Carl Froch will announce the opponent for his first IBF super middleweight title defence live on Sky Sports News on Monday, August 20. The three time World champion will box in November in the first defence of the title he won in stunning fashion with a fifth round KO of Lucian Bute at the Capital…
Darren Barker returns to action on September 8 live on Sky Sports and says he will prove he belongs at World level when he faces Simone Rotolo. The Londoner co-headlines Sky’s season opener at the Alexandra Palace in north London in his first fight since pushing Sergio Martinez all the way in his World middleweight…
Former Amateur star Tyler Goodjohn is the latest boxer to join up with the fast growing Goodwin Promotions stable having signed a long term promotional deal. Promoter Steve Goodwin is delighted with the latest acquisition. “I have been a long standing admirer of Tyler, in fact he fought on one of our early promotional shows.
On a very rainy night in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Jose “Piston†Lopez became the new World Boxing Federation Welterweight Champion by defeating countryman Jose Emilio Perea by majority decision on a show promoted by HG Boxing and Promociones Del Pueblo at the legendary Jalisco Arena.
Matchroom Sport in association with Orion Sport can announce that Steve Molitor has replaced Kiko Martinez for Betfair’s Judgement Day fight night at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on Saturday September 22, live on Sky Sports. The two-time World super bantamweight champion takes the place of the injured Spaniard and will challenge the Belfast star…
Middleweight contender Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin is gearing up for his Las Vegas debut on September 15th where he will take on former World Champ, Joachim Alcine on a card headlined by the eagerly awaited World Middleweight title clash between Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez. Macklin pushed Martinez close in a brave effort…
Matchroom Sport will make a huge announcement for British boxing on August 28 at a media day at their headquarters in Essex. Hearn’s stable of exciting British stars and future talent will assemble in front of the media in Brentwood as they all stand on the cusp of huge fights in their careers.
One of the youngest and most promising promoters in Cape Town, Charles Mijikela of Amandla Boxing Promotions, has put together an exciting card for his show in Lwandle Township in Strand, Cape Town on 26 August. The main fight on this six fight card will showcase one of the top up and coming fighters in…
The Super Powers of the junior featherweight and the junior welterweight divisions will do more than flex their muscles when they battle for supremacy, mano a mano, in a sensational night of championship boxing. Top-Five pound for pound fighter and four-division world champion Nonito “Filipino Flash†Donaire (29-1, 18 KOs), a native of General Santos…
Universal Promotions, Gary Shaw Productions and Dibella Entertainment will be presenting ‘Night of Champions’, a card to be held on Friday, August 31 at the Guillermo Angulo Coliseum in Carolina, Puerto Rico. In the co-feature bout, ambidextrous boxer, José ‘Sniper’ Pedraza (9-0, 6 KOs), will be facing off against José Valderrama (4-1, 2 KOs), in…
Super Bantamweight contender Scott Quigg arrived in Los Angeles today, where he is training at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym, home to Manny Pacquiao and many of the best boxers in the world. Currently undefeated, British and WBA Inter-Continental Champion Quigg will be staying in Hollywood, where his trainer Joe Gallagher will join him at…
The Irish Olympic boxing squad will join their Team Ireland team-mates at an official London 2012 Olympics homecoming reception in Dublin tomorrow, August 15th. An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will host a Government reception for the athletes in the Phoenix Park tomorrow afternoon. The Irish Amateur Boxing Squad will host a Question & Answer evening in…