Local Boxing News and Information for the state of Connecticut, USA
Local Boxing News and Information for the state of Connecticut, USA
November 21, 2005 - Promoter Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions, in association with Foxwoods Resort Casino, will present a sensational world championship fight card on January 20, 2006, in the Fox Theatre at Foxwoods Resort Casino, located at 39 Norwich Westerly Road in Mashantucket, Connecticut. The main event and co-featured fight, which is to be announced, will be televised live on the first telecast of the new year of ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights.” More
WOBURN, Mass. (July 5, 2005) - The thrice-weekly New England Ringside Radio Show, effective this week, expands into Connecticut on WXTC 990AM in Hartford, New England Ringside president Rick Brutti announced today.
"Our expansion continues throughout New England with bases in Boston, Providence and now Connecticut," Brutti said. "Our Thursday, Friday and Saturday night show will be simulcast on WXTC starting this week. We're excited about moving into a hot bed for boxing like Connecticut, home of legendary Willie Pep, former world champion Marlon Starling and so many other great fighters." More
Uncasville,CT
(February 27, 2005) - Sir William "The Gladiator" Gibbs will be returning to
the ring for the first time since his ESPN2 fight of the year candidate with
Daniel Edouard. In August, Gibbs and Edouard engaged in a brutal back and
forth slugfest that ended in a fourth round TKO for Edouard.
On April 1st, the 29 year old Gibbs, 17-1 14 kos, will be taking on Julio De
La Cruz, 15-4-1 14 ko's, in the main event of the ESPN2 Friday Night Fight
card at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT.
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PROVIDENCE (February 22, 2005) – Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. has announced its promotion of “Homecoming,” headlined by WBC Youth middleweight “Bad” Chad Dawson, fighting in his hometown for the first time Friday night, April 1 at a site to be announced in New Haven, Connecticut.
Dawson (16-0, 11 KOs, 1 NC), rated No. 15 by the World Boxing Council, defends his title against upset-minded Jose Spearman (22-8-3, 9 KOs), of Indianapolis, in the 12-round main event. “Bad” Chad is coming off a near perfect performance December 10, in which, he stopped former world champion Carl Daniels in seven rounds.
Spearman upset (14-1) Rasheen Brown (WDEC8) last August and he has surprised (20-7-1) Bruce Rumbolz (WKO4) and (11-1-1) Sam Calderson (WDEC6). Jose also has been in against two former world champions, Mads Larsen and Brian Magee. More
Uncasville,CT- The Mohegan Sun casino will be the host to what should be an ESPN2 fight of the year candidate. Sir William "The Gladiator" Gibbs 17-0, 14 ko's, is set to take on "The Hatian Sensation," Daniel Edouard 15-0-2 8 ko's, for the vacant USBA Middleweight title.
Gibbs, the cousin of undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins, is rated #21 by the WBC while Edouard is ranked #23. Edouard knows that a top 10 IBF rating is at stake.
"This is the biggest fight of my career to date, and I'll be ready," said an excited Edouard from his training camp in Big Bear, CA. "I have been sparring five or six rounds with Oscar De La Hoya and I'm gonna take the USBA Middleweight title home with me. More