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Boxing ring announcer, Michael Buffer, famous for the trademarked phrase, "LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE", is currently recovering at his home in Los Angeles following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from the throat and neck.
At Madison Square Garden this afternoon: Sultan Ibragimov, the WBO heavyweight titlist, weighed in first, tipping the scales at 219 pounds. Wladimir Klitschko, the IBF heavyweight belt holder, was next on the scale, and his weight was 238 pounds. NYSAC Chairman Ron Scott Stevens presided over the weigh in for the Unification heavyweight championship set for Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. K2 Promoitons and Seminole Warriors Boxing will promote the Unification, which will air on HBO World Championship Boxing.
Wladimir Klitschko: “It is a very special event; it is a very special night, and a very special opponent. I won't underestimate Sultan, and I won’t overestimate Sultan. Don't miss it.”
Question: It's the first unification since Lewis vs. Holyfield, desire to unify the title, what does it mean to pick up one of the other major
New York—The best in amateur boxing comes to Staten Island when The Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation sponsors a Daily News Golden Gloves boxing competition on Wednesday, February 13 at the Petrides School (715 Ocean Terrace). Atlas Foundation creator and ESPN2 Friday Night Fights analyst Teddy Atlas will be joined by former world heavyweight champion Michael Moorer and members of the New York Jets.
New York - Duva Boxing sends an important battle in the cruiserweight ranks into the ring this week and a national television audience will be watching on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights when the sensational knockout artist Darnell “Ding A Ling” Wilson puts his USBA Cruiserweight championship on the line against undefeated up and comer B.J. Flores this Friday night, February 8, at Dover Downs Racetrack and Casino. Dino Duva’s promotional company will present the title tilt in association with Sal Musemeci's Final Forum Promotions.
New York — Fighting Irishmen: A Celebration of the Celtic Prizefigher and event sponsor Union State Bank will present "Fighters and Families," a symposium discussing boxing families on Tuesday night, November 20, at the South Street Seaport Museum.
NEW YORK—Heavyweight contender Jameel “Big Time” McCline (38-7-3, 23 KOs) will face newly crowned World Boxing Council interim heavyweight champion Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter (28-1, 22 KOs) at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Oct. 6.
NEW YORK - While most fight fans at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall and those viewing live on HBO World Championship Boxing on September 29th are anticipating the World Middleweight Championship bout between champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor and #1 challenger Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik, they will also be treated to a co-main event featuring two of the welterweight division's elite in a crossroads battle. Fast rising Andre Berto will square off against fellow Floridian David Estrada in a 12-round bout for the vacant NABF welterweight title as well as a stronger foothold in the sports most exciting division.
Innsbruck/Hamburg – The boxing match between Vitali Klitschko (36) and American boxer Jameel McCline(37), scheduled for September 22nd in Munich, has been cancelled, as the Ukrainian boxer has just undergone surgery for a herniated disc.