Matchroom Sport can confirm that European Super Bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez has withdrawn from his fight with Carl Frampton on September 10 at the Odyssey Arena through personal reasons. Martinez’s father was taken ill during the young Spaniard’s training camp and has since had his leg amputated. The 25 year-old …
Read More »Frampton Vows To Show Martinez The Way In Belfast
Carl Frampton says his fight with Kiko Martinez is the biggest night of boxing that Ireland has seen “for many, many years” and vows to keep the European belt in Belfast. Frampton fights for the Spaniard’s Super Bantamweight title on the undercard of Paul McCloskey’s bout with Breidis Prescott live …
Read More »Frampton Steps Up To Challenge For Martinez’s European Title
Carl Frampton will challenge Kiko Martinez for the European Super Bantamweight title on September 10 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. The fight will be the chief support bout on the Paul McCloskey vs. Breidis Prescott WBA Light Welterweight World title eliminator, and Frampton is confident he can wrestle the …
Read More »Who Will Win Khan vs. Judah Unification Tonight In Vegas?
Tonight at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, NV, WBA Super champion Amir Khan and IBF champion Zab Judah tangle in a hotly anticipated light welterweight unification clash. Judah is currently on a five-fight win streak with recent victories over Ernest Johnson, Ubaldo Hernandez, Jose Armando Santa Cruz, Lucas Matthysse …
Read More »McCloskey Gets Prescott Test In Belfast September 10
Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Paul McCloskey will face Breidis Prescott in an official eliminator for the WBA Light-Welterweight title at the Odyssey Arena on Saturday 10 September, live on Sky Sports. It marks a return to action for the Dungiven fighter after his World …
Read More »McCloskey’s “perfect” September opponent announced tomorrow
Dungiven fighter back in WBA eliminator in Belfast live on Sky Sports Paul McCloskey will fight at the Odyssey Arena live on Sky Sports on September 10 in a WBA eliminator, with promoter Eddie Hearn is promising to announce an exciting opponent at tomorrow’s press conference (July 19).
Read More »Martin Murry told Darren Barker to prove himself
Martin Murry has told arch domestic rival Darren Barker to prove himself as the best in Britain before taking on the world’s best. Barker’s promoter Eddie Hearn is in talks for Barker to face WBC middleweight title holder Sergio Martinez this autumn. But WBA ranked number four Murray believes the …
Read More »Unbeaten Irish boxer out to prove there’s two Andy Murrays
Cavan ace faces Gavin Rees for the vacant European Lightweight title on Saturday It could be a huge European weekend for the Andy Murrays –with the high-profile Tennis star gunning for Grand Slam glory in the French Open, and the quiet unbeaten Irish boxer taking on Gavin Rees for the …
Read More »Brian Peters Boxing: Macklin Determined To End Sturm’s WBA Reign
After a month of misery for Irish fighters in World title bouts Matthew Macklin believes he can deliver the goods for the Fighting Irish when he travels to Germany in June in a bid to end Felix Sturm’s reign as WBA Middleweight Champion. Macklin has watched Paul McCloskey, Willie Casey …
Read More »Weekend Round Up
The Weekend was dominated by the Khan v McCloskey fight-night at Manchester’s MEN Arena, in which Khan retained his WBA Light Welterweight Title when a clash of heads and subsequent cut to McCloskey’s brow deemed Irish ‘Dudey’ unable to continue. The contest will be remembered for the angry back-flack following …
Read More »Boxing Preview Analysis: Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey
The cavernous MEN Arena in Manchester, England is the stage for Amir Khan’s fourth defence of his WBA light welterweight championship when he takes on tough Irishman Paul McCloskey tonight. For Khan, this is his first fight since the tough defence in Vegas four months ago when he was rocked …
Read More »Boxing Weights: Khan Vs McCloskey
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Today, at The Triangle Shopping Centre, Manchester, England, Amir Khan (Bolton) and Paul McCloskey (Dungiven) both weighed in at 9 stone 13 pounds ahead of their WBA Light-Welterweight Title Clash tomorrow night. Master of Ceromonies Legend – Michael Buffer introduced …
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