Heavyweight contender David Haye gym doors open to Hollywood this week, yet insists his mind remains focused on a June 29 clash with Manuel Charr in Manchester.
Actresses Michelle Rodriguez and Gina Carano, stars of Fast & Furious 6, visited the Vauxhall-based gymnasium while on a promotional tour and offered Haye a sample of an industry he has always viewed with fondness.
But Tinseltown can wait. (more…)
Next Friday, May 17, sees Driffield’s Curtis Woodhouse make his first in-ring appearance since controversially losing his English light-welterweight title to Shayne Singleton back in March.
The oft-exciting Woodhouse has been kept busy since the crushing setback as his online altercation with a Twitter troll became global news and has seen the Yorkshire man’s profile soar. (more…)
Fast-rising Liverpool super-bantamweight James “Jazza” Dickens says he isn’t too bothered about not being able to defend his English title on May 24 as he’s got the opportunity to win another belt.
Manager Steve Wood has searched high and low for a suitable opponent for the St George’s belt but could not find anyone willing to step up to the plate. (more…)
Ireland recorded a shut out 10-0 victory over France in Friday night’s Elite international at the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork.
Paddy Barnes, Michael Conlan, John Joe Nevin, who won silver and two bronze medals at the London Olympics, Sean McComb, David Oliver Joyce, Adam Nolan, Jason Quigley, Joe Ward, Jimmy Sweeney and Con Sheehan had their hands raised in triumph on Leeside. (more…)
World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko (59-3, 51 KOs), of Ukraine, in his 2013 debut, will be making title defense No. 14 in his current seven-year reign as heavyweight kingpin.
Klitschko meets undefeated Top-10 contender and cancer survivor Francesco Pianeta (28-0-1, 15 KOs), of Italy. “Dr. Steelhammer” will also be going for his landmark 60th professional victory. (more…)
Respect was the name of the game this afternoon as heavyweight contenders David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye and Manuel ‘Diamond Boy’ Charr met at a Manchester press conference ahead of their bout on Saturday, June 29, live on Sky Sports.
Though known for their outspoken antics, Haye and Charr left the trash-talk at home, instead choosing to emphasise the importance of their summer encounter and expressing a desire to land a shot at the world heavyweight championship. (more…)
The stars and scribes always come out when Floyd “Money†Mayweather fights, and there will be an abundance of both when the Eight-Time and Five-Division World Champion returns to the ring to face Six-Time and Four-Division Champion Robert “The Ghost†Guerrero in the highly anticipated main event of “May Day: Mayweather vs. Guerrero†this Saturday, May 4 live on Showtime PPV from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
So who is going to triumph? The experts overwhelmingly like Mayweather to be victorious, but none expect it to be simple or easy. Mayweather is the favorite as always, but most expect a competitive, hard-fought scrap, and no one foresees a blow-out. (more…)
InterBox and Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) are proud to announce all six undercard bouts that will support the historic fight between Lucian Bute (31-1-0 24 KO) and Jean Pascal (27-2-1 16 KO) on Saturday, May 25th 2013 at the Montreal Bell Centre.
Four title belts will be on the line for this Mega Card that has already convinced over 17,000 fans to purchase their tickets. Several new good tickets have been placed into circulation for the general public on Monday. (more…)
Ken Egan is backing Joe Ward against Abdelkader Bouhenia of France in Cork and Dublin on Friday and Sunday.
Ireland meet France at the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork on Friday night (7.30pm) and at Dublin’s National Stadium on Sunday (2pm).
“Performance on the day is what it is all about. I spoke to Joe recently and he looks trim and fit, all the squad do. They all look in great shape and focussed, “ said Egan to the Irish Amateur Boxing Association’s website. (more…)
Eight-Time and Five-Division World Champion Floyd “Money†Mayweather and Six-Time and Four-Division World Champion Robert “The Ghost†Guerrero made their grand arrivals on Tuesday at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, formally kicking off fight week for “May Day: Mayweather vs. Guerrero†taking place this Saturday, May 4, live on Showtime PPV (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) from the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Below are two brief quotes from Mayweather & Guerrero: (more…)
A big night of boxing is lined up for Saturday May 4 at the Multiversum arena in Vienna-suburb Schwechat, featuring two of Austria’s most popular fighters, Gogi Knezevic and Timy Shala, in World Boxing Federation Intercontinental title fights.
Knezevic (24-4-1, 12 KOs) will be taking on rugged and experienced Hungarian Jozsef Matolcsi (32-19-1, 20 KOs) for the vacant Middleweight championship, while the undefeated Shala (15-0, 6 KOs) will contest the vacant Light Heavyweight crown against Tomas Adamek (19-7-1, 7 KOs) from the Czech Republic. (more…)
Marianne Marston, the exciting protégé of legendary Heavyweight Champion of the World Smokin’ Joe Frazier and two time IBF Cruiserweight Champion of the World Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham, made an impressive start to her long awaited professional career at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, on Saturday night.
Marianne, who was discovered and trained by the aforementioned Smokin’ Joe, until his landmark North Philadelphia gym closed in 2008, has had a succession of false starts to her career over the past few years, was clearly fired up for the fight against Hungarian Gabriella Roman. (more…)