Miguel Cotto defends his WBO welterweight title tonight against challenger Manny Pacquiao in a hotly anticipated clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Pacquiao, 49-3-2 (37), comes into the bout riding a four year, 10 bout win streak at super feather, lightweight and light welter with the most recent victory coming against Ricky…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Ricky Hatton’s younger brother, Matthew Hatton, takes on former IBF light welter titleholder Lovemore N’dou tonight at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke, England for the IBO welterweight title. The last us Brits would have seen of both of these fighters would have been on the undercard of…
A five star matchup in anyone’s eyes takes place tonight when Puerto Rican WBO welterweight champion defends his crown against multi-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. For Cotto, himself a two weight world champion, it’s the second defence of the title he won back when stopping Michael Jennings…
© SE / Photo Wende After what seems like an eternity, David finally meets Goliath when David Haye challenges Nikolai Valuev for his WBA Heavyweight Championship in Nuremberg, Germany tonight. For Haye, this fight ends a year of inactivity. After unifying the World Cruiserweight championship in March last year, Haye set his sights on heavyweight…
Tonight at Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas, NV, IBF bantam champ Joseph Agbeko faces the challenge of Yonnhy Perez in what should turn out to be an epic battle. Agbeko, 27-1 (22), of Ghana, came out of nowhere in 2004 to lose a narrow IBF title challenge to Wladimir Sidorenko in Germany before capturing…
IBF light middle champ Cory Spinks returns to the ring this Saturday as the slick southpaw squares off with challenger Carlos Molina at Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas, NV on the undercard of the Joseph Agbeko vs. Yhonny Perez IBF bantam title clash. Spinks, 37-5 (11), a former unified welterweight champion, recaptured the IBF…
A mouthwatering and fascinating clash takes this place this tonight at the Bolton Arena in Bolton, England when Salford’s Jamie Moore defends his European 154 pound title against Sheffield’s Ryan Rhodes. As well as being a clash for European honours, it is also probable that the winner will fight an official eliminator for the WBC…
Tonight, Nathan Cleverly defends his British and Commonwealth Light Heavyweight titles against Courtney Fry at York Hall in London’s Bethnal Green. This should be a run of the mill defense for Cleverly, who recently just got pipped to the post by British welter titlist Kell Brook for the Boxing Writer’s Young Boxer of the Year…
© Lawrence Lustig The successful Prizefighter series continues tonight at London’s Excel Arena when eight of the country’s top heavyweights go head to head in an elimination tournament. Amongst the eight attempting to bag the £32,000 prize fund are bitter rivals and former opponents Danny Williams and Audley Harrison. Both men boast one win apiece…
Tonight at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the WBC heavyweight title is up for grabs as Vitali Klitschko defends against undefeated Cristobal Arreola over 12 scheduled rounds. During the media buildup to this one, a lot has been made of the power of Arreola, 27-0 (24), by his promoters and while it’s true that their…
The O2 in Dublin, Ireland hosts a big occasion later today when local hero Bernard Dunne meets Thailand’s Poonsawat Kratindaenggym. On offer will be Dunne’s WBA super bantam crown, won six months ago in the very same venue against Panama’s Ricardo Cordoba in a major upset. Can Dunne, 28-1 (15), turn the trick again and…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos The moment of Floyd Mayweather’s return to a boxing ring has finally arrived tonight as the top boxer on the planet faces Juan Manuel Marquez over twelve rounds at welterweight at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand. There isn’t much that hasn’t already been said or written about this pairing and it’s…