**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, Hennessy Sports hosted a fight night headlined by Manchester boxer Craig ‘The Hammer’ Watson’s defence of the Commonwealth Welterweight title against John O’Donnell of Shepherds Bush. Watson hadn’t fought since his impressive win over Mathew Hatton at…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Welterweight John O’Donnell is the new Commonwealth Champion after dethroning Craig Watson in a riveting all-southpaw clash last night at London’s historic York Hall. As expected, Watson was on fire in the opening frame, pushing O’Donnell back but was unable to steamroll the lanky 23 year old from Shepherd’s…
Commonwealth Welter Champion Craig Watson puts his belt at risk for the second time as he meets challenger John O’Donnell at London’s famed York Hall tonight. Although Watson at 13-2 (4) doesn’t have a record on paper to match the bigger numbers of O’Donnell at 20-1 (9), it is indeed the Manchester southpaw that has…
Newly crowned Irish Welterweight champ Stephen Haughian takes to the ring at the York Hall in London this weekend on the undercard to the Commonwealth title clash between Craig Watson and John O’Donnell. The Lurgan man takes on Drew Cambell on the Hennessy Sports promotion, which is being televised on ITV4 from 7:45. Should he…
The last time they met it was a pitch battle that many felt was the fight of the year in 2008. Now, Hennessy Sports and Groupe Yvon Michel are pleased to announce that WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch, 24-0 (19), and Montreal’s Jean Pascal, 22-1 (15), are working together for Froch’s title defense against…
Boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper is predicting that heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury could have a big future ahead of him. Fury has his fifth pro fight in London on Saturday night when he takes on “Magic†Matthew Ellis live on ITV4 from 7:45pm. The fight is part of a Hennessy Sports event which is headlined…
Former world featherweight champ Barry McGuigan is tipping John O’Donnell to take the Commonwealth Welterweight title from Craig Watson in London tomorrow night. McGuigan will be providing expert analysis from ringside for the eagerly anticipated clash which is live on ITV4 from 7.45pm.
Hennessy Sports is pleased to announce that WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch will set up shop in Canada while preparing for his April 25 showdown with former undisputed middleweight champion, Jermain “Bad Intentions†Taylor. The Nottingham-based undefeated Froch will ready his body and mind for battle at the five-star White Oaks Resort…
“Magic†Matthew Ellis believes that heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury is biting off more than he can chew by tackling the experienced Blackpool man in just his fifth pro fight in London this weekend. The two men clash at the York Hall on Saturday night live on ITV4 on a Hennessy Sports event as part of…
Former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor is bigger and stronger than he ever has been in his boxing career and he wants Carl Froch to know it. Taylor, still in the middle of an intensive training camp in Miami, will fight as a super middleweight for the second time in his career when he tries to…
John O’Donnell believes that Craig Watson is trying to talk himself up ahead of their Commonwealth Welterweight title showdown in London this weekend. The two men go head to head in a top quality Commonwealth title matchup at the York Hall on Saturday night on a Hennessy Sports event which is live on ITV4.
If Carl Froch has anything to do with it Jermain Taylor won’t be the only one licking his wounds following their super fight in the U.S. on April 25. The reigning WBC Super Middleweight champ believes that TV executives on both sides of the Atlantic could also be bitten by the “Cobraâ€. As of yet…