Dino Duva and the sons of Mills Lane, Tommy and Terry Lane have added five-time world champion Evander Holyfield to their team at Dynasty Boxing. Holyfield will act as an ambassador and advisor to 2008 Olympic silver medalist Zhang Zhilei, who makes his heavyweight debut August 8 on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”. At yesterday’s press conference in New York City, the … [Read more...]
Guerrero-Kamegai Results
Robert Guerrero beat Yoshihiro Kamegai In the main event of Golden Boy Promotions Showtime Championship Boxing card from Carson, California. It was Guerrero’s first fight since losing to Floyd Mayweather a year ago. Two amateur standouts competed in the night’s co-feature as Vasyl Lomachenko won the vacant WBO featherweight title by outslugging Gary Russell Jr. In the shows … [Read more...]
Freddie Roach: “The Choir Boy” Sings
An hour after his fighter Ruslan Provodnikov lost to Chris Algieri, elite trainer Freddie Roach walks into a packed press room, entourage in tow, just as Algieri is wrapping up his press conference. Algieri has lost the room, all eyes are now on the five foot five Roach as he awaits his turn at the podium. When the topic of a potential Manny Pacquiao- Chris Algieri bout is … [Read more...]
Provodnikov-Algieri Press Conference Quotes
After last night’s stunning upset of Ruslan Provodnikov at the hands of Chris Algieri, the fighters gathered at the post fight press conference, here are the highlights of the presser: New WBO Junior Welterweight Champion Chris Algieri: “I used to love watching Arturo Gatti fight when I was in high school but I swore I would never want to fight like him. I guess tonight I … [Read more...]
Provodnikov-Algieri: “The Siberian Rocky” gets Rocky’d
Brooklyn, New York- A sparse yet enthusiastic crowd at the Barclays Center witnessed an upset of epic proportions as a game Chris Algieri survived two knockdowns and a relentless attack by champion Ruslan Provodnikov and was awarded a majority decision victory. The nights co-feature saw Demetrius Andrade successfully defend his version of the 154-pound title against an … [Read more...]