Gary Buckland struck a mighty blow to Derry Mathews’ ribs to win the Prizefighter Super-Featherweights tournament at York Hall, Bethnal Green on a memorable night for British boxing. The Welshman destroyed British champion Gary Sykes with a devastating knock out in the opening round of their semi-final before claiming the trophy and £32,000 winner’s cheque…
Farah “The Quiet Storm†Ennis started off Boxing’s biggest weekend in Atlantic City with a bang as he remained undefeated and captured the NABF Super Middleweight championship with a seven round beat down of Victor Lares that highlighted a big seven bout card dubbed Battle II at Harrah’s Resort & Casino that was promoted by…
Fighting in his native country for the first time, Miami-based prospect Michael “The Brazilian Rocky†Oliveira had a memorable homecoming, knocking-out Junior “Dangerous†Ramos in tonight’s main event, headlining “A Gala Night of Boxing†pro-am boxing card at Espaco das Americas in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “A Gala Night of Boxing, presented by Rumble Star Promotions…
Former WBA lightweight champion Paulus “The Hitman†Moses (25-1, 17 KOs) will be back in action on Thursday in his hometown of Windhoek, Namibia, facing Argentine challenger Sergio Omar Priotti (22-7-1, 8 KOs). Moses traveled to Japan in 2008 and defeated then-champion Yusuke Kobori to win the WBA lightweight crown. In his last appearance on…
IBF International Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek held a media workout to promote his upcoming December 9th title defense at Prudential Center in Newark NJ, against Vinny Maddalone, Queens, NY, 33-6, 24 KO’s. Adamek feels his preparation is right where it should be at this time. “I’ve been training hard for 7 weeks with Roger,” said…
By Per Ake Persson Alexander Dimitrenko´s mandatory defence of the European heavyweight title against Albert Sosnowski has now been announced for December 4 (as previously reported) with Schwerin as site. Dimitrenko, from Ukraine, living in Germany and now a German citizen is making the first defence of the title. It´s announced by Universum that the…
This Saturday undefeated Bayan Jargal (15-0-3, 10KO’s) will face the toughest test of his young career, when he takes on Steve Upsher Chambers (22-1-1, 6KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall Convention Center in Atlantic City, NJ. The bout, scheduled for six rounds in the jr. welterweight division, will be one of the undercard bouts to the…
Ricky Hatton insists his weight loss that has nothing to do with a rumoured comeback. The former two weight world champion has shed 34lb in five weeks since leaving The Priory where he was treated for depression. Hatton, 32, is not even contemplating fighting againat the moment but is still training and puts his fitness…
Undefeated Michael “The Brazilian Rocky†Oliveira and his promoter, Rumble Star Promotions, take the first step towards popularizing boxing in Brazil Saturday night with the presentation of “A Gala Night of Boxing†pro-am event. “A Gala Night of Boxing,†presented by Rumble Star Promotions, in association with Reunion Sports & Marketing, will air live on…
Showtime Sports officially announced today that The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All-the two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders-will begin with two Semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11 at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. Showtime will televise the fights live at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.
© Lawrence Lustig Gary McArthur says he is the danger-man in the line-up for Saturday’s Prizefighter Super-Featherweights live on Sky Sports.
An Irish title fight comes to Connaught for the first time ever this Saturday when Mayo’s own John “The Warrior†Waldron defends his Irish title against Belfast’s Ciaran Healy on the undercard of the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar. Top of the bill on the RTÉ televised event is…