By Frank Warren IT WAS A glorious night in so many respects at the Kingdom Arena on Saturday night when the sport of boxing surged through a new and thrilling frontier. The 5 vs 5 format has so much potential and ourselves and Matchroom ensured that the concept of team …
Read More »FINAL SCORE: QUEENSBERRY 10-0 MATCHROOM
TEAM QUEENSBERRY EMERGED victorious by a landslide margin in the inaugural 5 vs 5 Riyadh Original event at the Kingdom Arena on Saturday night, with Nick Ball becoming the new WBC World Featherweight champion and Daniel Dubois seizing the IBF Interim World Heavyweight title. Zhilei Zhang demolished Deontay Wilder with …
Read More »SHEERAZ VOWS TO TAME THE TIGER
THE QUEENSBERRY SKIPPER Hamzah Sheeraz agrees that his experience of trading friendly fire in the gyms across the USA will prove invaluable when he comes up against American hotshot Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams in the middleweight segment of Saturday’s 5 vs 5 extravaganza in Riyadh. The unbeaten man from Ilford takes …
Read More »QUEENSBERRY BACK IN BELFAST, 28 JUNE
THE BIG BANG, Pierce O’Leary will make a fourth defence of his WBC International super lightweight title against Darragh Foley when Queensberry make a return to Belfast at the SSE Arena on Friday June 28, live on TNT Sports. In the co-main event of ‘Belfast Brawl’, recent Frank Warren signing …
Read More »JOYCE AND CHISORA SET FOR WAR AT O2 ON 27 JULY
LONDON HEAVYWEIGHT TITANS Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora will headline at The O2 on Saturday July 27 when the Juggernaut will be confronted by War, live on TNT Sports. It is a domestic collision that appears to have been on the table for some time, with Joyce (16-2, 15 KOs), …
Read More »MAGNIFICENT SEVEN BACK TO BRUM ON 20 JULY
LIAM DAVIES WILL defend his IBO world super bantamweight title against Shabaz Masoud and Nathan Heaney will rematch Brad Pauls for the British middleweight title as part of another bumper Magnificent Seven production to be staged at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on Saturday, 20 July. Tickets for the …
Read More »OFFICIAL WEIGHTS FROM THE NOAKES VS MENDY WEIGH-IN
ALL THE WEIGHTS from the weigh-in ahead of Sam Noakes vs Yvan Mendy on Saturday night at York Hall, Bethnal Green, live on TNT Sports: The vacant EBU European Lightweight Championship Sam Noakes – 134lbs 10oz Yvan Mendy – 134lbs 2oz The WBC International Silver Super-Lightweight Championship Henry Turner – …
Read More »FAREWELL TO A SCOTTISH GREAT
By Frank Warren AT A TIME when the boxing world is giddy with excitement and anticipation over the prospect of undisputed battles and groundbreaking cross-promotional events, we were taken aback last week to learn the news about Willie Limond fighting for his life in intensive care. Being the true fighter …
Read More »YORK HALL AT THE DOUBLE
By Frank Warren BEFORE WE MAKE our Return to Riyadh for Ring of Fire, the Fight of the Century between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk on May 18 with the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world on the line, we’ve got a cracking assortment of humdinger fights in Bethnal Green …
Read More »MIDDLEWEIGHT CRACKER BOOKED FOR MAY 11
DENZEL BENTLEY AND Danny Dignum will go into battle at York Hall on May 11 with the WBO International middleweight title on the line. The Battersea Boy will take on the Basildon Boy in what is near certain to be a thrilling scrap in Bethnal Green, with the winner propelled …
Read More »BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT
By Frank Warren ONCE AGAIN ON Friday night at York Hall, a clutch of our finest young talent demonstrated that the future of British boxing is in very safe hands. A hugely successful era for the sport in this country is surely on the horizon if the likes of Moses …
Read More »SAM NOAKES TO PLAY IT AGAIN AT YORK HALL, 20 APRIL
BRITISH LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION Sam Noakes will defend his four title belts at York Hall on Saturday April 20, live on TNT Sports. Tickets for the show on Saturday, 20 April are on sale now available from ticketmaster.co.uk. In co-headline action, the undefeated super lightweight Henry Turner (12-0, 4 KOs) will …
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