Marc Abrams: The “Siberian Rocky” Ruslan Provodnikov will defend his WBO Junior Welterweight Championship against undefeated New Yorker Chris Algieri Saturday night, June 14, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and it will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark. The card is being promoted by Banner Promotions and Top Rank, in association with Star…
The CrossFit nation is introducing its latest athlete, three-time and two-division world champion boxer Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KOs), who is returning to the ring on June 21 at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. against Yoshihiro Kamegai (24-1-1, 21 KOs), and on display will be a physique molded by intense CrossFit training. The…
Welterweight contenders, Emmanuel “Ice Cold†Lartey (15-2-1, 7 KOs), and the Northwest’s own former IBF super featherweight champion, Stevie “ Two Pound†Forbes (35-12, 11 KOs), are headed to Tacoma, WA this weekend where they will headline Halquist Productions’ Battle at the Boat 96 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. Six undercard fights…
Statement From Richard Schaefer: “After more than ten years with Golden Boy, it is time to move on to the next chapter of my career. This decision has required a great deal of personal reflection, but ultimately I concluded that I have no choice but to leave. I have succeeded in banking and I have…
The 9th EUBC European Women’s Championships in Romania got underway in Bucharest earlier this afternoon. Michaela Walsh and Olympic champion Katie Taylor will be the first Irish boxers in action tomorrow. Taylor, who is aiming for her sixth successive European lightweight gold, meets Switzerland’s Sandra Brugger in a repeat of the 2007 European final tomorrow.
Every title defense, under Don King Productions, Inc., by the people’s Champion Bermane Stiverne, will be given to our overseas troops serving on military bases and ships around the world. The broadcast will be seen via the America Forces Network (AFN.) It is our way of saying “Thank You†to the men and women who…
Detroit’s very own Tony Harrison is set for his first taste of Championship boxing this coming Friday, when he takes on the highly experienced, former WBO/UBO/IBA Champion, Bronco McKart for the Interim World Boxing Union Middleweight title, at the Cobo Centre in Downtown Detroit. Harrison, who is unbeaten in seventeen bouts, earned his shot at…
England’s Martin Murray won’t be attending this weekend’s superfight in London – he’s too busy focusing on preparation for his June 21 fight that tops the Golden Gloves “KO At The Casino†tournament in Monte Carlo. The smooth-hitting middleweight (27-1-1, 12 KOs) meets Max Bursak (29-2-1, 12 KOs) of the Ukraine in a fight for…
Ireland’s five-strong squad arrived in Bucharest, Romania via Dublin Airport this morning ahead of the opening bell for the 9th EUBC European Women’s Elite Championships on Saturday. Olympic champion Katie Taylor is included in the Irish team. The Bray lightweight will be aiming for her sixth successive 60kg title in the Romanian capital, nine years…
Ermano Fegatilli made his professional debut in 2005, and has been forced to combat a number of discrepancies in the business of boxing. Not the sport; which has been at the heart of his ambition, but the business, which has abused so many combatants over the years.
This Friday former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin takes on former world title contender Manuel Charr for the vacant WBC international heavyweight championship at Luzhniki-Arena in Moscow. It will be Povetkin’s first fight since his sole career loss to supreme unified titlist Wladimir Klitschko last October. Both men know each other very well from their…
On May 17, Wraith Promotions showcased a night of boxing at the Leisure Centre in Gateshead, England. Tickets sold well, and a raucous crowd made the night special for Anthony Hardy, who climbed to 4-0 in front of his amassed supporters and won his second fight in the Junior Welterweight division. Behind a spearing southpaw…