James DeGale has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Sport and will face Brandon Gonzales in a final eliminator for the IBF Super Middleweight title on May 31, at Wembley Stadium, live on Sky Sports Box Office. The 2008 Olympic Gold medal hero will take on the unbeaten American for the right to face the…
James DeGale MBE retained his WBC Silver Middleweight Title by TKO when opponent – Stjepan Bozic was pulled out by his corner after the fourth round at Glow, Bluewater, Kent. Southpaw ‘Chunky’ DeGale provided the most action – putting his opponent under pressure in the first round. He was told a couple of times to…
James DeGale vs Stjepan Bozic: On Saturday June 8th, Wealth TV and the UK’s Channel 5 will be airing the WBC Silver Super Middleweight clash between 2008 Olympic Gold Medal Winner James “Chunky” DeGale and former world title challenger Stjepan Bozic in a bout scheduled for twelve rounds. James DeGale of London has a professional…
Carl Frampton says his fight with Kiko Martinez is the biggest night of boxing that Ireland has seen “for many, many years†and vows to keep the European belt in Belfast. Frampton fights for the Spaniard’s Super Bantamweight title on the undercard of Paul McCloskey’s bout with Breidis Prescott live on Sky Sports on Saturday…
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 the harsh comments Tyson made…
WBA world heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has tipped stable-mate George Groves to emulate his own ring exploits and claim a world title in 2012, following ‘The Saint’s stunning British and Commonwealth title victory on Saturday night (May 21). The 23-year-old Groves smartly outboxed Olympic gold medallist James DeGale in front of 15,000 fans…
Welsh light heavyweight sensation Nathan Cleverly won his first world title bout by stopping late replacement opponent Aleksy Kuziemski last night at London’s 02 Arena, retaining the WBO crown. Cleverly, who was awarded the title before the bout when reigning champ Juergen Brahemer pulled out at the last minute, controlled the first frame handily, using…
A bitter boxing rivalry which started as amateurs comes to a head tonight when Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale meets George Groves at the 02 Arena in London. At stake is both DeGale’s British and Groves’ Commonwealth Super Middleweight titles. Back in 2006 when both were amateurs, Groves won a decision victory over DeGale. Since…
James DeGale and George Groves performed the draw for Prizefighter Super-Middleweights II at Liverpool Olympia on March 23 on Ringside on Sky Sports today (March 17). The super-middleweight pair announced their clash in May today and joined Matchroom Sport’s Eddie Hearn on the show to decide the fate of the eight fighters in the 17th…
Former World Middleweight champion Chris Pyatt believes Jahmaine Smyle has the perfect style to claim Prizefighter trophy at Liverpool Olympia on March 23. Smyle lines up in the 17th edition of Matchroom Sport’s eight-man, one-night tournaments in Merseyside live on Sky Sports and his trainer Pyatt says his fighter is a danger-man in the draw,…
WBO super feather beltholder Ricky Burns held onto his title on Saturday night in a victory over challenger Joseph Laryea at Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Scotsman Burns was making the second defense of the crown he won in impressive fashion from Rocky Martinez last Autumn. Laryea, coming into the contest with a 13-5 CV…
Carl Dilks says he will banish the memory of his cruel semi-final defeat in his last Prizefighter outing when he lines-up in the Super-Middleweights II in Liverpool’s Olympia on March 23. Dilks defeated Bob Ajisafe in the quarter-finals of the Light-Heavyweights event in February 2009 and faced Darren Stubbs in the semi-finals. The Liverpool fighter…