Its Fight Night
It’s here … the long awaited rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito at Madison Square Garden. This is going to be one hell of a fight between these two but i’m looking forward to the undercard match between Delvin Rodriguez and Pawel Wolak. This is also sure to be another war if it’s anywhere [...]
What A Joke
I have never been a boxer and have only been photographing it for a fairly short time but the things you see. How in the world can a title holder and so called professional boxer not make weight. Its not a surprise to a fighter about the weight he or she must be at come [...]
Rodriguez vs Wolak Press Conferance
If your a boxing fan then your in for a treat this Saturday. If you seen the first fight between Pawel Wolak and Delvin Rodriguez in July at The Roseland Ballroom, then i’m sure you know what i’m talking about. The Rematch is Saturday night on the undercard of Cotto vs Margarito at Madison Square [...]
Quick Video of Delvin Rodriguez Media Workout
A quick video of Star Boxing’s Delvin Rodriguez at his media workout preparing for his upcoming fight against Powel Wolak at Madison Square Garden on December 3rd.
Newburgh Looses A Legend
Newburgh lost a true legend and staple at any Newburgh Free Academy sporting event. Danny “Butterfly” Washington passed away yesterday at 9:45 am. Butterfly was NFA’s biggest fan and was at most if not all sports events, especially basketball. You could see him on the bench cheering every play and he will be deeply missed [...]
Great Fights … Bad Lighting
Saturday night was a great night for fighting in Huntington Long Island as Huntington’s own Chris Algieri stepped in the ring against his toughest opponent to date, Bayan Jargal. The action packed fight went the 10 round distance and Algieri won a unanimous decision over Jargal. It was a great night for Algieri, photographers on [...]
Out With The Old … In With The New
High school football in the Hudson Valley is slowly coming to an end as teams finish up their sectional and regional games before heading to Syracuse to play for the state titles. Last night in Kingston, Chester running back Saxon Smith broke the Section 9 single-season rushing record with 139 yards on 26 carries and [...]
FINALLY …. It’s Basketball Season
With all the cold weather soccer games and football games and a total of 13 inches of snow which has already fallen in Ulster County it is really nice to be in a warm gym shooting basketball again. Tonight was the home opener for Mount Saint Mary college in Newburgh as they hosted the New [...]
Behind The Photos
A quick behind the scenes video of the Fuel Fight Gear Photoshoot at Global Boxing Gym.
Boxing Looses A Legend
Last night, boxing legend Joe Frazier lost his battle with cancer. R.I.P. Champ Here is a great video showing some of the great fights in the career of Joe Frazier.
Night of Knockouts
Star Boxing presented a five fight card on October 22nd at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. The card featured Raymond “Tito” Serrano vs Angel Rios, Fan favorite Vinny Maddalone vs Mike Sheppard, Atlantic City’s own Shamone Alvarez vs Doel Carasquillo, Chaz Witherspoon vs Tyson Cobb, and Jason Escalera vs Mickey Scarborough. With the exception of [...]
Rooney Suffers Setback
What’s worse than training for six weeks for your next fight against an orthodoxed fighter and then on fight night you step in the ring and he is a southpaw. That’s what happened when Kevin Rooney Jr stepped in the ring on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City against Daniel Lugo. For two [...]
Martinez Retains WBC Diamond Belt
Darren Barker took on WBC Diamond belt holder Sergio Martinez at Atlantic City’s famous Boardwalk Hall On October 1st. Martinez started slow but in the later rounds, he started landing left and right hooks at will. By the 11th round, Martinez would put it all together and sent Barker to the mat with a right [...]
Rooney’s On Fire
Took some time today to go watch Kevin Rooney Jr’s sparring session for his upcoming fight on October 1st undercard of Sergio Martinez vs Darren Barker in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. I had mentioned months ago on how I had wanted to set his gloves on fire and he looked at me like i was [...]
Spelmans 563 Yards
Monroe Woodbury’s Ryan Spelman rushed for 415 yards and six touchdowns, and threw for 148 yards and two touchdowns to lead Monroe-Woodbury over Warwick. Touchdown runs of 41, 13, 67, 81, 60, and 22 yards and two passing touchdowns of 67 yards and 33 yards made for a miserable day for Warwick. Spelman’s performance was nothing [...]
Spackenkill Defeats Millbrook in Arlington
With their field lights currently on loan to help with the tropical storm Irene cleanup, Spackenkill hosted Millbrook at Arlington Highschool. Spackenkill easily defeated Millbrook 50-20 when all was said and done. More photos from the game can be seen at MSGVarsity.com. It’s nice to be back on the football field photographing highschool sports but [...]
Atlantic City Bound
Next up for me is two days in Atlantic City for Star Boxing’s event at The Tropicana. Weigh-ins will be Friday at 5pm with the fights on Saturday at 7pm. I will be installing another remote camera for the fights and with a little luck I should have some great images from some exciting fights that [...]
Punchin At The Paradise
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented Punchin At The Paradise at The Paradise Theater in the Bronx, Ny on August 19, 2011. The main event featured Michael “The Artist” Perez against Miguel Rodriguez. Perez would make it an early night with a devistating left to the body that dropped Rodriguez only 49 seconds into round 1. [...]
Miller, Maddalone, Faragon, Elovich to Rappel 18 Stories for Special Olympics!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Elovich Pugnacious Promotions 518-312-2200 lisa@pugnaciouspromotions.com PRO BOXERS UP AGAINST A DIFFERENT KIND OF ROPES TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK August 1, 2011, ALBANY, NY – Capital Region pro boxers will be up against a different kind of ropes when they put on harness and gloves [...]
Hanks Wins IBA Title
In the feature bout of the evening, Star Boxing’s undefeated heavyweight contender, Joe “The Future” Hanks, was matched against “The Contenders” Alfredo Escalera Jr. At stake was the vacant IBA Americas Heavyweight Title. Hanks came out in the first, looking to measure the smaller Escalera with his jab. Escalera was able to land a few [...]
And NEW WBC Champion !!!
Brooklyn’s Alicia Ashley won the Vacant WBC Female Super Bantamweight Championship of the World, with a hard fought ten round unanimous decision over Christina Ruiz. Ashley used hersuperior boxing ability to control the fight, counter punching from the outside, and timing Ruiz as she would lunge in looking to land looping right hands. The bout [...]
