing Federation (IBF).

On this, Tim’s second attempt, the Philadelphian finally became World
Champion by a majority points decision (117-111, 117-111 & 114-114).

Tim’s reign as WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World lasted just five
months, after he was beaten, by a majority points decision (112-115,
112-116 & 114-114), by Pinklon Thomas on his first defence of the title.

In April 1985 Tim was again in Championship action, when he successfully
secured the NABF title once more, with a second round knockout of James
Broad. Tim successfully defended the NABF Crown once, against James
‘Bonecrusher’ Smith, before turning his attention towards the World stage
once again.

This time Tim had the World Boxing Association Championship belt firmly in
his sights as he headed to Georgia, USA, in January 1986, to face WBA
Champ Tony ‘TNT’ Tubbs.

After fifteen exhilarating rounds, Tim emerged victorious, by a very close
majority points decision (144-143, 143-143 & 144-141), to become a two
time Heavyweight Champion of the World.

For his first defence Tim crossed the pond, to face the ‘Pride Of England’
Frank Bruno in his own back yard, at the famous home of English Football -
Wembley Stadium.

In front of over forty thousand baying partisan fans, and millions more
watching on TV, Frank Bruno seemed to be heading towards certain victory
after ten rounds, however Frank’s muscular physique and high work rate,
seemed to work together to noticeably drain him at the start of the
eleventh.

After two minutes of high tempo back and forth action both men connected
with big right hands to the head, Tim held his punch much better than
Frank, the combination of fatigue and a known suspect chin was too much
for the challenger, who crumbled in the corner, while Tim let rip with
bomb after bomb until referee Isidro Rodriguez stepped in to stop the
fight with just three seconds of the round left on the clock.

For his second defence Tim had the short hop from his Philadelphia home to
Madison Square Gardens, New York, to face his old foe James ‘Bonecrusher’
Smith.

This time though ‘Bonecrusher’ exerted maximum revenge on Tim, by knocking
him out in the second minute of the first round.

Whilst Tim never again fought for a World title, he did add the USBA
Heavyweight title to his collection, as well as unsuccessfully challenge
for the WBO Continental Americas and Intercontinental titles before
retiring from active duty in 2003.

Since retiring Tim has kept busy, as a trainer to his son Tim Jnr and
others lucky enough to catch the big man’s attention, as well as being a
celebrity, unlike most these days Tim is a genuine Celebrity with a
capital C, guest speaker and a magnificent ambassador for the Sport Of
Boxing.

Of his appointment of Honorary Vice President of the Malta Boxing
Commission Tim said.

“It’s a true honour to have been asked to be part of such an exciting
young organisation.

It’s great for Malta, or any country, to have a national Boxing
association that makes sure that boxers are properly licensed and looked
after.

Boxing is in a sad state right now and we’ve all got to work together,
boxers, officials, everybody has to work together to get the sport back to
where it used to be.

All the hard stuff and the things I have fought for in the past is picking
up now, you know, so them having me involved with the Malta Boxing
Commission is just beautiful and I’m really looking forward to
participating in the commission.

Steve (Collins) is a brilliant guy, Steve as an individual is great, with
Steve Collins there’s no bull, so I know we have the right guy on top of
the board.

We’ve done several things together in the past, so I know you can trust
Steve, if there’s one guy you can trust, besides me, it’s Steve Collins.

Not just that, but it’s gonna be great to work with my friend Rio
(Gianluca Di Caro) again. I know that Steve and Rio are dedicated and
professional boxing people, as are the rest of the commission, which can

only be good for Boxing in Malta.”

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Former world champion Amir Khan vs unbeaten challenger Carlos Molina Saturday night's fights

"BIGGER, BETTER, STRONGER"

DECEMBER 22nd

NBC BROADCAST - SANDS CASINO RESORT BETHLEHEM

ADAMEK VS. CUNNINGHAM HAMER VS. GLAZKOV

December 22nd at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Pennsylvania features Tomasz Adamek vs. Steve Cunningham in the main event and Tor Hamer vs. Vyacheslav Glazkov in the co-feature. The undercard will be announced shortly. The main event and co-feature will be broadcast on NBC network TV beginning 4PM EST. The card is presented by Main Events and Ziggy Promotions in association with Peltz Boxing, DiBella Entertainment and Pushka.

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Donaire vs Arce this Saturday's, Dec 15th, fight card LIVE on HBO

After the Pacquiao Marquez 4 fight, Philippines and Mexico is scheduled to face again with their topnotch boxers in the person of Nonito "Philippine Flash" Donaire against Jorge "Mexican Cowboy" Ar

ce for the World Junior Featherweight Championship Belt.

