Tensions brewed backstage on Friday 20th May 2022 as Liam Smith, represent JJ Metcalf was unhappy with Kerman Lejarraga’s handwraps… Watch our extended feature from the dressing room! #LejarragaMetcalf #LiamSmith #Boxing
Read More »Gervonta defends against Romero – World Boxing Association
The highly anticipated mandatory fight between World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Gervonta Davis and challenger Rolando Romero will take place this Saturday under great anticipation at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Two young and talented fighters will be in the ring in a bout that has sold …
Read More »Scotney and Roman ready for WBA Intercontinental belt fight – World Boxing Association
British Ellie Scotney will fight for the WBA Intercontinental super bantamweight belt against Argentinean Cecilia Roman. The fight will be one of the attractions in London tomorrow and both met the weight. The 24-year-old Briton weighed in at 121.5 pounds and the Argentinean made the same weight when she stepped …
Read More »Irish middleweight Gabriel Dossen claims win to progress at European Boxing Championships
Ireland’s Gabriel Dossen is through to the next round of the middleweight division at the European Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia. he Galway native was the first Irish fighter in the ring at the championships. He fashioned a majority 4-1 win over Spain Miguel Entrena Cuadrado. The judges scored the …
Read More »For Some Parkinson’s Patients, Boxing Can Be Therapy
For Cheryl Karian, a 72-year-old retired physician assistant, boxing is medicine. Ms. Karian, whose Parkinson’s disease was diagnosed in 2020, doesn’t compete or spar, but every Tuesday and Thursday, she trains for an hour at Main Street Boxing and Muay Thai in downtown Houston. Before her diagnosis, Ms. Karian ran, …
Read More »On Hijab Row, Boxing Champ Nikhat Zareen’s Pro-Choice Strike
Boxing world champion Nikhat Zareen on Monday weighed in on the smouldering controversy over Muslim girls wearing the hijab in schools and colleges, saying one’s attire was entirely the subject of their choice. “It is totally their own choice. I can’t comment on their choices. I have my own choice. …
Read More »Longtime New Orleans boxing promoter Les Bonano passes away
NEW ORLEANS — Famed New Orleans boxing promoter Les Bonano died Saturday night, according to reports. Bonano began working with the NOPD in 1965. In 1974, while working at the Orleans Parish Prison, Bonano started an athletic program which focused on a variety of sports including boxing. Over the course …
Read More »Ringside Boxing: Gary Sykes Vs Gary Buckland
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Gary Sykes (Dewsbury) v Gary Buckland (Cardiff, Wales) BBBofC British Super-Featherweight Title The much anticipated duel between Gary Sykes and Gary Buckland did not disappoint! It was a thrilling all-action contest with performances that both men should be proud of. …
Read More »Former Amateur Star Andrade Faces Duran Tonight In New Hampshire
Former US Olympian and amateur World Champion Demetrius Andrade (14-0 9KO) takes on rugged Mexican warrior Saul Duran (38-18-2 31KO) in a 10 round Jr. Middleweight contest tonight at the annual “Fight to Educate Night” at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH.
Read More »Serrano Steps Up To 130 Pounds For IBF Title Opportunity
Unbeaten NABF Featherweight Champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano steps-up one weight class for her first world title fight, when she takes on WIBF Inter-Continental lightweight titlist Kimberly Connor in a 10-round bout for the vacant IBF Female junior lightweight title, Saturday night at home in Brooklyn’s Aviator Sports Complex. …
Read More »Havoc Boxing Honors Tenth Anniversary Of September 11
On Thursday afternoon, the media gathered at Club 1849 in the SoHo section of New York City for the final press conference before Saturday night’s big fight card at The Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York. In the main event, Amanda Serrano will take on Kimberly Connor for the …
Read More »Malta Will Host Marston’s Professional Long-Awaited Debut
The Malta Boxing Commission announced today that Marianne Marston and Clayton Vella are the first to be issued professional boxer licenses by the Republic of Malta professional boxing sanctioning organisation. On announcing the first boxers licensed by the Malta Boxing Commission President Alexander Zammit said, “It is with pleasure that …
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