EPIX: World Boxing Council Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko Int’l Media Conference Call

World Boxing Council heavyweight champion VITALI KLITSCHKO , of Kiev, Ukraine, his trainer Jonathan Banks and EPIX Sports executives Travis Pomposello and Ross Bernard, will host an international media conference call next Wednesday, February 15, beginning at 2:00 p.m.

Risks of traumatic neuromechanical injury associated with boxing and mixed martial arts

( Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group ) Researchers simulated head and neck injuries from hook punches sustained during boxing and mixed martial arts and tested whether injury risks are mitigated by available head and hand padding. Padding lowered linear but not rotational impact dosages, and did not eliminate the risk of brain strain injury. The authors indicate the need for new standards ...

Hitz Boxing Returns to Horseshoe February 18 - Mollo Headline; Grano-Minto on Saturday; Donaire-Vazquez workout

The next installment of Hitz Boxing's wildly popular "Fight Night at the Horseshoe" series will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, featuring heavyweight contender "Merciless" Mike Mollo (20-3-1, 12 KOs) of Oak Lawn, Illinois; NABA-US Champion Yakubu "Black Mamba" Amidu (20-2-1, 18 KOs) of Los Angeles via Ghana; Vladikavkaz, Russia's undefeated ...

Boxing, taekwondo lead 10 sports in elite list

THE Philippine Sports Commission yesterday unveiled the 10 sports disciplines that will get extensive support from the government sports agency in a meeting with ranking officials of various National Sports Associations at the Rizal Memorial badminton gym.

Lapid Pushes Boxers' Insurance Measure

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Manuel “Lito’’ Lapid sought on Tuesday congressional approval of his proposed “Boxer Welfare, Insurance and Pension Act’’ following the death of Filipino boxer Karlo Maquinto during a boxing bout last Jan. 28. The measure, Senate Bill No. 33, asks the government to set aside P50 million as seed fund for the insurance of boxers and their surviving spouses in the ...