World-rated heavyweight contender David Tua (51-3-1, 43KO’s), is currently in the U.S. training for his upcoming fight against Monte Barrett (34-9, 20KO’s) at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ on Saturday July 17th. The WBO #2 rated Tua has set himself up in camp in nearby Jersey City, NJ with long-time trainer…
As part of the Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries centenary in Reno, Top Rank Incorporated, the Grand Sierra Resort, and Let’s Get It On Promotions present an evening of professional boxing. Added to the stellar boxing card is an eight round super-middleweight bout between Reno’s own Joey Gilbert (19-2, 15 KOs) and Bakersfield CA’s Billy…
It hardly gets any closer than this. At today’s purse bid for the European heavyweight championship between Alexander Dimitrenko and Denis Bakhtov in Rome, Arena outbid Universum by only 200 Euros. Arena’s offer of 157,000 Euro was slightly enough to make sure that Universum at 156,800 Euro cannot stage the fight as planned on their…
Unbeaten Cavan star Andy Murray is surely one of the World’s busiest professional boxer’s right now. The European number 3 and reigning Irish Lightweight Champ stretched his perfect record to 20 wins with 11 KO’s in Belfast last weekend when he scored a second round stoppage win over the normally durable Jon Baguley. That was…
A trio of top-notch prospects will battle it out in the ring in separate bouts at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia on Thursday, June 24. Unbeatens Frankie Gomez, Jessie Vargas and Jamie Kavanagh will return to action at Golden Boy Promotions and AEG’s “Fight Night Club”. In the main event, East Los Angeles’ highly-touted amateur star…
Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz are training hard for their rematch, Marquez vs. Diaz II “Fight of the Year: The Rematch,” but it is a day like Father’s Day, which both fighters will celebrate with their children this Sunday, that makes it all worth it. The world championship bout is scheduled…
“No more lies, K2,†Team Valuev said today. “No more posturing. No more subterfuge. No more deceit.†Team Valuev announced today that they will accept an offer made by K2 Promotions for former two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai “Russian Giant†Valuev (50-2, 34 KOs), from St. Petersburg, Russia., to face WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko…
Just two days before his upcoming “Summer Fight Fight Explosion†event, at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, boxing promoter Steve Goodwin is to be a studio guest on the BBC London Boxing Hour (94.9 & DAB) presented by Steve Bunce on Thursday 17th June.
On July 10 at the Patriot Center, popular junior middleweight contender, Jimmy Lange (31-4-2, 22 KOs) of Great Falls, VA looks to get back on the winning track when he goes head-to-head against ring veteran Jimmy LeBlanc (12-16-4, 4 KOs) of Weymouth, MA in the Main Event.
Cork’s Cuban sensation’s Alexei Acosta, Luis Garcia and Mike Perez will be looking for a hat trick of wins on Saturday, June 26th when they look to extend their unbeaten records on the Yanjing Beer Fight Night at The Neptune Stadium in their adopted city. The trio, are all World Junior Champions from the amateur…
Newmarket, Suffolk’s boxing fireman Matt Jack is back in action this Saturday, against Luton’s Marco Stephenson, at the Steve Goodwin promoted “Summer Fight Night Explosion†at the famous York Hall In Bethnal Green London. Jack is looking to build on his heroic, against the odds, win over ‘Dangerous’ Danny Goode (12-3-0) three weeks ago in…
Following the huge success of his ‘A Night Of The Rising Stars’ event at York Hall back in April promoter Steve Goodwin recently announced that his “Summer Fight Night Explosion†at York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, on Saturday 19th June, will be bigger, better and even more explosive! A tall order, as “A Night Of…