Saturday 19th February, Wembley Arena will not only be the hosts for the British title double header fights between Lenny Daws (Molden) vs. Ashley Theophane (Kilburn) and John O’Donnell (Shepherd’s Bush) vs. Craig Watson (Manchester), but for the first time Enfield’s popular boxing stars, the Evangelou brothers will both be in action in the pro…
Robin Reid will make his boxing comeback in his hometown of Liverpool when he lines up in Prizefighter Super-Middleweights II on March 23. The Grim Reaper steps out of retirement at Liverpool Olympia live on Sky Sports in the 17th edition of Matchroom Sport’s eight-man, one night tournaments, and warned prospective opponents that he still…
Hatton Promotions boxer Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla will challenge John Watson for the vacant British lightweight title in Liverpool on Saturday February 12. Crolla, 24, is stepping up a weight division and accepted the short notice job after Gavin Rees decided to vacate. Although the exciting Mancunian has just two weeks to prepare for his…
Mexican sensation Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has been the talk of the boxing world for the last two years, but on Saturday, February 5, his older brother Rigoberto Alvarez will be making some noise of his own when he defends his WBA Interim Super Welterweight Title against El Paso, Texas’ unbeaten Austin Trout in the main…
By Per Ake Persson Danish super middle Rudy Markussen is injured and off Sauerland´s show in Herning, Denmark, February 12. WBC, WBA and WBO female welter ruler Cecilia Braekhus is also off the bill due to a virus. Comebacking former Contender participant Ahmed Kaddour has stepped in as replacement. Middleweight Patrick Nielsen headlines in his…
Pacman Fever hit MGM Grand this morning with one of the biggest ticket runs in Las Vegas boxing history. Between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT, 16,000 tickets were sold to the Manny Pacquiao vs. Sugar Shane Mosley world welterweight championship. Barely 1,000 seats remain for Pacquiao’s return to the Fight Capital of the World,…
Andreas “The Ace†Evangelou making pro debut. London (January 31, 2011) Saturday 19th February, Wembley Arena will not only be the hosts for the British title double header fights between Lenny Daws (Molden) vs. Ashley Theophane (Kilburn) and John O’Donnell (Shepherd’s Bush) vs. Craig Watson (Manchester), but for the first time Enfield’s popular boxing stars,…
After earning a majority draw last November in a crowd-pleasing, back-and-forth contest, former D.C. world champion William Joppy (39-6-2, 30 KOs) and dangerous veteran Cory “Black Ice†Cummings (17-4-1, 13 KOs) of Baltimore, MD will look to settle Beltway bragging rights when they return to the Patriot Center on March 12 as the 10-round Co-Main…
When Jimmy Tibbs says that former IBO Light Welterweight Champion Colin Lynes, whose next fight is on Saturday 12th February 2011 at Olympia in Liverpool, could campaign for a second world crown, this time at Welterweight, only a boxing philistine could possibly doubt the man’s words.
© Lawrence Lustig Travis Dickinson made Prizefighter a family affair on Saturday, claiming the Light Heavyweights II title in a dramatic night at London’s Olympia to join brother Jon-Lewis as a Prizefighter champion, live in 3D on Sky Sports.
A hit in his first fight in Puerto Rico last December, unbeaten lightweight prospect Michael “The Artist” Pérez returns to the island on Friday, February 4, to square off against Colorado’s Marcos Herrera in the eight round main event of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” at the Coliseo Félix Méndez Acevedo in his father’s hometown of…
Denton Vassell will make the first defence of his Commonwealth welterweight title in Wigan on Saturday March 26. Vassell, who works for a high street bank by day, will be in 12 round action at Robin Park Sports Centre against an opponent who will be named in the next ten days.