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- PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES ‘Island Assault 4: The Battle’ PPV Viloria-Romero III & Miranda-Mayol Viloria: ‘This is personal’ HOBOKEN, NJ (May 10, 2012) – The final press conference for Saturday night’s “Island Assault 4: The Battle” pay-per-view-event, featuring Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria vs. Omar Nino Romero III, live from Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
“Island Assault 4:The Battle,” presented by Solar Sports, is being distributed in the United States by [...]
- Randall Bailey’s bombs still explode Next drop June 9 vs. Mike Jones MIAMI, FL (May 10, 2012) – For the past few years, two-time world champion Randall “The Knockout King” Bailey has been one of the most avoided boxers in the world, largely due to his awesome punching power, which has put 36 of his 42 victims to sleep.
The ageless Floridian gets an overdue opportunity on June [...]
- No quit in his game Gingras overcomes tumultuous childhood, long odds on unexpected path to stardom
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (May 10, 2012) – Two weeks from now, 31-year-old cruiserweight Rich Gingras will step inside the ring for just the second time in three years, continuing his improbable comeback while balancing fatherhood and running a business.
Long odds, no doubt, but nothing too strenuous [...]
- Statement from the Team of Lamont Peterson on the Cancellation of Peterson vs. Khan II Washington, D.C. (May 10, 2012) – IBF and WBA Light Welterweight Champion Lamont Peterson’s team issued the following statement in response to the cancellation of the Peterson vs. Khan II rematch:
Team Peterson is very disappointed and distraught by the decision to cancel the May 19th rematch against Amir Khan. This is an extremely difficult decision [...]
- El-Amin Wins USBO Super Middleweight Title LOWELL, MA (May 9, 2012) – Shujaa El-Amin – aka Dion Savage (12-3, 6 KOs) – spoiled tonight’s “Homecoming” for popular brawler “Irish” Joey McCreedy (13-6-2, 6 KOs), who was fighting in front of his hometown fans for the first time as a professional boxer.
El-Amin, however, dominated the action from the opening round [...]
- LEGENDARY “RAZOR” SHARPER THAN EVER Donovan Ruddock Launches Return to Boxing Glory Saturday Night in
Mississauga
TORONTO, ON (May 9, 2012) – In the late 80’s and early 90’s he was the most feared heavyweight on the planet.
Bone-chilling knockout after bone-chilling knockout drove then champions Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, and Riddick Bowe into hiding.
Now, after carving a path of destruction through the [...]
- LAMONT PETERSON VS. AMIR KHAN II CANCELLED UNIFIED JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH
SCRAPPED AFTER PETERSON TESTS POSITIVE
FOR BANNED SUBSTANCE
LOS ANGELES, May 9 – A failed pre-fight drug test administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA), coupled with the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s (NSAC) legal inability to hold a formal hearing on the matter of licensing Lamont Peterson for his Saturday, May 19 rematch [...]
- SADAM “WORLD KID” ALI PROMOTIONAL VIDEO FOR JUNE 2ND FIGHT AT AVIATOR SPORTS COMPLEX IN BROOKLYN
With the number of boroughs that are represented tickets are on-sale all
over the tri-state area and they are priced at $150. $100, $75 & $50 and can
be purchased at the Following Phone Numbers and locations
In Brooklyn,
Bayridge
Worldkid sports
6825-5th ave, 11220
917-807-3630
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Canarsie,
Crosson’s Karate
1940-rockaway pkwy,11236
718-531-9646/917-642-9016
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Downtown
Yemen cafe,
176-Atlantic ave,11201
347-645-6640
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Bedstuy
Green Gourmet Market,
354-Lewis ave,11233
718-455-5619/917-655-5254/917-807-3630
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Staten Island,
Froogle Printing
350-port Richmond ave,10302
718-442-2910/646-261-0063
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New Jersey
201-914-9392
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Manhattan,
718-744-8855
The first bout begins at [...]
- VICENTE ESCOBEDO MAKES IT TWO IN A ROW AT HOME WITH MAY 12 FIGHT AGAINST JUAN RUIZ LOS ANGELES, May 9 – After making his hometown debut in March with a blistering first round knockout win over Lonnie Smith, top junior lightweight contender Vicente Escobedo will look to keep that momentum going in the same venue on Saturday, May 12 as he takes on Santa Clarita’s Juan Ruiz in the 10 round [...]
- VIDEO: ORTIZ – BERTO FIGHT CAMP 360 EP 1 PREVIEW
NEW YORK (May 9, 2012) – FIGHT CAMP 360°, the acclaimed documentary series, which launched during the Super Six World Boxing Classic, returns ahead of the highly anticipated June 23 edition of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING featuring Victor Ortiz vs. Andre Berto. SHOWTIME Sports® will produce three episodes of FIGHT CAMP 360°: Ortiz vs. Berto [...]
