Highlights from June 19, 2008 Arthur Abraham - Edison Miranda II Press Conference in Hollywood, Florida
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Former world light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson and Daniel Judah faced off at todayâs final press conference at the Seminole Paradise in Hollywood, FL. On Friday night, they will pick up from where they left off in their 2003 showdown (which ended in a disputed draw), at the Seminole Hard Rock LIVE Arena. ESPN2 will televise nationally.
After loads of pre-fight trash talk and a grueling twelve rounds of fighting, former unified lightweight champion Nate Campbell and courageous challenger Ali Funeka met again at a late night post-fight news conference inside the bowels of the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. Click here to see what they had to say.
Things heated up at Thursday's Campbell Funeka press conference in advance of their world lightweight title showdown on Saturday at the BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise Florida. Legendary hall of fame promoter Don King presided over the festivities as only he can.
Now back in Argentina, junior welterweight contender Marcos Maidana says he feels his exciting split decision loss to Andreas Kotelnik in Germany over the weekend was unfair and he wants a rematch as soon as possible. "Anywhere else I think I would have won the fight," he stated.
WBA/IBF/WBO unified lightweight champion Nate Campbell says his February 14 'St. Valentine's Day Massacre' showdown with mandatory challenger Ali Funeka is personal. "If he truly wants to win, he better be ready to fight, kill or die," stated the "Galaxy Warrior" at Tuesday's kickoff press conference at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.
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Former world cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez (44-1) will face WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (36-2) on March 21st at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany. Gomez started his preparation in L.A. four weeks ago. Along with his coaches Orlando Cuellar and Bülent Baser "The Black Panther" is currently working on his fitness basics before starting his technical and tactical training next week in Hamburg, Germany. The team has also planned to go into a training camp in Spain for three or four weeks. Fightnews.com recently spoke to Cuellar about Gomez' preparations.
Super middleweight star Edison Miranda speaks before his comeback fight against Emmanuel Esparza on January 14th at the Seminole Hard Rock LIVE Arena in Hollywood, Florida.
Junior middleweight contender Sechew Powell speaks about his IBA title clash on January 14th against Christian Lloyd Joseph at the Seminole Hard Rock LIVE Arena in Hollywood, Florida.
The day before super middleweight star Edison “Pantera” Miranda and junior middleweight contender Sechew “The Iron Horse” Powell step into the ring to begin their 2009 campaigns, the two fistic standouts met the press to discuss their pivotal bouts on Wednesday’s “Hard Knocks at The Hard Rock” event at the Seminole Paradise Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida. Tickets for “Hard Knocks at The Hard Rock”, which is headlined by the return of junior middleweight contender Sechew Powell against Christian Lloyd Joseph, a super middleweight bout between Edison Miranda and Manuel Esparza, and the debut of 2008 Puerto Rican Olympian Jonathan Gonzalez, are priced at $152, $102, $52, and $22, and are available now at the Hard Rock Live Box Office or TicketMaster.com. Also in action on January 14th will be highly touted Cuban defector Stalinn Lopez in his pro debut and Star Boxing standout Yathomas Riley.
World Boxing Organization 140-pound champion Kendall Holt (24-2, 13 KOs) meets undefeated junior welterweight challenger Demetrius Hopkins (28-0-1, 11 KOs) in the main event of Saturday's special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, (SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). Holt was originally scheduled to face former 140-pound champ Ricardo Torres in a rubber-match, but Torres withdrew from the fight on Monday. The undefeated 28-year-old Hopkins, the nephew of former middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins, is in peak condition as he was originally scheduled to fight Germaine Sanders on the undercard of Saturday's bout.
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao spoke about his upcoming "Dream Match" with Oscar De La Hoya. Manny covered a lot of ground, speaking about moving up in weight, Oscar's feud with trainer Freddie Roach, whether the bout is personal and Oscar's KO prediction.
Fightnews.com caught up with Mexican ring legend Marco Antonio Barrera to talk boxing during the 2008 WBO Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "The Baby-Faced Assassin" spoke about becoming the WBO's mandatory lightweight title challenger as well as giving us his take on the "Dream Match" between his former business partner Oscar De La Hoya and former opponent Manny Pacquiao.
Although his December 6 "Dream Match" against Manny Pacquiao is still 3 weeks away, Oscar De La Hoya says he is already two pounds under the contract weight. Oscar said yesterday that the fight is personal due to Pacman betraying him on a promotional deal. The Golden Boy added that he would be "extremely disappointed" if he doesn't knock out the Pacman. "It would be a total disaster," he stated. Hear it in his own words:
Fightnews.com caught up with WBO 108lb champion to Ivan Calderon talk boxing during the 2008 WBO Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. During the conversation, Calderon said he's poised to retake the 105lb belt he previously held and also has aspirations to take the title at 112lbs to become a three division champ.
Undefeated IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham speaks to Fightnews.com shortly after his spectacular knockout of Edison Miranda on June 21, 2008.
Former world light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson pulled no punches in a hard-hitting interview with Fightnews.com. "The Road Warrior" commented on Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe, Chad Dawson and much more...
Fightnews.com caught up with promoter Gary Shaw to talk boxing during the 2008 WBO Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. During the conversation, Shaw ripped into Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and called for the WBO to drop Oscar De La Hoya from the #1 spot in the WBO rankings.
Fightnews.com caught up with famed "Fair But Firm" referee Joe Cortez to talk boxing during the 2008 WBO Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. During the conversation, he spoke about the controversial June 28 fight between Humberto Soto and Francisco Lorenzo in Las Vegas.
Fightnews.com caught up with famed boxing executive Brad Jacobs of Star Boxing to talk boxing during the 2008 WBO Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Jacobs, the man behind the old USA Tuesday Night Fights, spoke about the future of boxing television as well as Star Boxing fighters Kevin "Kingpin" Johnson, "Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis, Delvin Rodriguez and 2008 Olympian Demetrius Andrade.
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