WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING — HBO Sports presents a highly anticipated rematch between two accomplished warriors of the ring when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: CHAD DAWSON VS. GLEN JOHNSON II AND ALFREDO ANGULO VS. HARRY JOE YORGEY is presented live SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 (9:30 p.m. ET/ 6:30 p.m. PT) from the XL Center in Hartford, CT. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING team will be ringside for the event, which will be presented in HDTV and in Spanish on HBO Latino.
OSCAR’S NEW BLOG — RINGTV.com today posted the first of a series of blogs from Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya. De La Hoya discusses the new “Fight Night Club” series of bouts in Southern California as well as his involvement in U.S. amateur boxing. De La Hoya writes Golden Boy was contacted by former USOC Chair Peter Ueberroth, who “wanted our input and thoughts” on the amateur program. De La Hoya writes USA Boxing “has a long way to go but I’m not counting them out” (RINGTV.com, 7/28).
UFC Scheduled To Launch New MMA Magazine — The UFC by November “will have its own magazine,” according to Keith Kelly of the N.Y. POST. American Media Chair & CEO David Pecker has “inked a two-year joint venture” with the UFC to “begin producing the national magazine, also called UFC, six times a year.”
