Paul McCloskey will face DeMarcus Corley on May 5 at the King’s Hall in Belfast live on Sky Sports – and the winner could land a shot at the WBC light welterweight crown. Corley, a former WBO light welterweight champion ranked 15 by the WBC, replaces Julio Diaz as Dudey’s opponent after the Mexican raised…
Knockout artist Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne is threatening to run British boxing’s top heavyweights out of town. The unbeaten Australian heavyweight champion – who has knocked out ten of his 11 victims – is teaming up with Hatton Promotions, and boxes on their card at Oldham Sports Centre, on Saturday April 21.
Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez and Sugar Shane Mosley are deep in training for their respective May 5 bouts taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas which will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View. For Mayweather, being back in the gym feels just right as he trains…
Undefeated former World Lightweight Champion Brandon “Bam Bam†Rios (29-0-1, 22 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., his opponent, WBA interim lightweight champion and Cuban expatriate Richard Abril (17-2-1, 8 KOs), hosted the Final Las Vegas News Conference today in the Mizuya Lounge at Mandalay Bay.
Don King hosted the final press conference today before Saturday’s first boxing card at the new and improved Casino Miami Jai-Alai that will feature WBC United States super welterweight champion Joey “Twinkle Fingers†Hernandez (20-1-1, 11 KOs) against Shakir “The Assassin†Ashanti (16-12, 4 KOs), from New Bern, S.C.
After a spectacular knockout during his professional debut last month, Hosea “The Hammer†Burton will look to be just as explosive when he graces the square circle on June 8th in Rotherham. Taking his place on the undercard of “Real Steelâ€, at the Magna Science Centre in six weeks time, the super middleweight created a…
WBA Welterweight Champion Vyacheslav Senchenko plans to make a major statement in his April 29 world title defense, live on pay per viewfrom Donboss Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine, against former IBF junior welterweight titlist Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi.
Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla has laughed off Derry Mathews’s claim that he branded his big fight rival a “stepping stoneâ€. Crolla, 25, makes his second British lightweight title defence against his Merseyside challenger at Oldham Sports Centre on Saturday April 21.
Hatton Promotions stable-mates Ryan Rhodes and Sergey Rabchenko will meet for the vacant European light-middleweight title at Manchester Velodrome, on Saturday 16th June. The brilliant 12 round battle will be one of several top class fights on the ‘Road To Glory’ bill headed by the WBA interim super-bantamweight championship clash between Scott Quigg and Rendall…
Boxing stars joined a sold-out crowd of 500 at this past Sunday’s inaugural New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (“NYSBHOF”) induction dinner, sponsored by Ring 8, at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York. “Boxing in New York will not be forgotten,” NYSBHOF founder Tony Mazzarella said. “Boxers, cornermen, judges, promoters, announcers…
On Friday night April 27th, The biggest boxing weekend in Atlantic City kicks off with an important USBA Title clash when Omar Sheika takes on Yusaf Mack. The show is promoted by Nedal Abuhumoud’s Nedal’s Promotions and Andre Kut’s KEA Boxing.
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returns to the Times Union Center in Albany, New York with ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights on Friday, May 18th. The May 18th event marks the return of Star Boxing to the Times Union Center, following an action packed debut on February 4th.