A reporter asked her what she thought of Muhammad Ali's daughter Laila Ali's
boxing skills.
In the late 1960s and early '70s, a golden era for
boxing in Los Angeles, fighters such as Ruben Olivares and Bobby Chacon drew crowds as large as 18,000 at the Forum.
Steve Farhood is one of the most respected people in
boxing today, and has frequently been proposed as the rankings "Czar" to clean up the corruption in professional
boxing today.
Viewer response was favorable, which set up the biggest night in the history of women's
boxing.
Sugar Ray Leonard, a six-time World Champion, Olympic gold medallist, is looking to reenergize the sport and recapture the general market sports fan's excitement about
boxing by providing the most competitive fights for live and television audiences.
considered by many
boxing experts as "the best pound for pound fighter in the world," stars in a national television campaign that begins after Thanksgiving and runs through December.
com will also receive offline exposure on the back cover of Ringside's product catalog, as well as advertising space inside the catalog, inserts within all product shipments and banner advertising at Ringside's amateur
boxing events.
Joining Foreman and Jones in HBO
Boxing is a stellar stable of boxers: Rocky Marciano, Jake LaMotta, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Sugar Ray Robinson, Ken Norton, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Floyd Patterson, Larry Holmes, Roberto Duran, Hector Camacho, Archie Moore, Michael Grant, Ike Quartey, Arturo Gatti, Monte Barrett, Terry Norris, Ray Mancini, John Molnar, Bernard Hopkins, Vito Antefuermo, Aaron Pryor, David Reid, Earnie Shavers, Hasim Rahman, Angel Manfredy, Vinnie Pazienza, Mark Johnson, Paul Spadafora, Fernando Vargas, Virgil Hill and Junior Jones.
Whether I'm fighting in the ring or playing in the HBO
Boxing video game, I can still bring a whooping to all these younger guys," exclaimed Foreman.
We are confident that Acclaim will create video games that fully reflect the quality and integrity of HBO's
boxing series and we think that they'll be a great success.
Marc Roberts, Chairman and CEO of WWES commented, "Michael Katz' decision to join HOB after such an illustrious career in traditional print media is a powerful vote of confidence in HOB, which we believe is the premier Internet
boxing content company.
Our elite athletes have all competed there over the past couple of years, and they, along with our coaches and administrators, consider Foxwoods to be our home field,&uot; said USA
Boxing Executive Director Paul Montville.
