Kieran Molloy, Sean Conroy and Willie Donoghue will be taking home at least three bronze medals from the AIBA World Junior Championships in Kiev, Ukraine.
The Irish trio all won their quarter-finals bouts today to book their tickets into Saturday’s semi-finals at the 57-nation tournament. (more…)
Ghost Town Promotions present Warriors Conquest III, an evening of action-packed professional boxing on Saturday, September 28 at the Longmont Athletic Club. (more…)
Kieran Molloy, Willie Donoghue and Irish team captain John Joyce all claimed victories in Kiev, Ukraine this afternoon and evening to book their tickets into the last-eight of the AIBA World Junior Championships.
The trio join Sean Conroy in Thursday’s (September 12th) quarter-finals. All four are now just one win away from at least a bronze medal each. (more…)
Canelo Alvarez and I have big fights coming up this weekend. His is the ring and mine in treatment.
I will not be at the fight to cheer Canelo to victory since I have voluntarily admitted myself into a treatment facility.
I explained this to Canelo and he understood that my health and longterm recovery from my disease must come first.
Thank you for your understanding. I ask for your support and privacy during this difficult time for me and my family.
Undefeated Black Country light middleweight, Kyle Spencer is hoping for a shot at a Midlands Title in the near future as he prepares for his first fight of the new season.
The impressive 23-year is in confident mood ahead of his showdown with experienced Jay Morris at the Copthorne Hotel Dudley-Merry Hill this Saturday, 14th September. (more…)
Boxing’s fastest rising superstar Gennady “GGG†Golovkin will defend his WBA/IBO Middleweight Titles against world ranked contender Curtis Stevens on Saturday, November 2 from The Theater at Madison Square Garden, “The Mecca of Boxing.†The fight will be televised Live on HBO. (more…)
Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has laughed off Tyson Fury’s claim that he will pursue a kickboxing bout just one month after the pair’s boxing showdown on September 28 in Manchester.
Fury expressed his desire to compete in the kickboxing contest, scheduled for Bucharest on October 25, regardless of whether he wins or loses against Haye later this month. But Haye, the betting favourite, doesn’t expect his nemesis to succeed with punches or kicks anytime soon.
“If it was allowed, I’d let Tyson use his head, shoulders, knees and toes against me on September 28,†said the Londoner. “He’ll need all of those sharp edges just to make the fight competitive. (more…)
Ricky Burns was fortunate to keep his WBO Lightweight championship with a twelve round split draw with Raymundo Beltran at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, Scotland
The fight was televised live in the United States on AWE (formerly Wealth TV).
Burns controlled the first round and a he as he jabbed and worked the body. Beltran started landing some hard shots with the left hook and began to find his rhythm in round’s two and three. (more…)
Someone’s ‘0’ must go at the ‘Celtic Clash’, but stylish switch hitting former Irish amateur champion Declan Trainor is determined that he will maintain his clean slate when he faces fellow unbeaten Sligo fighter Stephen ‘Block’ Reynolds for the Celtic Nations cruiserweight title on a bumper bill at the Devenish Complex in Belfast on Saturday, September 14.
Trainor has not been required to get off his stool for round two thus far in his pro career. The double dose of first round knockouts dished out to his foes in his opening contests have sent alarm bells ringing around the cruiserweight division and he is confident that he can keep his run of stoppages going in Belfast against Reynolds. (more…)
Martin Collins and Sean Conroy will be the first two Irish boxers in action at the AIBA World Junior Championships in Kiev, Ukraine this weekend. (more…)
If Canelo Alvarez is awestruck by the prospect of trying to do something that no one else has done – defeat pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather – he doesn’t show it.
Canelo maintained the same cool, calm expression throughout a nine-city press tour to promote “The One: Mayweather vs. Canelo” – the highly anticipated, super welterweight world championship pay-per-view showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, Sept. 14. It was the look of a man who is never hurried and never worried. All business. (more…)
On Saturday, September 21, the Whippany Athletic Club on Algonquin Parkway will be hosting an all-day open house open to the public, featuring a variety of events, including a meet and greet with Hall-of-Fame heavyweight knockout artist Lou Esa.
The Whippany Athletic Club is a state-of-the-art facility featuring a brand new boxing ring, several heavy bags of various sizes, speed bags, and an assortment of weightlifting and cardio equipment. (more…)