Saturday night sees a massive UK fight card at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, headlined by Ricky Burns’ WBO super feather title defense against a former owner of that belt, Nicky Cook. This fight has an interesting genealogy as Cook, 30-2 (16), lost the crown in 2009 to Puerto Rican bomber Roman …
Read More »Boxing Result: Burns Decisions Evensen For WBO Title In Scotland
Last night at Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, WBO super feather champ Ricky Burns made his first title defense, outpointing challenger Andreas Evensen. Going into the contest, Burns had far more experience on paper than the challenger, who was coming up from limited experience at featherweight and this almost spelled …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Ricky Burns vs. Andreas Evensen For WBO Title
On Saturday, WBO super feather boss Ricky Burns puts his title on the line for the first time, meeting Andreas Evensen at Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Burns, 29-2 (7), had labored at domestic level for years, losing a European, British and Commonwealth title tilt to Alex Arthur in 2006 …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Matthew Macklin vs. Amin Asikainen
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night at the Velodrome in Manchester, England, Hatton Promotions hosted their first televised fight-night. Billed as ‘Euro Glory’, the fight-card was headlined by the European title clash between Matthew Macklin and Amin Asikainen. Matthew Macklin (Birmingham) v Amin Asikainen (Finland) …
Read More »European Boxing News: Murat, Lauri, Wilaschek, Sartison, Masoe, Sturm
By Per Ake Persson European Super Middle Champ Karo Murat reportedly defends the title against Italian Lorenzo Di Giacomo, a former European Union champ and European two-time challenger at middleweight, on May 30 at a site to be announced in Germany.
Read More »European Boxing News: Skelton, Sam, Vidoz, Povetkin, Asikainen, Ragosina
By Per Ake Persson British heavyweight Matt Skelton is out of the fight against Sinan Samil Sam for the vacant European title July 4 in Istanbul. Replacing Skelton is Italian veteran Paolo Vidoz.
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