Author: Boxing Press

  • Eric Hunter vs. TBA September 13 For Regional Feather Crown

    On Friday night, September 13 at Harrahs Philadelphia, Eric Hunter will headline a big night of boxing promoted by Joey Eye Boxing.

    Hunter, of Philadelphia, will take on an opponent to be named for the vacant NABA United States Featherweight title in a bout scheduled for ten rounds. Hunter has a record of 17-2 with 9 knockouts and he has won two straight. (more…)

  • AWE To Broadcast Ricky Burns vs. Ray Beltran WBO Title Fight In US

    This Saturday afternoon Ray Beltran (28-6, 17 KO’s) will take on Ricky Burns for Burns’ WBO Lightweight championship on AWE beginning at 3pm eastern time.

    To say Beltran earned this opportunity is an understatement as the native of Phoenix, Arizona via Los Mochis, Mexico has had to fight his way to this opportunity. (more…)

  • Ex-European Champion Matthew Hatton Hangs Up Gloves

    Manchester’s former European champion and world title challenger, Matthew Hatton, has today announced his retirement from boxing after enjoying a highly successful career which began 13 years ago.

    After missing out on the IBO welterweight strap against highly-rated South African, Chris Van Heerden, in March, the oft-entertaining Hatton has thought long and hard about his future and despite the temptation to give it one more go, he has decided that hanging his gloves up is the right decision to make.

    “The one thing that I always wanted out of my career was the chance to say that I was a world champion,” revealed the man they called “Magic.” (more…)

  • British Heavyweight David Price Splits With Trainer

    David Price has announced that it has been mutually agreed that he and Francis Smith will no longer be working together and have parted on good terms.

    After a careful review of his Career, David came to the decision that a change was appropriate in order to get where he wants to be. It is not a decision that was reached lightly or hastily.

    David said; “Franny will always be more than just a trainer to me, I consider him as a very close friend so making this decision was extremely hard, he did a fantastic job making me the first Liverpudlian British & commonwealth heavyweight champion. (more…)

  • David Haye Goes Entourage For Tyson Fury Fight

    David Haye Sparring

    For much of his professional career David Haye has cut a solitary figure, training alone in London or North Cyprus under the watchful eye of coach Adam Booth.

    But now, in the lead-up to his September 28 clash with Tyson Fury, the hard-hitting heavyweight finds himself flanked by a number of gym-mates, all of whom train alongside him on a daily basis. (more…)

  • More Bouts Added To 2013 Rural Rumble

    The City of Fallon, NV and Let’s Get It On Promotions have added more exciting bouts, and NVBHOF honor presentation to the sixth-installment of “Fallon Fights – Rural Rumble” Saturday August 24th at the Churchill County Fairgrounds.

    Rural Rumble 2013 will feature world class professional boxing, and special presentations by the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. (more…)

  • Kildare’s Gary Cully Takes Gold In Netherlands For Ireland

    Kildare flyweight Gary Cully claimed gold at the 38-nation European Youth Championships in the Netherlands.

    The Nass southpaw, who boxes out of the St David’s BC, beat Masud Yusifzada of Azerbaijan on a unanimous decision to finish on top of the 52kg podium. (more…)

  • Potential Film On Life Of Meldrick Taylor Being Explored

    From the time he wrote down on a dresser drawer as an eight year old child that he would become a world champion, Meldrick Taylor had only one goal.

    From being a prized amateur and a 1984 Olympic Gold Medal winner and then in 1988 finally realizing his dream when he knocked out Buddy McGirt to become the IBF Jr. Welterweight champion, Taylor wasn’t done. (more…)

  • Canadian Prospect Hackett’s Pro Debut Now September 14

    Promising 22-year-old Light Heavyweight Kareem Hackett will officially be making his professional boxing debut in Detroit, Michigan – a good distance from his native Ontario, Canada.

    We are aware that the main draw of the night will be a much more vocalized clash between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It will be the future that will be held in Hackett’s debut; featured on a soon-to-be announced bill ensconced with young talent from the region. (more…)

  • New York State Title Belts On The Line Saturday In Queens

    On Saturday night September 21, one of the biggest nights of boxing comes to the beautiful Resorts World Casino New York City, located in Queens, New York as two New York State title bouts will be contested on a ten bout card promoted by New Legend Boxing, Old World Boxing and W.O.N. Promotions.

    In the main event, scheduled for eight rounds, Leon Moore will take on Rafael Vazquez for the vacant Super Bantamweight title while it will be a battle of undefeated fighters when Frank Galarza and Rich Neves do battle for the vacant Jr. Middleweight crown in the co-main event. (more…)

  • Scott Quigg Gets Home Advantage For WBA Title Bout

    Hometown hero Scott Quigg will challenge Yoandris Salinas for the WBA World Super Bantamweight Title at Manchester’s Phones 4u Arena on September 28, in a bout acting as chief support to David Haye’s blockbuster clash with Tyson Fury.

    The unbeaten Bury fighter claimed his 26th win and 19th inside the distance with a clinical third-round stoppage of William Prado in Bolton in June and now faces the Cuban known as ‘El Nino’ on a huge night of boxing in Manchester. (more…)

  • Adonis Stevenson vs. Tavoris Cloud September 28 In Montreal

    WBC light heavyweight champion, Adonis Stevenson (21-1-0, 18 KOs), will defend his crown for the first time, facing former IBF light heavyweight champion, American Tavoris Cloud (24-1-0, 19 KOs), on Saturday, September 28 in a titanic collision at the Bell Centre in Montreal, airing live on HBO in the United States.

    “Superman Returns” will be co-promoted by Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), Don King Productions (DKP) and Gary Shaw Productions (GSP), in association with Mise-O-Jeu and Videotron. (more…)