The World Boxing Council has approved Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton for the vacant WBC super welterweight world title after having received a two/thirds vote of the WBC Board of Governors. Hatton, 41-4-2, 16 KOs, of Manchester, England, has been welterweight champion of the BBBofC Central Area (British Boxing Board …
Read More »Boxing In Canada: Interbox Wins Diaconu vs. Henry 2 Purse Bid
A Purse Bid was held today at WBC Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico for the right to promote a WBC Light Heavyweight Silver Championship title bout between former WBC 175 lb champion Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (27-2-0, 15 KO) from Romania/Canada and Chris “Hard Hittin’” Henry (25-2-0, 20 KO) from …
Read More »Boxing In Canada: Molitor Off March 19 Montreal Show
Steve “the Canadian Kid” Molitor (33-1-0 12 KO) will not box at the Bell Centre on March 19th as previously expected, due to an IBF technicality. Top Rank had won the November 30th Purse Bid to present the Molitor vs. Takalani Ndlovu (31-6-0, 18 KO) bout, and decided to work …
Read More »European Boxing News: Klitschko, Campillo, Erdei, N’Dam, Bonsu, Golovkin
By Per Ake Persson It looks like former WBA light heavy king Gabriel Campillo will take on former WBO 175 lb champ Zsolt Erdei March 12 in New York with the WBA regular title at stake. This of course mean that the winner of Juergen Braehmer and Beibut Shumenov, current …
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