Boxing

- USOC, GE research partnership to measure benefits of advanced ultrasound technology on U.S. Olympic athletes and hopefuls for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- Partnership continues from Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games; Massachusetts General Hospital and Henry Ford Hospital Using GE Ultrasound Technology to Study Top U.S. athletes in Rowing, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Boxing and Women’s Soccer

CHICAGO, MARCH 31, 2008 - In preparation for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games, announced today two research programs aimed at demonstrating that health monitoring and early intervention leads to injury prevention and enhanced health and sports performances for athletes.    » read more »

Showtime Championship Boxing ESPN Classic to Air Thursday Nights Premieres March 27

March 26, 2008 -- Showtime Networks Inc. and ESPN announced today an exclusive agreement to replay select Showtime Championship Boxing telecasts from the extensive, 21-year Showtime boxing library. The package of fights, entitled Showtime Championship Boxing on ESPN, will be televised primarily on ESPN Classic running back-to-back bouts each Thursday night starting March 27 and include contemporary boxers as well as former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and current IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.    » read more »

- November 13 Is the 25th Anniversary of Mancini vs. Deuk-Koo Kim
- Ray Mancini’s First Extended Interview Regarding Kim’s Death
- For First Time, Highlights from the Pivotal 13th and 14th Rounds

November 7, 2007 -- On the 25th anniversary of the tragic Ray Mancini – Deuk-Koo Kim fight, ESPN Classic presents Triumph and Tragedy: The Ray Mancini Story, a documentary on the life of Ray Mancini, including Kim’s death four days after collapsing in the ring, Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. ET.    » read more »

November 5, 2007 -- The third season of ESPN’s boxing reality series, “The Contender,” will crown a new champion on Tuesday, Nov. 6 when cast finalists Sakio Bika meets Jaidon Codrington in a 10-round middleweight championship bout. The live telecast will be aired at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN from the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. The event will be hosted by ESPN’s Brian Kenny (host), Teddy Atlas (analyst), Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), with special guest, “Contender” host, Sugar Ray Leonard.    » read more »

October 14, 2007 -- ESPN Classic will televise the exclusive replay of Sultan Ibragimov's victory over Evander Holyfield Saturday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m., ET. Ibragimov scored a 12-round unanimous decision over Holyfield to remain the WBO Heavyweight Champion Saturday at the Khodynka Arena in Moscow, Russia.

Sultan Ibragimov remained undefeated at 22-0-1 while Holyfield's bid to become heavyweight champ for the fifth time in his career fell short.    » read more »

October 10, 2007 -- In a special complement to ESPN’s on-going The Contender series (Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET), Alfonso S Gomez (17-3-2, 8 KO), a fan favorite from the series’ inaugural season and who recently sent Arturo Gatti into retirement, will fight Ben Tackie (29-7-1, 17 KO) in the main event of The Contender: No Turning Back live on ESPN Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 10 p.m.    » read more »

19 September 2007, New York (By Victoria Cavaliere) -- The boxing ring at New York City's Madison Square Garden that over the past 82 years saw thousands of boxing greats rise and fall is being sent into retirement. Victoria Cavaliere reports from VOA's New York Bureau the ring found a new home at the museum of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.    » read more »