Hatton Promotions CEO – Ricky Hatton – hosted a packed final press conference today ahead of Saturday’s bumper ‘Road To Glory’ bill at Manchester Velodrome. The stacked show is the mushrooming promotional organisation’s biggest ever card with a stack of competitive matches. It features four major fights including the vacant interim WBA super-bantamweight title bout…
Exciting middleweight prospect Ryan Aston will take on Curtis Valentine for the vacant Midlands Area title on the packed undercard of the Kell Brook vs. Carson Jones show on July 7 at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield. Aston has made an impressive start to his professional career, winning all seven of his fights in his first…
Bob Arum, Chairman and CEO of Top Rank, said today that he has submitted a formal request to the Nevada Attorney General’s office for a full and complete inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the scoring of Saturday’s WBO welterweight championship fight between defending champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Timothy Bradley. The Pacquiao-Bradley welterweight title fight…
Don King arrived in Montreal this evening, June 12, to appear at a Wednesday press conference formally announcing his fighter, undefeated IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud (24-0, 19 KOs), will face former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KOs) on Aug. 11 in a highly anticipated showdown of two young fighters…
Columbia’s former super middleweight champion, Alejandro Berrio (32-5, 29 KOs), returns to the ring this Friday, June 15, when he faces fellow countryman Evert Bravo (18-4-1, 14 KOs) in the 10-round main event at the Coliseo Cubierto Elias Chegwin in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Once beaten cruiserweight contender BJ Flores (27-1-1, 17 KOs) has gone public, calling out undefeated Nigerian Lateef “Power” Kayode (18-0-1, 14 KOs) after his fight on Showtime Championship Boxing where he had a draw with five-time world champion, Antonio Tarver (29-6-1, 20 KOs). Flores contacted Gary Shaw Productions last week with his request.
On May 19th, Cuban heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis returned to action by outclassing IBF intercontinental champion Konstantin Airich in Pharr, Texas. It was Solis’ first fight since suffering a bad knee injury at the end of the first round of his WBC heavyweight title fight against Vitali Klitschko in March 2011 in Germany.
Andy ‘Irish’ Lee (28-1, 20KO’s) is a fighter on a mission as he prepares to challenge unbeaten middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) for his WBC championship green belt on June 16 at the outdoor Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, Texas. The tall 6’2’’ Kronk fighter has just completed a 10 week…
World Boxing Federation Light Heavyweight Champion Doudou Ngumbu won his title the hard way, by going into his opponent’s backyard to put on an impressive performance. He did so last November when he beat Aleksy Koziemski in the Polish fighter’s hometown of Bialystok. While Ngumbu, 29-3 (11), will not be going abroad for his first…
Today ended the activities of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY. The day began with a very colorful parade through the streets of Canastota. The world champions paraded and greeted everyone. Music bands and school ensembles also walked through the city.
Ireland beat France 3-2 in Saturday night’s Round Robin head-to-head in Calais, France. London 2012 Olympians Michael Conlan and John Joe Nevin fired Ireland into a 2-0 lead with wins over Nordine Ouballi and Mamadou Bahily. The Conlan versus Ouballi duel was a repeat of the 2011 AIBA World Senior Championships clash which the Belfast…
Former World Champion Julio “La Sombra†Zarate captured the vacant World Boxing Federation Latin Super Bantamweight title on Thursday night when he defeated Mexican countryman Francisco Dianzo at the Discoteca New York in Puebla, Mexico.