Colchester’s Lee “Lights Out” Purdy spent Christmas licking his wounds following the first defeat of his career in December. Having remained unbeaten in his first ten starts, Purdy lost a thrilling Southern Area Light Welterweight title scrap with seasoned campaigner Peter McDonagh live on ITV4. The fact that the high …
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: Earl “Wild Thing” Ling Returns To The Ring
Earl “Wild Thing” Ling has an appointment with a solicitor on February 28 and it’s guaranteed to come to blows. The Norwich cruiserweight will take to the ring in his hometown at the Norfolk Showground as he looks to end the unbeaten run of Dewsbury based solicitor Zahid Kahut. It …
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: Thaxton Gets French Champ Anthony Mezaache February 28
If Jon Thaxton’s life story came before a Hollywood producer, they’d probably give it the tagline of “the feel good story of the year”. However, following a spectacular one punch KO to win the European Lightweight title last time out, the Norwich man says the credits won’t be rolling on …
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: English Champ McIntosh Calls Out Barney
There must be something in the water in Norwich with English Light Heavyweight champ, Danny McIntosh joining a long line of big punchers from the area including former WBO heavyweight champ, Herbie Hide and reigning European Lightweight champ Jon Thaxton. There’s only one problem – McIntosh wishes he didn’t punch …
Read More »Arena Boxing: Hide vs. Godfrey WBC Final Eliminator March 6
“The Dancing Destroyer” will be back at the North Sea on March 6. Herbie Hide will return to the Kugelbake-Halle in Cuxhaven, Germany, for his WBC Final Eliminator against Matt Godfrey.
Read More »Arena Boxing: WBC Final Eliminator To Feature Hide vs. Godfrey
Arena Box Promotion has won the purse bid for the WBC Cruiserweight Final Eliminator between Herbie Hide and Matt Godfrey. The fight will likely take place in late March or early April. The winner of the elimination bout will face the winner of the WBC Cruiserweight Championship between Giacobe Fragomeni …
Read More »Arena Boxing: Herbie Hide Fires Back At Team Maccarinelli
After Jonathon Banks had to pull out of his WBO Cruiserweight Championship bout against Enzo Maccarinelli in London scheduled for this evening, there have been a lot of rumours about Herbie Hide as potential replacement. Recently Maccarinelli and his promoter Frank Warren announced that Hide firstly agreed to fight the …
Read More »Boxing Weights: Mahir Oral vs. Alexander Sipos
Mahir Oral and Alexander Sipos both weighed in at exactly 160 lb for their WBC Mediterranean middleweight championship clash today in Cuxhaven, Germany. It is the second time Oral and Sipos meet in 2008. On May 30, “Lion” Mahir won a close unanimous decision in Bilbao, Spain. Now Sipos is …
Read More »Arena Boxing: Big Fights Upcoming For Gomez, Gamboa, Hide
The 46th annual WBC Convention in Chengdu, China officially declared that world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has to face mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez in his very next fight. Klitschko had requested to do a voluntary defense first but the Board of Governors chaired by President Dr. Jose Sulaiman decided …
Read More »Boxing Result: Jon Thaxton Wins European Title In Norwich
After a long career, first at light welter before dropping down a weight class, Jon Thaxton won the vacant European Lightweight title with a third round knockout of Spain’s Juan Carlos Diaz Melero last night at The Showground in Norwich, England. Despite Melero having been a European Champ previously, Thaxton …
Read More »Boxing’s Dancing Destroyer Returns To Britain
Herbie Hide will have his first fight in Britain for four years in a non-title eight round bout at the Norfolk Showground in Norwich on Saturday, 4th October. The former world heavyweight champion boxes in an eight-round bout against Aleksejs Kosobokovs (Latvia), who has won two of his last three …
Read More »Arena Boxing: Promoter Oner Protests Sam vs. Vidoz European Title Fight Draw In Turkey
© M.A. Sayer / Arena Boxing After the dust had settled in Ankara, Turkey last night, the controversial draw between Sinan Samil Sam and Paolo Vidoz in their European Heavyweight Championship bout still led to lots of discussions. “The Bull from Bosporus ” had been the more active fighter over …
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