Manny Pacquiao vs Antonio Margarito
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Saturday, November 13, 2010
According to Bob Arum the promoter of the Pacquiao-Margarito fight ringside tickets are going to be priced at $700. Tickets for other levels will be $500, $300, $200, $100 and $50.
Even if all you can afford are tickets in the nosebleed section it doesn't matter because the $40 million HDTV that Jerry Jones installed above the field will make Pacquiao and Margarito appear crisp, clear and about 70 feet tall.
Tickets for the fight go on-sale on Saturday, September 18, 2010. Click for more information on Pacquiao vs Margarito tickets.
David Tua vs Monte Barrett
Tropicana Showroom,
Atlantic City, New Jersey
July 17, 2010 Saturday 8:00 PM
On Saturday July 17th, Star Boxing returns to the Tropicana in Atlantic City, NJ with a sizzling heavyweight showdown, when David Tua (51-3-1, 43 KOs) squares off against Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett (34-9-0, 20 KOs) in what is expected to be an all-out war.
Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing states "With David and Monte you have two heavyweights who both are going to leave everything they have in the ring. Both of these guys have very heavy hands, and will look to trade big shots from the moment that bell sounds to start round one. Anytime you have two guys of this nature going toe-to-toe, you just know you are in for a special treat. I am looking forward to fistic fireworks at the Tropicana on the Atlantic City boardwalk come July 17th."
David Tua returned to the ring in October of 2009 after a two year lay off and knocked out Shane Cameron (23-1, 20 KO's) in round two leaving him slumped on the canvas. Then in March 2010 Tua dominated heavyweight contender Friday Ahunanya (24-6-3, 13 KOs) in a shut out winning a unanimous decision.
Monte Barrett although coming off three back-to-back loses sent Bob Arum's heavyweight contender Tye Fields (43-2-0, 39 KOs) to the canvas with a thud in round one in June 2008 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada .
Tua vs Barrett tickets are available now priced at $100 (ringside), $50 and $30.
Ruslan Provodnikov vs Emanuel Augustus
ESPN2 Friday Night Fights
Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo, Texas
Friday, May 21, 2010 7:00 PM
For those of you who are followers of Emanuel Augustus "The Drunken Master" he is the late replacement for Frankie Figueroa who withdrew from his scheduled fight with Provodnikov a few days ago citing injury to his ribs.
Emanuel Augustus (38-31-6, 20 KOs) fought Figueroa in November 2008 losing a controversial split decision. To everyone but two of the judges it looked like Augustus had won five out of eight rounds.
Augustus will be fighting raising prospect Russian Ruslan Provodnikov (15-0-0, 10 KOs) in a 10-round light welterweight title fight.
Tune in on ESPN2 FNF at 10:00 PM ET or 7:00 PM PT to watch the fight live. Provodnikov vs Augustus will be the co-feature on the fightcard.
Demetrius Hopkins vs Freddie Norwood
Fight Night at the Commerce Casino
Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:00 PM
Demetrius Hopkins (28-1-1, 11 KOs) nephew of former world middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins is scheduled to fight former world champion Freddie Norwood (43-3-1, 23 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight fight on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.
Hopkins is coming off a split decision loss to WBO light welterweight champion Kendall Holt (43-3-1, 23 KOs) December 2008. Hopkins, who is almost 6 feet tall has been struggling to make 140 pounds for years. He took the fight with Holt on 6 days notice. For his fight with Freddie Norwood, Hopkins is moving up in weight to 147 pounds which ought to give him more power and stamina instead entering the ring depleted. Norwood, a southpaw beat current WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manual Marquez in a WBA World featherweight title fight back on September 11, 1999.
The fightcard is being promoted by Chester Koerner of TKO Boxing Promotions and Kahren Harutyunyan of Art of Boxing Promotions.
