BRAD FOSTER WAS unsuccessful in his challenge for the WBC International super bantamweight title, coming up short on points against the rated Romanian Ionut Baluta. All three judges awarded the fight to Baluta by a four-round margin after a fight where styles didn’t gel and it quickly became a messy …
Read More »Ricky Hatton Teams Up With Frank Warren’s BoxNation
Ricky Hatton is delighted to have found a new home for his Hatton Promotions stable. ‘The Hitman’ has agreed a co-promotional deal with Frank Warren which will see the company’s stars, including the likes of Martin Murray, Gary Buckland and Sergey Rabchenko, box exclusively on the specialist network BoxNation (Sky …
Read More »Tyson: Don’t Be A Muppet Del Boy!
AN apologetic Tyson Fury has called on Dereck Chisora to “grow up” and start acting like a real man ahead of their British and Commonwealth heavyweight title fight on Saturday night (July 23rd) at Wembley Arena. Chisora was pulled out of Monday’s press conference by promoter Frank Warren because of …
Read More »Burns Wins On Injury, Mitchell Stops Murray In UK Thriller
Big British action last night at Liverpool’s Echo Arena with hotly anticipated title matches coming off in either entertaining or unexpected manners. WBO super feather supremo Ricky Burns, 32-2 (9), was thwarted in what would have been his toughest title defense since winning the belt as former champion Nicky Cook, …
Read More »Boxing Spotlight: Ovill McKenzie
Former Prizefighter winner – Ovill McKenzie is ready for his rematch with Tony Bellew next week and the Shinfields Boxer is keen to settle a score against the Liverpudlian. The pair met at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, in December for the Commonwealth (British Empire) Light Heavyweight Title. ‘Bomber’ Bellew was …
Read More »Amateur Star Cayzer Set For Pro Debut June 4
This Saturday William Cayzer’s childhood dream will come true, as the eighteen year old from Eltham in South London is set to make his professional debut at the Olivia Goodwin Main Events promoted ‘Search & Destroy’ event at York Hall in London on June 4th.
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: Tyson Fury Vs Dereck Chisora
Hennessy Sports are pleased to announce that yesterday at the British Boxing Board of Control’s offices in Cardiff they outbid Frank Warren to stage the highly anticipated British Heavyweight title Super Fight between Tyson Fury and Champion Dereck Chisora. Promoter Mick Hennessy said “I’m delighted to announce that Hennessy Sports …
Read More »FW Boxing: John Murry Vs Karim El Ouazghari
Make sure you’re at London’s famous York Hall in Bethnal Green this Saturday (2nd April) to see boxing sensation John Murray in action. European Lightweight champion Murray hits the capital for the first time in over four years to defend his title against the tough Spanish champion Karim El Ouazghari. …
Read More »Ultrachem TKO Boxing: Connor Confident For Goodjohn Showdown
Sutton’s Danny ‘Cassius’ Connor is in confident mood ahead of this Saturday’s showdown with Tyler Goodjohn, at the Tony Simms (TBS Promotions) promoted event at the Prince Regent in Chigwell, Essex. Connor will be looking to bring his excellent boxing skills in to play against Goodjohn on Saturday, however if …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Liam Walsh vs. Jon Kays
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Saturday night, at the Robin Park Arena, Wigan, England, Frank Warren Promotions in Association with VIP Promotions – presented a fight-night which headlined Liam Walsh’s first defence of the Commonwealth British Empire Super Featherweight Title against local boxer – Jon …
Read More »European Boxing News: Bakhtov, Dimitrenko, Rhodes, Konecny, Levin, Sprott
By Per Ake Persson Russian heavy Denis Bakhtov has accepted to step in as along with Aleksander Dimitrenko as co-challenger for the vacant European title. The EBU have set June 21 as deadline for purse bids or agreement and the fight must go ahead before July 31. Audley Harrison remains …
Read More »This Month In Boxing History: McGuigan vs. McDonnell
It was May, 1989 and “The Clones Cyclone”, Barry McGuigan, was approaching the fourth fight on a comeback trail that had begun just over a year earlier. After a year long run as World Featherweight Champion the Irishman lost his title in the horrible heat of Las Vegas, Nevada in …
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