© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was all smiles yesterday as Hennessy Sports hosted the official weigh-in ahead of tonight’s clash between fellow Mancunians (and mates!) John Murray and Lee Meager. In an aptly named ‘Strictly Business’ fightnight, Meager and Murray will slug it out for the vacant British Lightweight title at Robin Park…
Bernard Dunne and Damian David Marchiano will come head to head for the first time in Dublin at 1pm today, Friday, July 11, to weigh in for this Saturday’s Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the National Stadium. Also on the scales will be the combatants in a pair of Irish title fights on the card….
In anticipation of their Saturday night bout for the Welsh Super Featherweight title at Newport Centre in Newport, Wales, rivals Dai Davies and Jamie Arthur will come face to face today for the official weigh-in to the Jamie Sanigar promoted fight card. Reigning champion Davies, 5-9-1 (0), has faced some of the best at feather…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Ten months after a wildly controversial ending to their first fight, WBO Junior Welterweight Champion Ricardo Torres and No. 2 contender Kendall Holt both weighed in at 139 pounds yesterday ahead of their rematch tonight on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, live on Showtime at 11…
Yesterday at ‘Touchbase’ in the Premier Inn on Albert Dock in Liverpool, England, Matchroom Sports held the weigh-in for tonight’s fightnight at the Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool. Headlining the ‘bill’ is David Barnes’ defence of the British Light Welterweight title against former titleist, the Scotsman Barry Morrison. © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing But…
© Emily Harney / Irish Ropes In preparation for the big John Duddy vs. Charlie Howe show tonight from The Castle in Boston, MA, the principal fighters all weighed in yesterday. Irish Ropes Promotions present “Hassle In The Castle” with tickets still available at $50, $75, and $100.00 at door. Doors open at 6 PM/ET,…
Julio Diaz and David Torres completed Tuesday’s weigh in at the Sportsmen’s Lodge Hotel in Studio City, CA The main event fighters square off Wednesday at the world famous Playboy Mansion on ESPN2 at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday, at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, Amir Khan, 17-0 (13), came face-to-face with Michael Gomez, 35-8 (24), as they weighed in ahead of their Commonwealth Lightweight title contest tonight at the NIA. First up was the challenger Gomez, a former British and WBU Super…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Unbeaten IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (left), who weighed 166 pounds, looks on as Edison Miranda, who weighed 165, flexes after Friday’s weigh-in at Hollywood, Fla. In tomorrow’s/Saturday’s main event on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), Abraham (26-0, 21 KOs) and…
Click for larger image © Showtime Boxing In front of a large and cheering crowd at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., Vernon Forrest weighed in at 153 ¾ pounds, Sergio Mora tipped the scales at 154 pounds, Carlos Quintana measured 146 pounds and Paul Williams weighed in at 145 ¾ pounds.
Battalions of Kelly Pavlik fans will be invading the beaches of Atlantic City to witness the public weigh-in for Pavlik’s first defense of his world middleweight title. Thousands and thousands of fans from the Pavlik Nation, traveling Coast-to-Ghost, by car, boat, buses, and planes, will be lending their moral and vocal support to Youngstown’s favorite…
Some of boxing’s youngest, brightest stars will be out and fighting tonight on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights (ESPN2 FNF) in “Ring Warriors,†promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), live from Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Undefeated cruiserweight prospect “Awesome†Aaron Williams headlines his first major show against Columbian…