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- FIVE NIGHTS OF STRIKEFORCE MMA NEXT WEEK ON SHOWTIME® AND SHOWTIME EXTREME® Relive the Excitement of Barnett, Cormier Tournament Fights,
Melendez-Thomson I & II & More, Weeknights on SHOWTIME EXTREME®
STRIKEFORCE World Grand Prix – Heavyweight Tournament Final
Live on Saturday, May 19, on SHOWTIME, Prelim Fights Live on SHOWTIME EXTREME
NEW YORK (May 9, 2012) — As a prelude to the STRIKEFORCE: World Grand Prix – Heavyweight Tournament [...]
- UNDEFEATED ANDERSON SILVA NEPHEW, GUILHERME BERTHOLDO, LEADS PACK OF UNDERCARD TALENT FOR LION FIGHT MUAY THAI VI: SCHILLING VS. MARCUS II UNDEFEATED ANDERSON SILVA NEPHEW,
GUILHERME BERTHOLDO,
LEADS PACK OF UNDERCARD TALENT FOR
LION FIGHT MUAY THAI VI: SCHILLING VS. MARCUS II AT HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO LAS VEGAS MAY 12
LIVE STREAM OF 12-BOUT EVENT ON LIONFIGHTPROMOTIONS.COM
LAS VEGAS (May 8, 2012) – Undefeated 19-year-old prospect Guilherme Bertholdo (6-0), the nephew of UFC Middleweight Champion and [...]
- UNDEFEATED ANDERSON SILVA NEPHEW, GUILHERME BERTHOLDO, LEADS PACK OF UNDERCARD TALENT FOR LION FIGHT MUAY THAI VI: SCHILLING VS. MARCUS II AT HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO LAS VEGAS MAY 12 LAS VEGAS (May 8, 2012) – Undefeated 19-year-old prospect Guilherme Bertholdo (6-0), the nephew of UFC Middleweight Champion and pound-for-pound great Anderson Silva, will look to extend his perfect run in Muay Thai’s amateur ranks and move one step closer to turning professional when he faces off with Chris Lazaro (7-2) of Las Vegas, Nev. [...]
- WBC INTERIM CHAMP JOE SCHILLING AND UNDEFEATED SIMON MARCUS TO COLLIDE IN GRUDGE REMATCH SUPERSTARS ROMIE ADANZA AND THANIT “BOOM” WATTHANAYA TO REMATCH FOR VACANT WBC SUPER FLYWEIGHT TITLE “MALAIPET” TO DEFEND WBC NATIONAL WELTERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST JUSTIN GRESKIEWICZ MMA FIGHTERS JAVIER TORRES AND MICHAEL MADRID TO FACE OFF IN 170 POUND CATCHWEIGHT FIGHT—WATCH LIVE ON GFL PLUS EIGHT OTHER MATCHUPS
FROM HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO LAS VEGAS
LAS VEGAS (May 7, 2012) –The star-studded, 12-bout Lion Fight Muay Thai VI: Schilling vs. Marcus II, WBC full-rules Muay Thai event, headlined by a much-anticipated grudge rematch between WBC Interim Light Heavyweight (175 pounds) Champion Joe “Stitch ‘Em Up” Schilling (12-2, 10 KO’s) of [...]
- FULL TELEVISION LINEUP ON SHOWTIME® AND SHOWTIME EXTREME® CONFIRMED FOR THE STRIKEFORCE® WORLD GRAND PRIX HEAVYWEIGHT FINAL SATURDAY, MAY 19 – From HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
Main Card Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Preliminary Card Live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® at 8 p.m. ET/PT
NEW YORK (May 7, 2012) SHOWTIME® and STRIKEFORCE® have confirmed the full fight card for Saturday, May 19, when former UFC® titleholder Josh Barnett will meet [...]
- Diaz chokes out Miller in second Nate Diaz scored a second round choke out over Jim Miller in a scheduled three round Lightweight bout at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The Guillotine Choke came at 4:09 of round two for Diaz, 156 lbs of Stockton, CA and is now 16-7. Miller, 156 lbs from nearby Whippany, NJ is [...]
- EPISODE 9 ‘BECOME THAT HERO’ FLASH QUOTES Quarterfinals set as Team Faber nabsfinal preliminary round win
Las Vegas, Nevada – The Ultimate Fighter® Live episode 9 – ‘Become That Hero’ – aired Friday evening and saw Team Faber nab the final preliminary round win as Newcastle, England’s Andy Ogle submitted Miami’s Mike Rio at 4:19 of the second round.
The season now shifts into [...]
- THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER® LIVE ON FX WRAPS UP FIRST ROUND WITH “BECOME THAT HERO” TEAM CRUZ’S MIKE RIO vs. TEAM FABER’S ANDY OGLE Friday, May 4, LIVE on FX at 10 p.m. ET/PT
The Ultimate Fighter® Live on FX wraps up the preliminary round of competition tomorrow/Friday, May 4, live on FX at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) when Team Cruz’s Mike Rio (8-1), of Miami, Fla., takes on Team Faber’s Andy Ogle (8-1), of Tynemouth, [...]
