Darren Barker has told Matthew Macklin that their long awaited fight must happen this year if they get through their upcoming title fights. Barker takes on Domenico Spada at London’s Olympia on Saturday night for the vacant European Middleweight title live on Sky Sports. Should the Londoner regain the title he was forced to surrender…
Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum participated in an international media conference call on Wednesday to discuss Pacquiao’s upcoming WBO welterweight title defense against three-division world champion Shane Mosley on Saturday, May 7, at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas. What…
Losing fighters could get second chance under new guidelines The British Boxing Board of Control have passed a proposed rule change for reserves in Prizefighter ahead of the International Heavyweights night at Alexandra Palace on May 7, live on Sky Sports. The change means that should a winning boxer in Prizefighter fail to pass a…
Three-division world champion “Sugar†Shane Mosley, his trainer Naazim Richardson and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum participated in an international media conference call on Tuesday to discuss Mosley’s upcoming fight against Manny Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight championship on Saturday, May 7, at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev. What the…
It’s a family affair on Friday, May 6, as brothers Librado Andrade and Enrique Ornelas headline an intriguing doubleheader at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. The theme of family continues further with the main event, as Andrade will square off against Aaron Pryor Jr., the son of the legendary Hall of Fame boxer,…
Dollis Hill, London based American Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Oshunrinde feels that he has a point to prove when he returns to York Hall to face Sam Couzens, at the Graham Earl Promoted ‘Redemption Day’ double title headlined event, on Saturday 7th May 2011. Back in January, at Graham Earl’s ‘Capital Punishment’ event, Oshunrinde plain outclassed and…
A shot at the championship of the world is why most fighters enter the business of boxing. Terry Malloy, the hero in the 1954 Academy Award winning film, On the Waterfront, explained in a few famous words how his life and boxing career suffered because he failed to reach that level. “I coulda had class,…
US Army Captain and multi-time amateur champion Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson will return to the ring against an opponent to be named in a four round junior middleweight bout Thursday, May 19 at the Roseland Ballroom in his hometown of New York, NY. Following an amateur career where he defeated the likes of Deandre Latimore and…
In the main event of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights from the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KOs) won a near shutout unanimous decision over a game Bayan Jargal (15-2-3, 9 KOs). Prescott worked his jab and landed the better power punches throughout the fight. Jargal had no answer to Prescott’s movement…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull†Darchinyan and former IBF bantamweight champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano†Perez both made weight one day before their main-event meeting on Showtime Championship Boxing this Saturday, April 23, live on Showtime,10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.
Former World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost†Pavlik, his trainer Jack Loew and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum participated in an international media conference call on Friday to discuss Pavlik’s upcoming return to boxing on Saturday, May 7 at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev.
Amid the summer like heat and humidity deep in the heart of Texas, Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee prepares with world renowned trainer Ronnie Shields for his ESPN2 Friday Night Fights debut on Friday, May 6th in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 23 year old Lee, a top rated light heavyweight prospect, will look to…