Cork’s Christina Desmond and Mayo’s Ciara Ginty are guaranteed at least two silver medals at the 2nd AIBA Women’s World Youth and Junior Championships in Albena, Bulgaria.
Desmond, who boxes out of the Macroom BC, completed the double tonight with a unanimous decision over Turkey’s Sema Caliskan in the welterweight class. (more…)
Ghost Town Promotions is headed to their third sell out Saturday night in Longmont, Colorado with “Warrior’s Conquest III”, an exceptional evening of action packed professional boxing at the Longmont Athletic Club. (more…)
Drama for Trad TKO Gym’s Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston, ahead of her heavily publicized York Hall showdown with Bosnia and Herzegovina #1 ranked Masa Bacanov, following her team receiving news that Masa badly damaged her hand during a sparring session earlier today. (more…)
London based Turkish teen sensation Shiya Ozgul is set to make his professional debut, on the Dave Murphy, Acourtier Events promoted “Night Of Champions” extravaganza at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday 4th October.
Just nineteen years of age, Shiya has already fought competitively over eighty times as an amateur, during which he represented his country in international competition on numerous occasions. (more…)
Over the past few years, former Big Brother star Angel ‘The Entertainer’ McKenzie has had a couple of title shots, unfortunately all were abroad and on very short notice, but now this is about to change.
The Brixton based pugilist is in the last stages of her preparations to challenge Germany’s Jennifer Retzke for the GBC Light Welterweight crown on the Dave Murphy Acourtier Events Promoted “Night Of Champions”, At York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday the 4th October. (more…)
Christina Desmond, Jacqui Lynch and Ciara Ginty guaranteed Ireland at least three bronze medals following quarter-final wins at the AIBA World Youth and Junior Championships in Albena, Bulgaria this afternoon and evening.
Desmond, Macroom BC, beat Chinese welter Shi Yazhuo on a unanimous decision to advance to Friday’s 69kg Youth semi-final. (more…)
Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye will now face unbeaten Tyson Fury on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Manchester’s Phones 4u Arena, following the postponement of their original date in September.
The outspoken heavyweight pair were scheduled to box at the same venue this Saturday in what was billed as the British fight of the year, but a cut to Haye’s left eye, picked up in sparring last Friday, scuppered the fight and the entire event. (more…)
World-ranked super-middleweight contender ‘Saint’ George Groves is delighted to announce that Ireland’s Paddy Fitzpatrick will take over training duties ahead of his WBA and IBF title tilt against Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch on November 23.
The announcement comes days after Groves and trainer Adam Booth parted ways following a five-year working relationship and marks the next chapter in the 25-year-old’s promising ring career. (more…)
Malta’s reigning WBU International Light Welterweight Champion ‘Super’ Steve Martin arrived in London on Friday afternoon, within hours he was already sparring at the famous Trad TKO Gym in Canning Town, where he is based for the final preparations for his upcoming title defense, which takes place on the Dave Murphy, Acourtier Events, promoted “Night Of Champions” mega event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday 4th October. (more…)
The IABA’s Boxing Council meet Monday night, September 23, to ratify the Irish squad for next month’s AIBA World Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Monday’s meeting begins at 6pm in the Ringside Club at Dublin’s National Stadium. (more…)
Hayemaker Boxing regret to inform that David Haye has been forced to postpone his September 28 bout with Tyson Fury due to a deep cut suffered during the final spar of training camp.
The cut above his left eyebrow occurred in round two of sparring on Friday night (September 19) and required six stitches by a plastic surgeon at St. Thomas’ hospital. Because of the gravity of the cut, these stitches will now remain in place for five to seven days. (more…)
HBO Sports’ groundbreaking “24/7†reality franchise, which has captured 17 Sports Emmy Awards, returns for its 17th boxing installment with 24/7 Bradley/Marquez, an all-new series debuting Saturday, September 28 from 1:00-1:30 a.m. ET/PT on HBO, immediately following the “World Championship Boxing†presentation beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/P). The all-access series follows two world-class fighters as they prepare for their compelling pay-per-view welterweight title fight.
Episode one:
Debut Saturday, September 28 (1:00-1:30 a.m. ET/PT) (more…)