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Read More »Balzsay, Senchenko Win World Title Bouts In Ukraine
The vacant WBA super middle strap was up for grabs last night at Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine and Hungarian southpaw Karoly Balzsay emerged with the title after 12 difficult rounds against local man Stanyslav Kashtanov. Former WBO champ Balzsay used his edge in big fight experience to control the …
Read More »Ricky Hatton Named European Promoter Of The Year
Ricky Hatton has received his first major award as a promoter after being named European Promoter of the Year. The Hatton Promotions President landed the prestigious accolade at a gala ceremony in Dublin on Friday night. Former two-weight world champion Ricky said: “It is fantastic that my company has won …
Read More »Sky Sports Announces Double Title Fight Show June 4
June 4 promises to be a special night for British boxing fans as Gavin Rees takes on Andy Murray in Cardiff for the European lightweight title before Carl Froch’s Super Six semi-final against Glen Johnson in America – both on Sky Sports. Rees and Andy Murray tussle for the vacant …
Read More »A Championship Weekend For Boxing!
I was just going over the weekend’s results for fight cards around the world and in doing so something occurred to me, this past weekend had an abundance of gold at stake! Of course not every title bout was for “World” versions, also many titles were vacant but the bouts …
Read More »Matchroom Boxing Signs Ex-European Champ Darren Barker
Darren Barker is aiming to fight for the World Middleweight title in 2011 after signing a promotional deal with Matchroom Sport. The unbeaten 28 year-old had a frustrating year in 2010, with injury forcing him to pull out of defending his European and British belts against Matthew Macklin in September. …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: A Moment To Remember Those We Lost In 2010
Every year’s end is reserved for holiday celebrations that promote peace, good tidings, and tributes according to the religious belief’s one follows. The New Year that ensues shortly afterwards begins with reflections of the years past and hopes for better ones to arrive in the future. This time of year …
Read More »Kronk Boxing: Andy Lee Spars Wladimir Klitschko
Irish Kronk middleweight fighter, Andy Lee, presently rated # 4 by the EBU, # 8 by the WBA, and # 15 by the WBC will be looking to be on a fine performance this Saturday night against his Polish opponent, Daniel Urbanski , (19w-5l-3d) at the SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany. …
Read More »European Boxing News: Golovkin, Balzsay, Asikainen, Lindberg
WBA “regular” champ Gennadyi Golovkin met today with his estranged promoter Universum in a German court. The parties couldn´t come to terms. The court is likely to hand out its ruling sometime in January on this contractual dispute. With this Golovkin´s planned defence of the title December 10 in Berlin …
Read More »European Boxing News: Dimitrenko, Sosnowski, Konecny, Chagaev, Balzsay
By Per Ake Persson Alexander Dimitrenko´s mandatory defence of the European heavyweight title against Albert Sosnowski has now been announced for December 4 (as previously reported) with Schwerin as site. Dimitrenko, from Ukraine, living in Germany and now a German citizen is making the first defence of the title. It´s …
Read More »Hatton Boxing: Quigg vs. Allione September 25 In Bury
Bury ring ace Scott Quigg will gatecrash the world rankings if his wins the WBA international super-bantamweight title later this month. Quigg, 21, will meet Argentinian Santiago Allione (16-6-1) for the vacant crown Bury’s Castle Leisure Centre on Saturday September 25, with the show being filmed by Hatton TV. Quigg …
Read More »European Boxing News: Hernandez, Povetkin, Klitschko, Golovkin, Dimitrenko
By Per Ake Persson IBF Intercontinental cruiser champ Yoan Pablo Hernandez will again defend the title against stablemate Enad Licina October 2 in Monte Carlo on the undercard to Abraham vs Froch. Hernandez vs Licina is also a final IBF eliminator with the winner to fight champ Steve Cunningham in …
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