Undefeated Hungarian light heavyweight Zsolt Erdei will defend his WBO light heavyweight championship this week. Erdei, who defeated Julio Gonzalez for the title has made three defenses of the belt, two of which came agains Hugo Hernan Garay. Sahnoune of France has thirty-one wins against a single loss, which came against Silvio Branco in defense…
Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao appears to be finally free of legal troubles now that a settlement has been reached out of court between him and now former promoter Murad Muhammad. Pacquiao alleged financial misdeeds at Muhammad who, when challenged claimed to have an unbreakable promotional contract with Pacquiao. Court proceedings unfolded a different story…
British lightweight sensation and Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan is set to make his professional boxing debut next month. July 16 is the day that Khan will set foot in a professional prize ring for the first time, and he wants his former amateur rival Mario Kindelan to join his camp as a trainer. Khan…
Barely 15 kilometers (10 miles) separate their training camps in South Florida, yet the lives – and careers – of middleweights Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor have a more noticeable gap. Nearly five years after winning a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics, Taylor try to do what 18 others have failed – dethrone Hopkins…
Fans arriving early to the “Trailblazers’ event at the Nottingham Arena on July 9th co-headlined by Carl Froch and Junior Witter will get to see an extra – guaranteed to be exciting – fight. With doors opening at 5.30pm and boxing not scheduled to start until 6.30pm, promoters Hennessy Sports have decided to fill the…
Friday night’s “Plymouth Rocks” pro boxing show, presented by NER Promotions, will be the focus of Thursday and Friday night’s New England Ringside Radio Shows. NER Promotions, a division of New England Ringside, promotes its first ESPN2 Friday Nights Fight show – Plymouth Rocks – Friday evening (July 1) in historic Plymouth (MA), headlined by…
Former British heavyweight champion Julius Francis continues to fall from the respectable position he once occupied on the domestic heavyweight scene in the United Kingdom. Francis, who once defeated Danny Williams and was Mike Tyson’s opponent on the former heavyweight champion’s U.K. tour, has now lost his last twelve fights, bringing his record to a…
Further to the news just given that former WBC super middleweight champion Eric Lucas will return to the ring this September, we are happy to inform you that current WBC super middleweight champion Markus Beyer of Germany is poised to make his return to the ring, also in September. Beyer finally proved his superiority over…
Former super middleweight champion Eric “Lucky Luke” Lucas may return to the ring later this year, and September is the likely choice for that return to happen. After losing back to back fights with Markus Beyer and Danny Green in the mix for the WBC super middleweight championship, Lucas took over as the head of…
British promoter Frank Warren could hardly be described as a happy negotiating partner for Vivian Harris. Warren argued back and forth constantly last year with Harris about the now former WBA champion making an appearance in England to face Ricky Hatton. Harris stubbornly refused to accept terms from Warren that would have seen him make…
Ricky Hatton was left stunned by a dazzling array of blows from Floyd Mayweather – and that was from the sanctuary of his ringside seat. Hatton watched spellbound as his light-welterweight rival captured the WBC crown from Canada’s Arturo Gatti inAtlantic City. Mayweather, touted as a future opponent for Britain’s 140lb kingpin, produced a masterclass…
Light welterweight contender Paul “Magic Man” Malignaggi is aiming to return to boxing this August after a protracted absence from action. The young, flamboyant 140-pound star has suffered a series of hand injuries throughout his ealry career and with the right therapy, he intends to resume his career in style. Malignaggi turned professional in 2001…