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Barrera and Mosley, Jr. Headline Stacked Undercard Along with Local Prospects Jan. 30 at Foxwoods
January 26th, 2015Mashantucket, CT: Before ESPN2 Friday Night Fights’ live audience witnesses the WBC Continental Americas Lightweight Championship battle between Karl “Dynamite” Dargan (17-0, 9 KOs) and Tony “The Lightning” Luis (18-2, 7 KOs), they will be treated to a stacked undercard that includes Shane Mosley, Jr. (2-1, 2 KOs), Cuban Sullivan Barrera (14-0, 9 KOs) and local prospects.
The undefeated Barrera is taking on veteran Jeff Lacy (27-5, 18 KOs) for eight rounds of action in the light heavyweight division. Barrera had a stellar 2014 with four wins and three knockouts. In his last fight on the Kovalev-Hopkins undercard, he stopped Rowland Bryant in the fourth round. Lacy also defeated his last opponent, Timothy Hall, Jr. Read the rest of this entry “
Fight Network weekly boxing programming schedule (Jan. 26-Feb. 1)
January 26th, 2015Fight Network is a 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports. It airs programs focused on the entire scope of the combat sports genre, including live fights and up-to-the-minute news and analysis for boxing, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, professional wrestling, traditional martial arts, fight news, as well as fight-themed drama series, documentaries and feature films.
Below find highlights of this week’s programming:
Monday, Jan. 26
11:00 p.m. ET — InterBox Classics: Alcine vs. Hall – Featuring Joachim Alcine vs. Richard Hall from June 16, 2000 in Quebec. Read the rest of this entry “
‘Tony Zale the Man of Steel’ Book Now Released!
January 25th, 2015
Tony Zale, shown here dropping Rocky Graziano in one of their epic wars (photo courtesy of www.boxrec.com)
Win By KO Publications is pleased to announce the publication of Tony Zale The Man of Steel, now available on amazon and other online book dealers.
In the 1940s, two-time world middleweight champion Tony Zale seemingly had it all. Battling colorful Rocky Graziano in The Ring magazine’s Fights of the Year in 1946 and 1947, “The Man of Steel” from Gary, Indiana, convincingly defeated him in their third and final contest in 1948. These bouts are acknowledged as among the most exciting trilogies in boxing history. Tony had hosts of adoring fans and supportive family, was married to a beautiful and talented woman, and had two little girls whom he adored. Read the rest of this entry “
Amateur Middleweight Rivalry Carries Over to Pros in FNF Opener on Jan. 30
January 23rd, 2015
Russel Lamour
Mashantucket, CT – During their amateur careers New England middleweights Russell Lamour (11-0, 5 KOs), of Portland, Maine, and Thomas Falowo (12-3, 8 KOs), of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, met several times, with Lamour defeating Falowo all but once. Now these two fighters meet again as pros for hometown bragging rights in their ESPN Friday Night Fights debut at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, CT.
The 26-year old Falowo is from nearby Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He is coming off a seventh round stoppage defeat to Ronald Gavril on ShoBox. Although he only beat Lamour once as an amateur, he feels he can defeat Lamour as a pro. He said, “When we fought each other in the amateurs it was four or six rounds, but now that this fight is up to eight rounds it definitely gives me time to break him down. More rounds gives me the advantage because I am a pressure fighter and it definitely takes me awhile to try to get warmed up.” Read the rest of this entry “
Photo of the Day: Undefeated Gilberto Ramirez Anticipating Fight on Rios-Alvarado III Card!
January 22nd, 2015
Photo by Chris Farina – Top Rank, Copyright 2015
DENVER, CO, January 22, 2015 — Undefeated No. 2-world-rated super middleweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (30-0, 24 KOs) of Mazatlan, Mexico speaks about his upcoming 10-round televised battle against top-10 contender Maxim Vlasov of Russia while (L-R) Denver’s “Mile High” Mike Alvarado and former World Lightweight champion Brandon Rios of Oxnard,Ca. look on during the final press conference for the third chapter of their epic trilogy.
Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Tecate, the 12-round Alvarado-Rios 3 trilogy fight will take place Saturday, January 24 at the 1STBANK Center in nearby Broomfield,Co. and will be televised live on HBO®.
