It’s been another busy weekend of boxing for British Fight fans. In Birmingham, newly crowned Midlands Area Cruiserweight Titlist – Chris Keane of Walsall, won his six round Cruiserweight contest against Tamas Toth of Budapest. The Marcus Anderson-Hitchen promoted show featured three undercard contests. At the Sarsfield Stadium in Argentina, …
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Garcia Survives Late Round Judah Scare In New York
Danny Garcia walked out of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center bloodied and humbled but still a world champion as the Philadelphia light welter got past former two-weight world titlist Zab Judah after a hard-fought bout. Widely perceived as well past his best before the fight, southpaw Judah managed to turn back the …
Read More »Martinez Outlasts Murray To Retain WBC Belt In Argentina
It wasn’t pretty but WBC middleweight champ Sergio Martinez kept his title against England’s Martin Murray last evening in front of over 40,000 people Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The stadium was packed for the fighting return of Martinez for the first time since 2002 and the …
Read More »Khan Narrowly Escapes With Diaz Win In Sheffield
Former WBA/IBF light welter king Amir Khan burned a few more of his nine lives last night at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena, managing to finish the fight on his feet after a knockdown and quite a few shaky moments against opponent Julio Diaz. Working for the second time with Super Middle …
Read More »Clayton Stops Madani In France, Goodwin Blows Up In UK
Veteran Brazilian danger-man Anderson Clayton is the new World Boxing Federation Super Welterweight Champion after dethroning local hero Sebastien “Coco” Madani by second round technical knockout in Rumilly, France on Saturday night, April 27. The visitor from Sao Paolo stormed out at the first bell and put pressure on Madani, …
Read More »Ireland vs. France In Dublin, Cork Tickets Now On Sale
Tickets for the May 3rd and May 5th Ireland v France Elite internationals in Cork and Dublin are now on sale. Tickets for the Cork match, which are priced at €30 for adults and €15 for U/16s, can be purchased at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cotters Printers, Macroom, Rylane Post …
Read More »Fox Stays Unbeaten With Oklahoma Win Over Collins
Boxing 360 promoted prospect Alantez Fox remains undefeated after pitching a shutout against Keith Collins on a card held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma this past Thursday. Fox (11-0-1, 4KOs) was originally slated to face Djolevi Ballogou on April 20th, but after some unforeseen issues that prevented …
Read More »Martin Murray, Gary Buckland Make Weight For Massive Showdowns
This Weekend, British Boxers – Martin Murray and Gary Buckland are fighting at the Vélez Sarsfield football stadium in Beunos Aires, Argentina. St.Helen’s Boxer – Martin Murray, will face Argentinian Sergio Martinez for the WBC Middleweight Title. Martinez is returning to Argentina to fight for the first time in eleven …
Read More »Mayweather, Guerrero Talk About Upcoming WBC Title Clash
Oscar De La Hoya Thank you very much. May Day is right around the corner. Obviously, you all know, Floyd Mayweather versus Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, which will be a 12 round fight for Mayweather’s WBC Welterweight World Championship, and the vacant Ring Magazine Welterweight World Championship. We have a …
Read More »Garcia, Judah, Quillin, Guerrero Make Weight In Brooklyn
Both undefeated Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Danny “Swift” Garcia and former Two-Division World Champion Zab Judah weighed in separately Friday, and made the weight. Undefeated WBO Middleweight Champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin and challenger Fernando Guerrero weighed in together and both did not.
Read More »Ireland To Host 2013 European Schoolboy Championship
The Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) will host the 2013 European Schoolboy Championship. IABA C.E.O. Don Stewart today (April 24th) confirmed that the prestigious tournament would be held in Ireland between July 28th and August 4th. “We are delighted to announce that the 2013 European Schoolboy Championships will be hosted …
Read More »Bualuang Keeps WBC Asia Crown In Thailand Firefight
Bualuang Onesongchaigym (11-0,4KOs) successfully kept his WBC Asia featherweight title as he won a close but unanimous decision over Rodynie Rafol (10-4-2,4 KOs) on Wednesday at Municipality of Bungnamtao, in Lomsak, Petchaboon, Thailand. This was a close affair with the Thai fighter aggressively stalking his foe and gaining the scores …
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