The German boxing commission, Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer – BDB, officially changed the result of last Saturday’s female world championship between Christina Hammer and Anne Sophie Mathis to a “no contest”. By doing so, the BDB followed the ruling of the WBF, which already announced that change yesterday. The WBO still …
Read More »Irish Squad Rips Through European Competition In Italy
Four Irish boxers are through to Sunday’s finals at the European Youth and Junior Championships in Assisi, Italy. Cheyanne O’Neill, Amy Broadhurst and Kristina O’Hara won their semi-finals today to guarantee Ireland at least three silver medals in the Youth class. The Athlone, Dundalk and Belfast trio decisioned Poland’s Justyna …
Read More »WBC Silver Champ Raja Amasheh Shows A Heart Of Gold
WBC Silver flyweight champion Raja Amasheh has proven big heart inside the ring numerous times. This Friday the 31-year-old also showed big heart for kids when she became one of the “Big Champions Supporting Small Champions” by visiting the children hospital in Saarbrücken (Germany) under the banner of “WBC World …
Read More »Iron Mike Promotions Heads To Pittsburgh August 8
Boxing legend Mike Tyson and Iron Mike Productions Presents “The Pride of Pittsburgh” on Friday, August 8 at Consol Energy Center and telecast live on Fox Sports 1, headlined by the Steel City’s favorite son, Sammy “The Who Can Mexican” Vasquez Fighting in the hottest division in boxing, Vasquez will …
Read More »Irish Hero Patrick Hyland Back In America With A Bang
Dublin’s Patrick ‘The Punisher’ Hyland returned to the ring in style in New York with an impressive stoppage win over Puerto Rico’s Noel Echevarria. The bout headlined promoter Lou DiBella’s Broadway Boxing card at BB King’s Blues club just off Times Square as Hyland put a frustrating 19 months of …
Read More »British Veteran Burkinshaw Returns To Ring September 13
Former English Super Flyweight titleholder Ross “The Boss” Burkinshaw has officially made his return to the division in which his career began. Burkinshaw, a British Army veteran and former second battalion infantryman, fought his way up the ladder at the 115lb/52.2kg weight limit, and capped his bolstering rise to the …
Read More »Headlining G4 Fighters Work Out For Media In New York
In front of a packed house of New York City sports media on Tuesday afternoon at the Mendez Boxing Gym, all four TV fighters, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, Daniel “The Real Deal” Geale, Bryant “By By” Jennings and Mike “The Rebel” Perez went through one of their final workouts prior to …
Read More »Heavyweights Jennings, Perez Hit The Empire State Building
Undefeated heavyweights Bryant “By By” Jennings and Mike “The Rebel” Perez stopped traffic today at they headed to the world-famous Empire State Building for a media photo opportunity on the 86th Floor Observation Deck. With a huge crowd of onlookers and supporters watching their every step, the fighters posed for …
Read More »Price vs. Svacina York Hall Clash Gets PPV Broadcast August 2
Promoter Shyam Batra announced earlier today that Boxing Evolution TV will broadcast former IBF and WBO Inter-Continental Champion and WBO title challenger Mark Prince’s latest Championship challenge, when he takes on former Czech Republic Light Heavyweight Champion Jiri Svacina, for the MBC International Cruiserweight title on his SSE Promoted “Call …
Read More »Keta Stops Khutsishvili For EPBC Middleweight Title
German middleweight contender Mike Keta stopped Mikheil Khutsishvili from Georgia in seven rounds on Saturday in Munich to claim the vacant EPBC middleweight championship. 1,000 fans at sold out Kickboxen-Deutschland-Gym saw an all-action fight from the opening bell in which both fighters had their moments. Keta had the better start …
Read More »Fury Fight Off Yet Again As Chisora Fractures Left Hand
Heavyweight star Tyson Fury will be fighting this weekend despite the cancellation of his world title eliminator with Dereck Chisora. After enduring yet another major setback following the cancellation of the Chisora bout, due to the Londoner fracturing his left hand, Fury is actively in the process of finding a …
Read More »Stiverne Vows To Teach “Little Kid” Wilder A Lesson
Long before WBC heavyweight champion Bermane “B. Ware” Stiverne (24-1, 21 KOs) knocked out Chris Arreola (35-4) this past May to claim the coveted title belt vacated by retired Vitali Klitschko, Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (31-0, 31 KOs) started talking smack about Stiverne and he hasn’t let up as …
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