‘Russia’

By Per Ake Persson

Belgian "Sugar" Jackson Osei Bonsu continues his way back to the top February 20 with a fight against the ever dangerous to be announced. Then April 1 in Gent the former European welter champ will take on Sweden-based Karlo Tabaghua.

Jackson is looking to be back in title contention at the end of the year. Osei Bonsu, 33-4, suffered tough losses in the last two years against Randall Bailey, Selcuk Aydin and Rafael Jackiewicz. More...

Following his controversial split decision loss to Zab Judah in November, top junior welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse demanded a return to the ring as soon as possible.

On Friday, January 21, he gets his wish when he takes on former World Champion DeMarcus Corley in the 10-round main event of HBO Plus' "Next Boxing Generation" at Polideportivo Vicente Polimeni in Mendoza, Argentina. More...

Arena CEO Ahmet Öner will present a "Heavy Night at the Baltic Sea" on November 12th in Stralsund. German hard-hitter Konstantin Airich (16-2-2, 13 kos) faces unbeaten Turk Yakup Saglam (26-0, 23 kos).

Airich is best known for losing a controversial slugfest to Danny Williams in May 2008 in Spain when both men had been knocked down and the fight was stopped by Airich’s corner throwing in the towel in the 7th round. More...

It took Guillermo Jones 15 years to win a world title, two years to defend it but only 11 rounds to retain his WBA cruiserweight crown last night at Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City.

The lanky former welterweight faced former world title challenger Valery Brudov of Russia and it didn't take long for the two to shake off the rust from a collected three years out of action.

Jones studied the challenger over the first half of the bout, taking his time until the midway point when Brudov tried to come forward and negate the champion's height advantage.

But Jones quickly stripped Brudov of any genuine ambition as the big Panamanian had no trouble finding the holes in his rival's defense. More...

Sensational junior welterweight Adrian Granados returns to the ring this Friday night, September 17th at the UIC Pavilion as part of an action packed evening of world class professional boxing presented by 8 Count Productions.

Granados will face off against Omaha, Nebraska native Trenton Titsworth in a scheduled five round bout. More...

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Former European Super-Bantamweight Champion – Rendall Munroe, is at a training camp in Portugal right now as he prepares for his WBC Title shot against Toshiaki Nishioka in Tokyo next month.

But on Thursday, SaddoBoxing went along to the Shinfields gym in Somercotes, Derbyshire, England to see how the ‘Boxing Binman’s preparations are going.

When I arrived at the gym, Munroe had already had a photoshoot at a nearby industrial plant (Simms Metals) where he was presented with a dazzling new outfit by Female Boxer Laura Saperstein of ‘Boxxerworld’ to wear for his Title fight. But it was back to business in the gym as soon as the ‘shoot’ was over. More...

This past Saturday night, undefeated Light Heavyweight prospect Sergey Kovalev kept his perfect knockout record intact with a first round stoppage over Kia Daniels at the famed Playboy Mansion.

Kovalev is quickly becoming one of the fastest risers in the Light Heavyweight division with his record now standing at 9-0 with nine knockouts. More...

Former IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov (38-3-1, 32 Kos) has dropped back down to cruiser from the heavyweight division and is actively seeking a "name" opponent.

A fearsome body puncher seemingly incapable of taking a backward step, Jirov, 36, earned his reputation as a crowd favourite the hard way, by never being in a bad fight. Among others, Jirov was in the Fight of the Year against James Toney and retired then #1 heavyweight contender Joe Mesi. More...

This Wednesday night at The Arena in South Philadelphia, 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winner, Felix Diaz will now take on Broderick Antoine in the eight round co-feature of a big night of world class boxing that will be promoted by No Limits Promotions in association with Joey Eye Boxing.

In the main event, undefeated Israeli Cruiserweight Ran Nakash of Haifa, Israel will risk his 24-0, eighteen knockout record against Victor Barragan, 11-5 with three knockouts of Oxnard, California. More...

Ukrainian star Yuri Nuzhnenko has promised to shatter Matthew Hatton’s world title hopes.

Magic Matthew (39-4-2) will be on a brink of achieving his boxing ambition if he successfully defends his European welterweight title against his mandatory contender at Bolton Arena on Friday July 16.

Nuzhnenko is a former interim WBA title holder. He suffered his only defeat in 32 bouts in a showdown with current WBA champion Vyacheslav Senchenko – the man Hatton is targeting. More...

It hardly gets any closer than this. At today’s purse bid for the European heavyweight championship between Alexander Dimitrenko and Denis Bakhtov in Rome, Arena outbid Universum by only 200 Euros.

Arena’s offer of 157,000 Euro was slightly enough to make sure that Universum at 156,800 Euro cannot stage the fight as planned on their last show with TV partner ZDF on July 31st. More...

“No more lies, K2,” Team Valuev said today. “No more posturing. No more subterfuge. No more deceit.”

Team Valuev announced today that they will accept an offer made by K2 Promotions for former two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai “Russian Giant” Valuev (50-2, 34 KOs), from St. Petersburg, Russia., to face WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KOs), from Ukraine. More...