- WBC NAMES LION FIGHT PROMOTIONS MUAY THAI PROMOTER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO BE PRESENTED MAY 12 AT
LION FIGHT MUAY THAI VI: SCHILLING VS. MARCUS II
AT HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO LAS VEGAS
LAS VEGAS (May 3, 2012) – The World Boxing Council (WBC) has named Lion Fight Promotions its Muay Thai “Promoter of the Year 2011,” following a year in which the upstart Las Vegas-based fight [...]
- STARS OF THE UFC AND STRIKEFORCE® RING THE BELL DURING NASDAQ VISIT Las Vegas, Nevada – The stars of mixed martial arts (MMA) and FOX Sports were out in force in New York on Tuesday, as reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, 2004 Olympian and reigning Strikeforce women’s champion Ronda Rousey, former UFC lightweight king Frankie Edgar and UFC On FOX host Curt Menefee rang the [...]
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- Johnny Z Returns at “Coronation” on May 12 By Drew Archer
“Coronation” on May 12 marks the return of the founder, owner and life blood of IZW, Johnny Z. Nobody has put more blood, sweat and tears into the thriving Oklahoma organization then its gun slinging owner. Johnny Z makes his return after a long injury layoff that required surgery to repair years of [...]
- MMA Events on GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: press@gfl.tv
April 26, 2012
mMA Events on GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK
5 MMA / 2 BOXING / 2 WRESTLING / 1 MUSIC CONCERT/REGGAE
- Friday, April 27, 2012 7:00pm ET featuring NAAFS – Caged Fury 17 at Mylan Park Expo Center, Morgantown, West Virginia. Travis Clark is currently 12-0 and trains at [...]
- MMA Events on GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: press@gfl.tv
April 18, 2012
mMA Events on GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK
3 MMA / 1 BOXING / 1 WRESTLING / 1 MUSIC CONCERT/RAGGAE
- Saturday, April 21, 2012 6:30pm ET featuring NAAFS – Combat Challenge 20 at Chapparell’s Community Center in Akron, Ohio. The 15-bout card features many of the rising [...]
- MMA Events on GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: press@gfl.tv
April 12, 2012
mMA Events on GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK
4 MMA / 1 BOXING / 1 WRESTLING / 1 MUSIC CONCERT/RAGGAE
- Friday, April 13, 2012 7:30pm ET featuring Absolute Action MMA presents “Absolute Action MMA 25 – 2 Year Anniversary” emanating from Florence, Kentucky. In the main event, Andrew [...]
- GULFSTER PRESENTS REGGAE SUNDAY GOES VIRAL! PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GULFSTER PRESENTS REGGAE SUNDAY GOES VIRAL!
This Sunday, Gulfster Presents – Central Florida’s newest addition to the Reggae/Rock concert scene – bring their second installment of the Reggae Sunday Spring Concert Series to Jannus Live!
Gulfster Presents, the new offshoot of Florida’s favorite Gulf Coast surf site, [...]
- Live MMA Events on GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: press@gfl.tv
April 4, 2012
live mMA Events on GFL COMBAT SPORTS NETWORK
- Friday, April 6, 2012 8:00pm ET featuring Spartan Fighting Championship 13 – The Arrival at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia. In the main event, Cornelius Godfrey (4-0) fights BJ Ferguson Jr. (7-2) for the [...]
- IZW: Changing the Wrestling Business Why Independent Wrestling Still Matters
By Drew Archer
They broadcast a weekly wrestling show and a monthly pay-per-view, have Fatal Four-Way Matches, TLC Matches, Ladder Matches and Cage Matches, sell a plethora of merchandise, including dozens of t-shirt designs and DVDs, but this isn’t the WWE or TNA. This is Impact Zone Wrestling, known to its fanbase [...]
- Interview with IZW Play-by-Play Man Big D.A. By Drew Archer
“Like most people I grew up a big time wrestling fan. I couldn’t get enough of it. I remember the old days when cable companies had the pay-per-view channels that you could tune to and have a scrambled picture but you could pick up the sound. Many times growing [...]
- IZW “March Mayhem” Review By Drew Archer
Everything was on the line as “March Mayhem” went down at the Impact Arena in Lawton, Oklahoma in front of a rabid crowd. The fans at the arena and watching live on GFL.tv saw all three IZW titles on the line and got a main event that after it was [...]
- Interview with IZW Superstar Erica By Drew Archer
“I started out as an amateur wrestler where I was a 3-time All-American, 2-time State Champion and National Champion.”
For Erica Torres known to professional wrestling fans simply as “Erica” competing has always been in her blood. Fans of IZW know of her exploits at the Impact Arena and her partnership with Double D, [...]
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