Tag Archives: Heavyweight

Sheffield boxing’s best talent will fly the flag for the Steel city when Hatton Promotions roll into town later this month. Impressive prospects Adam Etches, Scott Jenkins, Richard Towers and Jezz Wilson are among the local hopefuls boxing at Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday September 24.

Even though he just graduated from high school, undefeated Welterweight prospect, Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna received a crash course in boxing education to the highest degree as he spent a week at the famed Mayweather Boxing Gym in Las Vegas. LaManna, who is preparing to fight for the BAM Youth title …

Gary Buckland insists that he’ll prove his first round KO of Gary Sykes last year was no fluke. Hatton Promotions super-featherweight star challenges for the Yorkshireman’s British crown at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday September 24. Cardiff’s Buckland, 25, earned his chance by hammering Sykes in 45 seconds at …

Former WBF Super Featherweight Champion turned promoter Carl Greaves presents the opportunity for boxing fans to spend an evening with one of the greatest British boxers of all time – undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion Joe Calzaghe – at the Cedric Ford Pavilion, Newark Showground, Newark, Nottingham on Saturday 8th …

Rendall Munroe is in line for another world title shot inside the next 12 months. The Leicester southpaw will be back in action in at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday 24th September against a selected opponent. His non-title ten rounder will be the chief support when Hatton Promotions’ super-featherweight …

Today’s Heavyweight division is always looking for a new star. Many have come from different countries; they come in all sizes and have vastly different personalities. Enter John Lennox. The Carteret, New Jersey native has all the potential to be one of the best Heavyweight prospects In the United States. …

The long matriculation of 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist Alexander Povetkin came to a close last night as the Russian outboxed ex-WBA titlist Ruslan Chagaev to capture the vacant WBA heavyweight belt at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany. The bout started slowly as the combatants sized each other up with probing jabs …

On Wednesday night September 14th at the Beautiful Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, Gulfstream Boxing and Gabe LaConte will present a night of world class boxing that has just been enhanced by the announcement that “Irish” Micky Ward and former Heavyweight champion “Merciless” Ray Mercer will be special guests in …

He is the reigning WBC heavyweight champion, he has the highest knockout percentage in heavyweight boxing history and he has a huge fight lined up on September 10 against Tomasz Adamek; but does anyone really care about Vitali Klitschko? The heavyweight division has been losing its staple as the most …

On Wednesday night September 14th, Gulfstream Boxing Promotions and Gabe LaConte will present the second installment of the Wednesday Night Fights Series at the Robert Treat Hotel in downtown Newark. In the main event, Michael Torres of Jersey City, New Jersey will take on Mark Alexander in an eight round …

This past Friday night, Victor Vasquez showed once again why he is the most exciting boxer in the Philadelphia as he scored an eight round majority decision over Angel Rios that highlighted a card promoted by Joey Eye Boxing Promotions at Harrahs in Chester. The fight was a give and …

IBF champion Joseph Agbeko and WBC Silver titlist Abner Mares made weight yesterday for their Bantamweight Tournament final showdown taking place tonight at Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV. IBF/WBC Silver Bantamweight Championship, 12 rounds Joseph Agbeko: 118 lb Abner Mares: 117.5 lb