Commonwealth Heavyweight king Danny Williams will be ringside at the York Hall this Saturday (1 April) to watch rival Matt Skelton in his comeback fight before their big rematch in the summer. Skelton has his first fight since losing his unbeaten record to Williams last month in their brutal encounter and takes on Frenchman Suren…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The most exciting and courageous heavyweight champion in the world will return to America’s No. 1 Boxing Network on Saturday. Lamon Brewster (33-2, 29 KOs), of Los Angeles, by way of Indianapolis, Ind., will make the fourth defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) title…
Fight Academy’s Dennis Hobson has offered rival Frank Warren a £100,000 side bet in an attempt to lure Warren’s super-middleweight king Joe Calzaghe to light heavyweight to face IBF champion Clinton Woods in a mouthwatering all British showdown this summer. Hobson said: “I know Calzaghe looked tremendous against Jeff Lacy but I’m prepared to put…
April the 2nd sees Dean Phillips the unheralded hard-punching lightweight from Wales continue his march towards fulfilling his ambition of winning a major title when he tops the bill for the second time on a Maloney Promotions London show at the York Hall, Bethnal Green. Phillips steps in with his most dangerous opponent to date…
Sanigar Promotions and West Country Boxing are pleased to announce Plymouth’s Scott Dann will box on Friday 7th April 2006 in Bristol. The current British & Commonwealth Champion boxes tough European Yuri Tsarenko from Belarus in an eight round International Middleweight contest. Tsarenko is familiar to UK viewers for beating Gary Lockett. Click for larger…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The 20th anniversary celebration of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING continues with a WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT on Saturday, April 1, when “Relentless” Lamon Brewster defends his WBO title against Sergei “The White Wolf” Liakhovich. The 12-round world title fight at Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University,…
When boxing historians look back at the date of June 10th, 2006, one of two results will be crystal clear- it will be the day that light heavyweight Antonio Tarver cements his hall of fame credentials by ending the career of boxing legend Bernard Hopkins, or it will be the day when middleweight great Hopkins,…
For many boxers the comeback trail is the hardest trail to travel. But for 2-time former WBC Lightweight Champion and current IBO and NABC Light Welterweight Champion Stevie “Lil’ But Bad” Johnston every day is in his comeback is as bright and full of promise as the beautiful sunny weather in his new home of…
Unbeaten prospect Timur Ibragimov, fresh off a second round stoppage of Kenny Craven on March 24, will take the next step on his road to the heavyweight championship of the world when he faces highly-regarded contender Calvin Brock on Saturday, June 24th at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
After a stirring seventh round TKO of Howard Eastman on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights last weekend, top middleweight contender Edison “Pantera†Miranda is eager to take the next step in his career and bring home a world championship. “I predicted a knockout of Howard Eastman on March 24th and I delivered one,†said Miranda, now…
Guthrie trying to recapture past glory LAS VEGAS (March 28, 2006) – Former IBF cruiserweight champion William “Kid Chocolate” Guthrie (30-3-1, 24 KOs) has been there, done that, and now at 39, all he really wants is an opportunity to prove that he’s still a world-class boxer.
Friday nights successful Maloney Promotions show at the York Hall in Bethnal Green where the charismatic cruiserweight champion David Haye brought both boxing and non-boxing fans together and proved that he has the talent and the personality to sell out the London venues and at 9pm the sold out signs were up and the box…