Tag Archives: Heavyweight

On Saturday night November 20th one of the most unique and exceptional young men ever to step in a boxing ring as Jr. Middleweight Boyd Melson will make his pro debut in a four round bout that will be part of a big night of boxing promoted by Robert Diaz …

Audley Harrison returned to Britain this week ahead of his World Heavyweight title fight with David Haye – and has been met with a wave of public support ahead of their grudge match. Harrison has set up camp in Haye’s backyard of south London before moving up to Manchester ahead …

The title of the fight is Dynasty because as Yvon Michel, Jean Pascal’s promoter and President of Groupe Yvon Michel said: “This is about creating a new one [dynasty] for Jean Pascal or continuing one for Bernard Hopkins. Once in a while, there’s a fight that comes along that captures …

On December 11 at the Jannus Live in hometown St. Petersburg, Florida, former IBF and IBO Super Middleweight champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy will return to the ring for the first time since his loss to all-time great Roy Jones Jr. last year. Lacy, 25-3, 17 KOs, will take on …

Former WBF Super Featherweight Champion Carl Greaves will be featuring local fighters at his upcoming ‘The Boyz Are Back In Town’ event at the Grove Leisure Centre in Newark, Notts on Saturday 20th November. Headlining the show will be former International Masters Light Middleweight Champion Kevin Hammond, who will be …

On Friday night, before a packed house at the beautiful Capitale in downtown New York City, Star Boxing and The Empire, presented “Capitale Punishment II,” a thrilling six bout card, headlined by the Bronx’s three-time NY Golden Gloves Champion, Jorge “The Truth” Teron, taking on James Hope.

Legendary former World Light Heavyweight and Middleweight Champion and future first-ballot Hall of Famer Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins will fight for the WBC 175-pound championship against current linear champion Jean Pascal as the main event of “Dynasty: Pascal vs. Hopkins” on Saturday, December 18 from the Pepsi Coliseum in Québec …

Au revoir to Canada as Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins finished up a three-city tour of the country hosting press conferences in Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto to promote their December 18 WBC Light Heavyweight Championship at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, live in Canada on pay-per-view and on …

Irish boxing’s Young Gun’s are set to fire in Ireland’s West this November when the Hunky Dorys Fight Night comes to the Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar on November 20th. Headlining the event which will be live on RTÉ will be Cavan star, Andy Murray who is tied with European …

After a successful seven year, eighty fight career as an amateur boxer, ‘Pretty’ Ricky Boylan is set for his professional debut on the undercard of George ‘The Saint’ Groves’ Commonwealth title defense at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, on Saturday 30th October, against the tough Middlesbrough banger Phil Boyle

Two-time Heavyweight World Champion and recent title challenger Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs wants to assure fans he will be just fine after his courageous performance against Vitali Klitschko on Saturday in Hamburg, Germany. “Thank you all for your concern. Your outpouring of support has helped maintain my spirits through this …

Fresh from his success, at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Gold Medalist Callum Johnson is set to come face to face with his long time hero, seven time World Champion, Roy Jones Jnr. this coming Saturday. Callum, who secured Gold on beating Northern Ireland’s Thomas McCarthy by an 8-1 margin in …