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Friday, October 20th, 2006Ed Fishman (Photo credit: Burning Spirit) North Jersey Media Group: Mike Tyson’s promoter confirms that he will do a boxing match in Macau for PRIDE’s 12/31 New Year’s Eve event Las Vegas Review-Journal: Murder-for-hire plot alleged (man with ties to bodybuilder Craig Titus charged) Las Vegas Review-Journal Base pay for Fedor’s 10/21 Vegas fight is […]
Wednesday fight media round-up
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Mike Tyson only wants to entertain you This post will be updated throughout the day. Yahoo Japan HP: Akebono’s mother, Janice, dies The unfortunate lead story is that Akebono’s mother, 60-year old Janice Rowan, died in a Hawaiian hospital at 12:49 AM on the 17th due to respiratory failure.
Boxing doubleheader fun
Saturday, October 7th, 2006News reports and reviews on: Joel Casamayor vs. Diego Corrales: Reuters | The Sweet Science | Fox Sports | Associated Press Nikolay Valuev vs. Monte Barrett: The Sweet Science | Associated Press | Eastside Boxing | Fight Report
Kameda vs. Landaeta II date announced
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006Sports Navigator reports that the re-match will now happen on 12/20 in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum. This means that there will be no Kameda Matsuri (festival) on New Year’s Eve. Meanwhile, in American boxing news, the war between HBO & Showtime heats up.
Kameda vs. Landaeta II postponed
Sunday, October 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Nikkan Sports reports that the Koki Kamda vs. Juan Jose Landaeta rematch that was scheduled for October 18th in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum has now been postponed. The paper claims that the breakdown in scheduling came from Kameda’s camp. There are still plans for a “Kameda Matsuri” event in December, but those […]
K-1 may have reduced role on New Year’s Eve
Thursday, September 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold There are at least two reports (from Jiji Press and Asahi Shimbun) that discuss rumors of Tokyo Broadcasting System trimming down K-1’s role on the TV network for New Year’s Eve. The reason? The reports claim that TBS wants to build their New Year’s Eve programming around the theme of “Kameda Matsuri” […]
PRIDE’s triangulation
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a definitive article about what I thought PRIDE’s attempted business plan would be in regards to Las Vegas and China. You can read that article here. Read it first, as it lays the ground work for what was reported in Daily Sports on Thursday. The […]
Shelby Walker found dead
Sunday, September 24th, 2006Female boxer & MMA fighter Shelby Walker (information on her can be found here, here, here, and here) was found dead due to a suspected overdose of pain medication.
Quick media notes
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006There is a report that Calvin Ayre (under the BoDog banner) is going to be a sponsor for Scott Coker’s Strikeforce show on October 7th in Fresno, California. Here are two reports (here and here) on the new BoDog MMA show. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports that Frank Trigg will fight Jason “Mayhem” Miller for the […]
Holyfield’s next fight
Thursday, September 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold It was annouunced on Thursday that Evander Holyfield’s next fight would take place on November 10th at the Alamodome against Fres Oquendo. This AP report suggests the fight will air live on Fox Sports Net, while this report suggests that Fox Sports Net is getting into the PPV business and will promote […]
Internal media speculation on Tyson
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006By Zach Arnold Kakutolog (in Japanese) has a very interesting post about a Gendai Net report on PRIDE & Mike Tyson working together. More specifically, the supposed motives on PRIDE’s behalf for booking Tyson. The Gendai Net article claims that PRIDE’s real motive behind signing Mike Tyson (to an exhibition boxing match) is to try […]
Toney vs. Peter
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006We’re talking about the James Toney vs. Samuel Peter fight from Saturday night in Los Angeles. Read some recaps and decide for yourself who won the fight. One thing is for sure – drawing 9,852 fans at Staples Center is quite an eye-opener. Fight Report | Los Angeles Times | FOX Sports | Long Beach […]
Friday Night Fights
Friday, September 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Results and show recap.
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