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Next up for British heavyweight champion David Price is a bout with Audley Harrison at Liverpool’s Echo Arena on October 13, 2012. Harrison and Matt Skelton were the front runners for Price’s voluntary defence of his British title belt. Both Harrison and Skelton have had knockout victories in their last outings, with Harrison stopping Ali…
© Paul Speak Evander Holyfield called into the Hatton Health and Fitness gym 2 days ago on the 14th August to enlist Ricky Hatton for the Merseyside Anti Gun Campaign. The two champs shared a few stories and seemed to hit it off. Holyfield talked about challenging one of the Klitcskos if he can get…
Today is has been announced that Welterweight prospect and former ABA champion Ronnie “Babe†Heffron faces the toughest test of his professional career to date in a British Welterweight eliminator shot against former British champion David Barnes on the 12th October at the Bowler Exhibition Centre. The 22 year old Heffron, from Oldham in Manchester,…
This week it has been announced that newly unified WBO and IBF Super Bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire will face a tough maiden unification defence of his titles against the Japanese Super-Bantamweight star Toshiaki Nishioka at the Home Depot Centre on the 13th November in Carson, California. This contest is widely seen as one of the…
Paul Spadafora (45-0-1, 19KO) is finally making a comeback to the ring after a two year absence. The Pittsburgh Kid will be facing Wilfredo Negron (26-16-1, 19KO) of San Juan, Puerto Rico on August 18th in West Virginia. The Undefeated Spadafora has been busy and focused. Most of his time this year was concentrated on…
Following his American televised debut against former IBO Super-Middleweight title challenger Francesco Sierra in a 10 round contest in San Jose, California, George Groves has been forced to postpone (yet again) his forthcoming defence of his Commonwealth and British Super-Middleweight titles. Groves was due to rematch former victim Kenny Anderson, which had been scheduled on…
Earlier this week, it was announced that former British Lightweight Champion Anthony “Million Dollar†Crolla has signed up for the latest edition of the Prizefighter series, which is promoted by Matchroom Sport. This latest edition of Prizefighter will take place at the Olympia in Liverpool on the sixth of October and will provide the start…
Following the announcement of David Price’s first defence of the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles against Audley Harrison in a battle of the Olympians at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on October 13, an intriguing chief support bout has been added to the bill as Blackpool’s Brian Rose will be making the first defence of…
Following a defeat to Polish prospect Andrzej Fonfara on points in a 10 round contest, Jamaican Road Warrior Glencoffe Johnson has chosen to call time on his professional career at the age of 43. Johnson’s 70 fight professional career commenced back in 1993 at the age of 24 and saw him take on some of…
Today it has been announced that Liverpool’s undefeated big hitting Commonwealth and British Heavyweight champion David Price will be making the first defence of his titles at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on the 13th October against fellow Olympic Alumni Audley Harrison the former European and PrizeFighter champion. Price clinched the titles back in May…
Vinny Maddalone read the script and played the role perfectly Tyson Fury on Saturday night; the journeyman turned up, got hit a great deal and was stopped by the referee in five. Tough and compact slugger Maddalone didn’t really throw anything Fury’s way that troubled the bigger man. Fury had a reach advantage and was…
Reports have recently emerged from the United States that four time Heavyweight Champion of the World and former undisputed Cruiserweight Champion of the World, Evander Holyfield, has stated that he is seriously considering retiring from the square circle if he fails to gain one last attempt at a World Heavyweight titles. The 49 year old…