Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 6, 2012 at 20:23 pm
Boxers at Grant Brothers gym in Toronto were honored to be in the presence of former IBF Light Heavyweight Champion of the World and 2004 fighter of the year, Mr. Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson. Johnson’s fiancé lives just outside of Toronto and while in town needed a place to train.
RG Grant, the younger brother of Howard and Otis Grant comically explained how he received a phone call from Johnson’s fiancé asking about his gym. The conversation went a little like this: Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 6, 2012 at 19:57 pm
MIAMI (February 6, 2012) – Undefeated middleweight prospect Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira will make his Canadian boxing debut this Saturday night (Feb. 11) on an explosive card, presented by United Promotions in association with Hennessy Sports, at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.
The exciting 21-year-old Oliveira (16-0, 12 KOs), rated No. 14 by the World Boxing Council (“WBC”), will fight Sergei “Baltic King” Melis (18-7, 7 KOs) in an eight-round Special Middleweight Attraction.
Oliveira, a Brazilian native who was raised in lives in Miami, was supposed to make his Canadian debut back on December 17 in Quebec City, but he was forced to withdraw from fighting on that show due to a stomach virus, high fever, and dehydration.
Melis is a battled-tested veteran fighter from Estonia who has been in the ring with the likes of World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog.
“We’re looking forward to showcasing Michael to a large Brazilian community in Canada,” Michael’s father and promoter, Carlos Oliveira (president of MO Productions), said. “We’re expecting a very warm welcome from Brazilians there who have already started purchasing VIP packages.”
Oliveira’s last fight was impressive win on ShoBox last November in El Paso (TX), in which he defeated veteran Xavier “The X-Man” Tolliver (23-8, 15 KOs) by way of an eight-round disqualification that was on the verge of stoppage. Read More
Tags:Ahmad Cheikho, Benito “El Asesio” Quiroz, Brandon ‘Bad Boy’ Cook, Canadian Fight of the Year, Denton Daley, Dmitry Pirog, Francis Lafreniere, Ibrahim ‘Firearm’ Kamal, Manolis Plaitis, Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira, Phil “The Assassin” Rose, Samuel Vargas, Sergei “Baltic King” Melis, Steve Wilcox, Xavier “The X-Man” Tolliver
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Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 6, 2012 at 14:18 pm
By: GM Ross
Undefeated welterweight prospect Samuel Vargas (8-0-1) of Mississauga, Ontario, gets another crack at national laurels on Saturday, Feberuary 11, when he takes on Manolis Plaitis (17-1-1) of Montreal, Quebec, at Mississauga’s Hersey Centre for the vacant National Championship Committee (NCC) welterweight title. The Vargas-Plaitis matchup represents the second national title appearance for each man. About a year ago, Vargas fought a slashing ten round draw with then Canadian Professional Boxing Council (CPBC) welterweight champion Tebor Brosch (6-3-4) for the vacant NABA Canada welterweight title. Plaitis fought for, and won, the NCC light welterweight title in a fight with Bakary Sako (7-5-3) in 2008. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 6, 2012 at 08:25 am
From the American Bank Center Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas televised LIVE in CANADA only on
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EDMONTON (Feb. 2) – Paul “The Punisher” Williams, Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud and Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola will bring their aggressive, knockout power and crowd-pleasing all-out action style to Canadians LIVE from the American Bank Center Arena as part of a SHOWTIME Championship Boxing world championship doubleheader. See it on Super Channel, Canada’s only national English pay television network Feb. 18 beginning at 10 p.m. ET.
The 30-year old Williams (40-2, 27 KOs), a southpaw from Aiken, S.C., who twice held the WBO Welterweight Championship and the interim Super Welterweight Championship, will take on Japan’s Nobuhiro Ishida (24-6-2, 9 KOs) in the scheduled 12-round junior middleweight main event. Read More
Tags:Alfredo Angulo, Beibut Shumenov, Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola, Clinton Woods, Eric Molina, Erislandy Lara, Gabriel Campillo, Glen Johnson, James Kirkland, Kermit Cintron, Nobuhiro Ishida, Paul "The Punisher" Williams, Sergio Martinez, Super Channel Fights, Tavoris "Thunder" Cloud, Tomasz Adamek, Vitali Klitschko
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