Photos ©Karl Stubbs/Impact Boxing Impact Boxing today confirmed that they have signed contracts with Hennessy Sports for Scott Lawton to challenge holder, Jon Thaxton in a British lightweight title clash. The bout, which was sanctioned by the British Boxing Board of Control at its monthly meeting on 10 January, will take place in Thaxton’s hometown…
New IBF super lightweight world champion Lovemore “Black Panther†Ndou flew out of Sydney on Friday headed for the USA and talks with American promoter Art Pelullo, who co-promotes Ricky Hatton. “Art Pelullo was kind enough to invite me to visit with him and I look forward to hearing what he has to offer me, 
“Shobox: The New Generation’’ Friday, Feb. 16, 2007; Telecast Begins at 11 p.m. ET/PT Looking for a real fight? “ShoBox: The New Generation” will present yet another terrific showdown when Mike “Machine Gun’’ Oliver (17-0, seven KOs) defends his USBA junior featherweight title against Gary “Kid†Stark Jr. (18-0, eight KOs) in the main event…
Fanatical Stoke City fan Danny Johnston has recovered from injury and has been added to the line-up of the Impact Boxing promoted event at the Kings Hall on February 24th. Johnston, from Cobridge in Stoke-on-Trent, had originally been pencilled in for the show but had to withdraw due to a slight injury sustained in training….
Five-time world champion Virgil “Quicksilver†Hill defends his World Boxing Association cruiserweight title against the opponent he sent into retirement with his first and only loss more than a decade ago, Henry “The Gentleman†Maske, headlining “The Revenge†pay-per-view event on March 31 from Olympahalle in Munich, Germany. Back on November 23, 1996 at the…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is proud to announce that on March 17 at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, the “Heavyweight Highlight Film,†Vinny Maddalone will take on living legend Evander “The Real Deal†Holyfield. Maddalone is an exciting, aggressive power puncher who flails from all angles. His fights are nail-biting, hair-pulling cliff-hangers…
Nearly two weeks into training camp in Vero Beach, Florida, “Ireland’s” John Duddy reports that everything is going great in preparation for his March 16 titles defense against The Contender I star Anthony “The Bullet” Bonsante in the 12-round main event, headlining the “Erin Go Brawl” pay-per-view event, live from The Theater at Madison Square…
Photo ©Karl Stubbs/Impact Boxing Opponents have been agreed for both Alsager welterweight Aaron Thomas and Burslem light-heavyweight Justin “Ritchie’ Jones. Both boxers will appear at Stoke’s Kings Hall on 24th February. Thomas faces tough opposition in the shape of Sunderland’s Martin Marshall. Marshall gave a good account of himself when he last boxed at the…
World cruiserweight contender Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey takes on his 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials teammate, Felix “Bad News” Cora, Jr., on April 6 in the main event at a site to be determined. Team Godfrey also announced that Naazim Richardson, one of five candidates for Trainer of the Year (Boxing Writers Association of America, has…
Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) has released IWBF featherweight champion Missy “The Fury” Fiorentino from her promotional contract, effective immediately, due to detrimental behavior at last Friday night’s “Hearts Of Fire” show in Providence, CES president Jimmy Burchfield announced today. Fiorentino (15-1, 6 KOs) walked Mia St. John to the ring and stood in…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is heading to Foxwoods Casino and Resort in Mashantucket, CT for the March 23 installment of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights. The full night of action, which takes place at the state-of-the-art, fan-friendly Fox Theater, is headlined by the return of red-hot world- rated welterweight Delvin Rodriguez (20,1,1 12KO) who takes on…
Championship professional boxing returns to Boise on March 2 with a pair of title matches headlining “Qwest For Greatness,” co-promoted by Silverhawk Championship Boxing and Knockout Promotions at Qwest Arena. Idaho boxing icon Cleveland Corder faces John Butler (18-2, 7 KOs) in the 12-round main event for the vacant IBC middleweight championship. Corder (35-3, 20…