On Friday night April 19th, a great night of boxing will be presented at Harrahs Philadelphia and is promoted by Joey Eye Boxing Promotions and David Feldman.
In the main event, it will be a ten round battle for the Pennsylvania State Light Heavyweight title when Dhafir Smith battles Anthony Caputo Smith. Smith of Upper Darby, PA has the most deceiving record of 26-23-7 with four knockouts but that doesn’t even begin to tell the story. (more…)
Carl Froch appears on The Jonathan Ross Show at 9.20pm on ITV1 tomorrow night, April 6, ahead of his sold-out blockbuster rematch with Mikkel Kessler on May 25 at the O2 Arena in London. The event – billed as ‘Warriors’ Call’ – is live on Sky Box Office and promoted by Matchroom Boxing. (more…)
Carl Froch has joined Premiership footballers and London 2012 athletes to appear in an HIV awareness campaign launching this month in East London.
The Saving Lives Avengers will feature in posters and leaflets across The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel to promote an innovative offering of routine HIV testing to all patients having blood tests taken in the emergency department. The campaign is a collaboration between Barts Health NHS Trust and Saving Lives, a national HIV awareness charity which enjoys the support of many sporting stars. (more…)
Deontay “Bronze Bomber†Wilder (27-0, 27 KO’s) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama will be crossing the Atlantic to take on Harlesden’s 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Audley ‘A-Force’ Harrison (31-6, 23 KO’s) in the co-featured fight that will headline a thrilling undercard on “The Return of the King: Khan vs. Diaz†bill at Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on Saturday 27 April. (more…)
After months of deliberating, Liverpool’s highly-rated Robbie Davies Jnr has inked a long term deal with Coldwell Boxing after resisting various offers from rival promoters.
The Kirkby prospect who has a wealth of international amateur experience has been undecided on his career since being on the sour end of a controversial decision in last year’s ABA final against Louis Adolphe. (more…)
Brian Rose is hunting a World title clash with WBO light middleweight champion Zaurbek Baysangurov. The Blackpool man is to face Joachim Alcine live on Sky Sports on April 20 at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
The event billed as ‘The New Life of Brian’, will see Rose fight for the WBO Inter-Continental title. (more…)
Dean ‘ Irish Lightning’ Byrne versus Jay ‘Isle Of Wight Assassin’ Morris, for the International Masters Welterweight title, heads up the upcoming Dave Murphy promoted Thunder & Lightning event, which takes place at York Hall in London on Saturday 27th April 2013.
On paper globe trotting Irishman Byrne has to be the bookies favourite, especially following his sensational performance against former USBA Welterweight Champion Carson Jones back in December – where he was mightily unlucky to receive a draw and not the clear win that most pundits thought he thoroughly deserved. (more…)
This Thursday, there will be a special ribbon cutting ceremony in conjunction of the opening of the state of the art McGirt Training Facility in Nutley, NJ.
The beautiful new building will also house the offices of Greg Cohen Promotions, GH3 Promotions & Ediroc Fight Factory.
The ceremony will begin at 10 am and there will be members of the boxing industry and community leaders present.
The McGirt Training Facility is located at 75 Franklin Ave., Nutley, NJ, 07110.
Local rivals Gunnar Jackson (15-3-3, 5 KOs) and Adrian Taihia (8-1-2, 4 KOs) are set to clash for the vacant World Boxing Federation Oceania Super Middleweight title on April 5 at the ABA Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.
The match-up is a highly anticipated rematch of their October 2012 encounter, which ended in a ten-round draw at the same venue, and is appropriately dubbed “Unfinished Business†by promoter Craig Thompson, who is reporting that the event is close to a sell-out. (more…)
A keen spectator at Liverpool’s Echo Arena last Saturday was Yorkshire-based promoter, Dave Coldwell, who was in attendance to oversee the progress of two of his booming stable as Chris Metcalf and Derry Mathews were in action.
Also catching Coldwell’s eye was Blackpool’s Scott Cardle who prepared for his April 20th meeting with Coldwell Boxing’s Maxi Hughes by outpointing Yves Mesny over four rounds. (more…)
Sergey Rabchenko’s performance in Monaco on Saturday night received a Royal seal of approval.
The undefeated European and WBC silver light-middleweight champ wiped out Adriano Nicchi inside two rounds in front of a clearly impressed Prince Albert II at the wonderful Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo.
And manager Philippe Fondu believes the Belarusian sensation, who is trained by Ricky Hatton, will soon be wowing the great and the good in many other parts of the world. (more…)
It’s about to get a lot easier for boxing fans in Sin City to catch one of the year’s biggest nights of boxing during Cinco de Mayo weekend.
Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and MGM Resorts International announced today that five MGM Resorts properties will host live closed circuit telecasts of “May Day: Mayweather vs. Guerrero,” the Saturday, May 4 mega-fight between Eight-Time and Five-Division Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Six-Time and Four-Division World Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (more…)