Rob Norton will mak the second defence of his British Cruiserweight title, and the first of his Commonwealth Cruiserweight title, when he faces David Dolan in a highly anticipated rematch on January 15th. The rematch will go out live on Sky Sports’ Friday Fight Night as Hatton Promotions once again return to Altrincham Leisure Centre…
On January 29th at The Grand Sierra Resort in Reno Nevada, Brooklyn, NY’s Curtis “Showtime” Stevens (21-2 15 KOs) will square off against and Yerington, NV’s fan favorite Jesse Brinkley (34-5 22KOs) in an official IBF eliminator for the number two ranking in the super middleweight division.
It’s unanimous, Jean Pascal defeated Adrian Diaconu to retain the WBC title on Friday at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Pascal, 27, was facing Diaconu, 30, in a rematch bout for the WBC light-heavyweight title. The fight hinged on Pascal using his lightning quick hands to land repeated combinations, yet in between those salvos, Diaconu…
Frank Maloney has apologised to fans for the standard of opposition faced by Olympic bronze medallists Tony Jeffries and David Price in Newport on Friday. The pair both registered first round wins against Latvian opponents who were not of the usual standard delivered by Maloney.
After having lost a controversial clash with Juan Diaz this past August, light welter Paulie Malignaggi got revenge this evening by posting a unanimous decision in the rematch his evening at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Malignaggi, 27-3 (5), managed to largely control the pace of the bout by avoiding the trench warfare favored by…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Last night at Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA, WBO light welter champion Timothy Bradley hammered out another gritty title defense by outpointing Lamont Peterson by unanimous decision. Bradley imposed his strength advantage early on, pushing the less experienced challenger back and downing Peterson in the third round….
Post Finance Arena in Berne, Switzerland was the site of yet another dominant Vitali Klitschko WBC heavyweight title defense tonight as the Ukrainian continues to solidify his hold on the division. “Dr. Ironfist” stamped his authority from round one as previously unbeaten challenger Kevin Johnson proved unable to do anything but play defense aside from…
After Vitali Klitschko declassed “Kingpin†Kevin Johnson Saturday night in Bern, Switzerland, Arena CEO Ahmet Öner is convinced that his heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis will be next in line to challenge the WBC champion. “I hope that this was the last living sandbag Vitali had to fight before facing a real challenge next yearâ€, said…
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing This Saturday December 12, Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz will face Paulie “Magic Man†Malignaggi in their highly anticipated rematch at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Their first fight took place in the hometown of Diaz where he received a controversial unanimous decision victory. Malignaggi 26-3 (5) told anyone…
Tonight, the WBC heavyweight belt will be on the block at Post Finance Arena In Berne, Switzerland as champion Vitali Klitschko continues a very active title reign. The towering 38 year old will be facing his fourth opponent since returning from a four year absence in October of last year and it will be a…
Last night at the Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales, British super flyweight Lee Haskins defeated Commonwealth king Don Broadhurst to become a double champion. Enjoying a rare height advantage, southpaw Haskins made good use of his awkward skills, keeping Haskins off balance for the entire 12 round bout. It was the greater experience of the…
Soweto’s top boxer ran into trouble last night at Wembley Hall in Johannesburg as Isaac Hlatshwayo was relieved of his IBF light welter title by challenger Jan Zaveck. Hlatshwayo was making the first defense of his world belt after hammering out a split decision verdict in America over Delvin Rodriguez during a rematch this past…