Donaire will be the fan favorite here while Arce will be considered the underdog. It is wort noting that boxing will still be boxing, you will never know the outcome till you have finished watching it. Of course we are expecting this bout to be a very exciting one. And for sure this will not reach the 12th round. Someone has got to KO someone basing on their style of fights.

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Hyland's stock rises after Vegas gamble on Pacquiao - Marquez card

Hyland's stock rises after Vegas gamble on Pacquiao - Marquez card

Patrick Hyland will return home to Dublin without the WBA title belt he came to Las Vegas for but he leaves the Nevada desert with his reputation very much enhanced after a points defeat to Javier Fortuna last night.

The two unbeaten fighters put their perfect records on the line at a sold out MGM Grand Garden Arena with the WBA Interim Featherweight title at stake in a bout televised live in over 50 countries as part of the supporting card to the fourth instalment of the Juan Manuel Marquez - Manny Pacquiao rivalry. Marquez finally vanquished his great rival with a stunning sixth round KO after both men had been on the canvas earlier in the fight.

There were no knockdowns in the Hyland - Fortuna bout despite Fortuna's reputation as a big hitter and one of boxing's rising stars. However Hyland proved that he also belonged at world level by pushing the southpaw from the Dominican Republic all the way. All three judges scored the fight for Fortuna by margins of 115 - 113, 116 - 112 and 118 - 110 but Hyland's performance made a mockery of his pre fight status as as a 10/1 underdog at the Las Vegas sports books.

However despite putting in a performance that exceeded most expectations the 29 year old Dubliner revealed his own disappointment after the fight. "I'm sorry for everyone back home that I won't be bringing the World title belt back with me," said Hyland. "A lot of fans made the long journey from Ireland to cheer me on in very hard economic times and I really appreciate that. It was great to hear their support in the arena and I know there was a few hundred supporters at home watching the fight live in the Kusanta Bar back in Tallaght. I'm really grateful for all the support I've had and it's just made me more determined than ever to win a World title now because I think I proved that I belong at that level.

"A lot of people were predicting that I would be out of my depth against Fortuna and were tipping him to blow me away in a round or two. They obviously didn't know me and I just found it pretty funny to be written off like that but I'm a stubborn Irishman and I think I proved a lot of people wrong. Fortuna was billed as the next big thing in boxing but I felt I burst his bubble in there. He had a reputation as a huge puncher but I can honestly say he never hurt me at any point and I think he was quite wary of my own power. He certainly wasn't as reckless as he has been in all his other fights so I think he respected my power a lot more than his previous opponents.

"He's a good boxer and he fought a very smart fight so I don't really have any complaints with the result but I felt it was closer than some of the scorecards and there was very little in it at the finish. I was the one trying to force the fight. He was hard to pin down with clean shots but the longer the fight went the more comfortable I felt in there and the less comfortable he felt."

Prior to a post fight visit to hospital to check on a possible injured shoulder Fortuna confirmed that the fight was much harder than anticipated. "I thought it would be easy but it was not," said the new WBA interim champ. "I underestimated Hyland and had to work hard. It was complicated in there."

Hyland says he wants to return to winning ways as soon as possible with the experience of fighting on boxing's biggest stage having whetted his appetite for further big nights.

"I enjoyed the fight and the whole week here in Las Vegas has been an incredible experience and I have learned so much from it," said Hyland. "From press conferences with 50 Cent and having Mike Tyson support me at the weigh and then having Mitt Romney ringside watching the fight and of course Snooki supporting me as my promoter. It's all been pretty surreal for a lad from Jobstown but it's just given me a taste for more big fights and I want to get back in there as soon as possible and get back to winning ways.

"That's my first defeat in 28 fights and I hate to lose but I want to get right back in there again at top level and get back to winning ways. If Fortuna wants it then I'd love a rematch or else a match up with some of the other top featherweights out there like the IBF champ Billy Dib or the winner of the upcoming WBO title fight between Orlando Salido and Mikey Garcia."

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Friday, December 7, 2012

Bryant Jennings vs. Bowie Tupou live on NBC Sports, Saturday Dec. 8.

Bryant Jennings vs. Bowie Tupou; 15-0 Bryant Jennings is set to defend his USBA heavyweight title against 22-2 Bowie Tupou live on NBC Sports, Saturday Dec. 8.

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