Day: June 21, 2019

Hartford Boxing Promotions reaches agreement with Star Boxing to co-promote undefeated Richard “Popeye The Sailor Man” Rivera

HARTFORD, Conn. (June 20, 2019) - Hartford Boxing Promotions has reached an agreement with Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing to co-promote undefeated light heavyweight/cruiserweight Richie "Popeye The Sailor Man" Rivera, arguably the most popular and hardest puncher in New England.  The 28-year-old Rivera (11-0, 10 KOs), born and raised in Hartford, CT, is scheduled to fight on a Star Boxing-promoted card Friday night, June 28, on FITE.TV, live from Resorts World Catskills in Monticello, New York. Rivera will face Brian "MVP" Howard (14=2, 11 KOs), fighting out of Loganville, Georgia, in an eight-round fight for the vacant American Boxing Organization (ABO) cruiserweight title. "I'm excited and ready to go," an ecstatic Rivera said between training sessions at the Hartford Boxing Center. Read more [...]

Hanshaw Goes For WBF World Super Middleweight Title

Reigning World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental Light Heavyweight ruler Travis Hanshaw, 14-1-1 (7), is set to move down a weight-class to fight for the vacant WBF World Super Middleweight title on Saturday June 29.  Having fought professionally in every weight-division from Light Welterweight to Cruiserweight, Hanshaw now gets his big opportunity at Super Middleweight when he takes on Aaron Quattrocchi, 11-2-1 (5), at his usual stomping-grounds, the Boyd County Community Center in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, USA. “Rattlesnake” Hanshaw (27), nicknamed so because he was bitten by a rattlesnake as a child, won the Intercontinental Light Heavyweight crown in November of 2017, and retained it last July with an impressive victory over 10-1-1 Roy King. From Ashland, only a few miles from Read more [...]

King’s Promotions Weigh-In at The Clarion Hotel in Essington, PA

Philadelphia, PA (June 21, 2019)--TODAY!! King's Promotions will stage the weigh-infor Saturday's big card at the 2300 Arena.  The weigh-in will take place at 5 PM ET at The Clarion Hotel in Essington, PA (76 Industry Highway) in the Jefferson Room.  In the main event Three-Time Olympian Anvar Yunusov (7-0, 3 KOs) of Tajakistan will take on Angel Luna (11-5-1,  6 KOs) Yamasa, Dominican Republic in a eight-round featherweight bout. In an eight-round co-feature, returning junior welterweight Milton Santiago Jr.(17-0, 3 KOs) of Philadelphia takes on Ruben Lopez (12-14-4, 5 KOs) of Argentina. Also seeing action in eight-round bouts: Colby Madison (8-0-2, 5 KOs) of Owings Mills, MD takes on Robert Simms (8-3, 3 KOs) of Saginaw, MI in a heavyweight Read more [...]