Archive for the ‘Boxing’ Category

What Does It Take To Be #1 – Basketball Dates: 7/7 – 7/9 Venue: Auburndale High School – Auburndale – This Auburndale Youth Basketball event will be a men’s street ball tournament and will bring in over 300 participants and 5000 spectators to Polk County. – For more information on this event please visit www.auburndaleyouthbasketball.com [...]

The Florida Sports Hall of Fame is coming to Polk County and it will open in grand fashion on June 22 as the building at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale that will house memorabilia from some of the biggest stars Florida sports has ever known officially opens. The Grand Opening and ribbon cutting [...]

Mark your calendar now for October  2011 because that is when LEGOLAND Florida is set to debut in Winter Haven. The announcement was formally made just minutes ago at Cypress Gardens, the new home of LEGOLAND. All in all, Merlin Entertainments Group plans to invest $300 million in the park over the next few years, [...]

Independent Softball Association (ISA) E Nationals Dates: 9/4 – 9/6 Venues:Auburndale Softball Complex 299 Florida Citrus Blvd, Auburndale, FL  33823, Diamondplex 900 Polk Community College Rd, Winter Haven, FL – The ISA event will bring in 1200 participants and an estimated 650 spectators to watch this Division E softball tournament. – For more information on [...]

WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto successfully defended his title Saturday night against one of his toughest opponents to date, Luis Collazo. The fight moved Berto’s record to 24-0 as he won the unanimous decision (114-113, 114-113 and 116-111) on HBO. No word yet on who his next opponent will be, but as his record continues [...]

Winter Haven’s Andre Berto will step into the ring Saturday night to make his first defense of the WBC Welterweight title that he won in June. Berto’s match will be right before the big Shane Mosley vs. Richard Mayorga bout and will be seen on HBO starting at 10:30pm live from the Staples Center in [...]