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It has now been more than a week since a short right hand from Belfast’s undefeated Commonwealth champion Carl Frampton found it’s mark on the Spainiard Kiko Martinez. The shot scrambling the senses of the 26 year old Alicantian to the extent it forced Finnish referee Ansii Perajoki to a …

At Doncaster Dome, Tyrone Nurse of Huddersfield won the vacant BBBofC Central Area Light Welterweight Title by second round TKO. The fight was stopped when opponent Joe Elfidh of Kent suffered an injured shoulder. The Stefy Bull promoted Show featured eight undercard bouts. In Tyne and Wear, Jon Lewis Dickinson …

When Gavin Rees takes on Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner this Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he really will have a hard night’s work ahead of him. Rees, 37-1-1 with 18 KO’s, is older, by nine years at 32. He is slower than Broner, both of hand and foot, the …

IBF Middleweight Champion Daniel Geale has never had that snapping finisher mentality, which has led to him being overlooked for major fights internationally. But Geale (29-1-0 15 KO’s) proved last night that his two world title victories against formidable German opponents Felix Sturm and Sebastian Sylvester were no flukes, bullying …

Live from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Showtime’s renowned boxing series “Showtime World Championship Boxing” serves up a tripleheader where the main course is Argentine knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (32-2-0 30 KO’s), who looks to secure a WBC title fight with Danny Garcia by winning …

After his planned All-American fight with Andre “SOG” Ward was twice delayed and later canceled, Kelly Pavlik has decided to call it a day and hang up the gloves, admitting he doesn’t feel that drive to continue fighting. Pavlik, (40-2-0 34 KO’s), was a popular prospect casting through the Middleweight …

2013 looms most promising for British boxing, following on the heels of 2012, which saw Britain clinch three Gold medals in the first home Olympics since 1948 and the greatest medal haul with Bantamweight Luke Campbell, Super Heavyweight Anthony Joshua and flyweight Nicola Adams all clinching gold medals. The 29 …

It’s been a snowy week in the UK but the cold weather didn’t put off the hundreds of boxing fans who ventured out to watch some great boxing this weekend. At Walsall on Friday night, Frank Warren and Errol Johnson hosted a fightnight which featured three Title contests. Birmingham’s Frankie …

Promotional rivalries have scrapped some of the biggest fights in recent history of the Sweet Science, making this card so unique and intriguing. On tap is Mexican warrior Orlando Salido and energetic powerhouse Mikey Garcia facing off in the main event, powerful Kazakh Gennady Golovkin facing Gabriel Rosado and entertaining …

After the seemingly indestructible Manny Pacquiao was gunned down by long-time rival Juan Manuel Marquez this past December, Floyd Mayweather Jr is now alone atop the mythical pound-for-pound mountain, but is “Money May” headed for a similar fate? For years, Mayweather and Pacquiao shared the spotlight on their multi-division parallel …

It’s hard to believe that Bernard Hopkins is still lacing up the gloves at 48 years of age but even more remarkable is that the Philadelphian is engaging in a world title fight against one of the top men in the division, Tavoris Cloud. The pair square off on March …

One brother is 41 and has a thriving second career in Politics while the other is 36 and has recently lost his long-time trainer; will there ever be a better time for Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko to walk away from it all? There has been much talk of a post-Klitschko …