He already shares a background story with former Heavyweight Champ Lennox Lewis and now exciting puncher Andrew Singh Kooner wants to replicate Lewis’ achievements in the ring. Kooner like Lewis was born in England but raised in Canada where he started his boxing career. Kooner enjoyed a glorious amateur career which included a European Junior…
British Lightweight Champion John Murray believes that next season could be a big one for his beloved Manchester City and mirror his own personal ambitions in the boxing ring. The unbeaten 24-year-old makes the second defence of his Lonsdale belt against reigning English Champion, Scott Lawton on Hennessy Sports “Rule Britannia†event at the Robin…
© Onesongchai Boxing Promotion On Friday, 5th June 2009 at the ground stadium of Sawangdaendin in Sakhonnakorn, Thailand, WBC#4 feather Chonlatarn Or Piriyapinyo (30-0,16 KOs) successfully retained his ABCO 126lb title as he stopped Filipino Jonel Alivio (reportedly 9-9-1,4 KOs).
Frank Maloney has captured the coveted “Promoter of the Year” award of the European Boxing Union. The announcement from the Rome based EBU comes as no surprise as the London based promoter has worked tirelessly to deliver many European title fights.
Former world title challenger Alejandro Valdez will make his return to the ring tonight against Genaro Carmago headlining a seven bout action packed card at the Explanada Tecate in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico . The Valdez/Carmago super bantamweight bout is scheduled for ten rounds.
On Friday, June 26th, fight fans at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona will get a first-hand look at the brightest young stars in the boxing universe. Undefeated middleweight Daniel “The Golden Child” Jacobs, rising junior middleweight star Erislandy Lara and 2008 United States Olympic Bronze Medalist Deontay Wilder step into the ring in…
Tickets for the series premiere of Golden Boy Promotions’ highly anticipated “Fight Night Club,” are going at a brisk pace with a sell-out of the event expected. There are still a limited number of VIP and Mezzanine seats left and the remaining General Admission tickets left for fans looking to attend this exciting scheduled seven-bout…
Three-time world light heavyweight champion and “Rocky Balboa†co-star Antonio Tarver will be featured on the next “TV One Access,” when host Tatyana Ali and correspondent Quddus celebrate the hottest 40-year-olds in Hollywood. “The Big 4-OH!” is an hour-long special produced by TV One’s monthly entertainment news program, “TV One Access.” The special premieres this…
It will be a case of double trouble where the Fury’s are concerned in Wigan on Saturday, June 13th with cousin’s Tyson and Phill Fury appearing on the Hennessy Sports “Rule Britannia†event at the Robin Park Arena. The show will be live on ITV4 and is headlined by John Murray’s British Lightweight title defence…
Three-time world champion Miguel Cotto, (33-1, 27 KOs), from Caguas, Puerto Rico, will be holding a free public workout in the Bronx, today, Saturday, June 6, beginning at 2:30 P.M. ET, in an outdoor ring at 152nd and Wales Streets. Cotto, who is in his final week of training, will be defending his WBO welterweight…
Despite yesterday’s announcement that the June 20th World Heavyweight Championship bout between Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye has been called off due to a back injury Haye suffered during training camp, a disappointed Haye is seeking a postponement rather than a cancellation.
If the WBA doesn’t rule in favor of a petition filed for two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs) to fight WBA heavyweight champion Nicolai Valuev for the title, Ruiz is prepared to replace injured David Haye as IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s opponent June 20 in Germany.