Waltham Abbey Light Welterweight Phil Gill is set for major television exposure, when he appears on the undercard of ‘Dazzling’ Darren Barker’s European Middleweight Title showdown with Italian Domenico Spada at the Matchroom Sports promoted event at Olympia in Kensington, London, on Saturday 30th April 2011.
World ranked super middleweight Donovan “Da Bomb†George returns to action in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois this Friday night, April 1st, against Baltimore’s Maxell “The General†Taylor at the UIC Pavilion. The George/Taylor twelve round clash for the vacant USBA Title, headlines “Windy City Fight Night 16, a sensational seven bout card presented by…
Ricky Hatton will be leading the tributes at a testimonial dinner for one of his closest friends, Jamie Moore this week. ‘The Hitman’ will be the guest speaker at the gala evening being held for the former British, Commonwealth and European light-middleweight champion at De Vere Whites Hotel at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on April 2.
This past Friday night, in River Grove, Illinois, highly regarded prospect Adrian “EL Tigre†Granados put on an outstanding performance that will be talked about for years to come in an eight round welterweight battle against Detroit’s Lanardo Tyner.
Middleweight contender Benjamin Simon suffered a serious hand injury in the last week of sparring for his IBF elimination bout against Sam Soliman (scheduled for April 1st in Berlin). “The capsule of Simon’s left hand is bruised with odema in tenderparts and an intraarticular haematom“, said Dr. med. Robert Stelzer adding that Simon will be…
Former World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost†Pavlik will make his long-awaited return to the ring when he takes on undefeated WBC Continental Americas super middleweight champion Alfonso “El Tigre†Lopez, Saturday, May 7, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev.
Russia’s premier boxer is back in action tonight as Dmitry Pirog will put his WBO middleweight belt on the line for the first time, meeting challenger Javier Francisco Maciel at DIVS Arena in Ekaterinburg. Pirog hasn’t been in the ring since winning the vacant title in July, 2010 with a masterful dismantling of highly touted…
Somebody’s “O†had to go in tonight’s Brazilian-Argentinean showdown between unbeaten prospects, as Michael “The Brazilian Rocky†Oliveira’s rising popularity in his native country continued to grow with his 10-round unanimous decision victory against a game Abel Nicolas “El Principito†Adriel, headlining the “International Boxing Challenge†pro-am event at Mauro Pinheiro Gymnasium in Sao Paulo.
When two-time world title challenger Bobby “The Celtic Warrior†Gunn heard future foe Ran Nakash agreed to face Marco Huck next Saturday in Germany, he understood the unbeaten Israeli’s motive. Typically, when a fight is built up over a period of time and one man goes in another direction, he is considered to be “ducking 
WBA Interim Super Bantamweight champion Guillermo ‘El Chacal’ Rigondeaux (8-0, 6 KOs), arguably the greatest amateur boxer of all time, retained his world title last Saturday night by beating previously undefeated hometown favorite and former European champion, Willie ‘Big Bang†Casey (11-1, 7 KOs), in impressive fashion at City West Convention Center in Dublin.
With less than two weeks until the fight week festivities begin in advance of the April 9 “Action Heroes” pay-per-view event, four of the fighters on the stacked fight card are sticking to their workout and diet routines as their respective camps start to wind down.
Chicagoland fan favorites Donovan “Da Bomb†George and Adrian “El Tigre†Granados opened their training camps to the Chicago media on Thursday afternoon. Working the mitts and shadowboxing, both looked in great shape and very sharp as they wound down preparations for their upcoming bouts at Windy City Fight Night 16, presented by Dominic Pesoli’s…