Author Archive: ANDRE COURTEMANCHE / BIG MEDIA BUZZ

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Greg Cohen Promotions Signs Arash Usmanee

Greg Cohen Promotions Signs Arash Usmanee

Greg Cohen Promotions is proud to announce the signing of Afghani-Canadian super featherweight contender Arash Usmanee (20-1, 10 KOs) to a promotional contract. 31-year-old Usmanee, rated #14 by the IBF, has already won the NABA and WBC Continental Americas Championships […]

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Cohen Congratula​tes All His Fighters for Their Performanc​es Friday in Miami, Oklahoma

Cohen Congratula​tes All His Fighters for Their Performanc​es Friday in Miami, Oklahoma

Promoter Greg Cohen of Greg Cohen Promotions wishes to thank his promotional partners (Eye of the Tiger, Vito Mielnicki and GH3 Promotions, and Pitbull Promotions) and congratulate all four of his fighters who scored impressive victories on Friday, May 10, […]

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GCP Signs Bantamweig​ht Jundy Maraon

GCP Signs Bantamweig​ht Jundy Maraon

Promoter Greg Cohen of Greg Cohen Promotions proudly announces the signing of Filipino bantamweight Jundy “Pretty Boy” Maraon (15-0-1, 12 KOs) to a promotional agreement. 28-year-old southpaw Maraon, from Blancia St. Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, is the current WBO Asia […]

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All or Nothing for Don George: ‘If I Never Win a Title or Get Close, my Whole Career is a Bust”

All or Nothing for Don George: ‘If I Never Win a Title or Get Close, my Whole Career is a Bust”

Chicago middleweight Donovan “Da Bomb” George says there will be more than a win or a loss on the line when he steps in the ring against former world title challenger David “The Destroyer” Lopez this Friday, March 22. According […]

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Cintrón Has 147 Good Reasons Not to Give Up

Cintrón Has 147 Good Reasons Not to Give Up

Kermit Cintrón won a world title at welterweight. Take away two suspicious losses to the disgraced cheater Antonio Margarito and he’s never lost as a welterweight. He has almost insurmountable physical gifts of height and superior strength as a welterweight. […]

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Match-ups Still Being Made for Historic White Sox Stadium Card

Match-ups Still Being Made for Historic White Sox Stadium Card

Responding to rampant speculation over who will appear in their historic August 16 boxing event at the Chicago White Sox’ U.S. Cellular Field stadium, Chicago-based boxing promoter Dominic Pesoli and his partners, Frank Mugnolo of Round 3 Productions and Leon […]

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Mike Mollo: I Want Szpilka!

Mike Mollo: I Want Szpilka!

Mollo Decides Szpilka Rematch is Right Direction MIKE MOLLO Chicago heavyweight “Merciless” Mike Mollo (20-4, 12 KOs) says he’s thought it over and there is only one fight that make sense for him right now. “I want the Artur Szpilka […]

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Thomas LaManna Ready to Drop Jaws at Resorts Casino on March 8

Thomas LaManna Ready to Drop Jaws at Resorts Casino on March 8

New Jersey’s own Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (10-0, 6 KOs) will be stepping into the ring again on March 8 at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on the undercard of the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights-televised night of boxing, […]

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Cayo Knows What’s at Stake Against Taylor

Cayo Knows What’s at Stake Against Taylor

Dominican super lightweight Victor “Mermelada” Cayo (31-3, 22 KOs) knows the dire consequences on his boxing career another loss will have and is training like his future as a top contender depends on it. Cayo is in the final stretch […]

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Results from The Horseshoe in Hammond, Indiana

Results from The Horseshoe in Hammond, Indiana

Photo: Scott Dray Last night, promoter Bobby Hitz and Hitz Boxing held another of their popular “Fight Night at the Horseshoe” events at The Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, and the action did not disappoint. In the night’s main-event rematch, […]

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