Gary Shaw Productions presents ESPN “Friday Night Fights” July 11, 2014 at the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, WA. The 10-round main event will feature lightweights, Art Hovhannisyan (17-1-2, 9 KOs) vs. Jonathan Maicelo (20-1, 12 KOs) for the WBC International Silver Title. In the co-feature, middleweights Tureano Johnson …
Read More »Adam Etches Not Laughing At Team Eubank Antics
Adam Etches says he’d knock Chris Eubank Jnr out if they ever fought, regardless of whether his famous father was working his corner. On Saturday night, Eubank Jnr’s corner caused a minor storm in Newcastle due to his dad’s bizarre antics between rounds. Wearing jodhpurs, a waistcoat and sleeveless shirt, …
Read More »British Prospect Haroon Khan Wins First Six Rounder
Bolton sensation Haroon Khan continued his unbeaten run with an assured victory over Csaba Kovacs at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday. The 23-year-old battled tough Hungarian Kovacs in his hometown at the weekend, taking his stretch of wins to five since turning professional last year, as he conclusively won 60-55 …
Read More »Ricky Burns Says New Era Starts For Him June 27 In Glasgow
Ricky Burns says he is ready to begin a new chapter in his career as he prepares to take on unbeaten Dejan Zlaticanin for the WBC International Lightweight title at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on Friday June 27, live on Sky Sports. Burns’ near two year reign as the …
Read More »Golovkin, Geale, Perez, Jennings Face Off In NYC
Saturday afternoon in New York City, a Press Conference was held for “G4″, the boxing extravaganza set for Saturday, July 26 at ‘The Mecca of Boxing”, Madison Square Garden and live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. In attendance were WBA/IBO Middleweight Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, …
Read More »Andy Lee Primed For MSG Battle With John Jackson
Irish light middleweight fighter Andy Lee, currently ranked WBC # 6, will be in action again against John Jackson, ranked WBC #4, for the vacant NABF light middleweight title this Saturday evening at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The scheduled 10 rounds bout will open the HBO PPV broadcast, …
Read More »Provodnikov, Algieri Discuss Upcoming WBO Title Clash
Marc Abrams: The “Siberian Rocky” Ruslan Provodnikov will defend his WBO Junior Welterweight Championship against undefeated New Yorker Chris Algieri Saturday night, June 14, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and it will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark. The card is being promoted by Banner Promotions and Top …
Read More »Martinez, Cotto Engage In Verbal Exhanges At Press Conference
Freddie Roach: “Winning this fight will be bout ring generalship. Miguel must keep himself in good position and control the ring. This is what we have worked on for nine weeks in training camp. Miguel never knew how to do this before we began working on it. “Miguel will have …
Read More »“The Sniper” Aiming To Pick Off Uruzquieta At MSG
Gary Shaw Productions, Universal Promotions and DiBella Entertainment’s undefeated super-featherweight champion, Jose “Sniper” Pedraza (16-0, 10 KOs), is excited to be fighting on the undercard of Miguel Cotto vs. Sergio Martinez, taking place at the Madison Square Garden in New York on June 7, 2014. Pedraza will battle Arturo Uruzquieta …
Read More »Aussie Hammond Faces Highly Ranked Contender Zhallauov
Australian stylist Cameron “The Hammer” Hammond believes he’s ready for the deep end of the welterweight waters and aims to prove it against highly regarded Roman Zhailauov on July 5. Zhailauov is rated in the top 15 by the WBA and has an unblemished 12 fight record, but Hammond says …
Read More »Carl Froch: British Boxing Must Seize The Moment
Carl Froch says his fantastic KO win over George Groves at Wembley Stadium has still not sunk in – and The Cobra is urging British boxing to capitalise on its greatest night. Froch secured back to back wins over Groves and retained his WBA and IBF Super Middleweight titles again …
Read More »Froch, Groves Make Weight For WBC/IBF Super Middle Title Rematch
This afternoon there were rowdy scenes at Wembley Arena as hundreds of fans watched Carl Froch and George Groves weigh in ahead of their rematch at Wembley Stadium tomorrow night. A Smiling Groves stepped up to the scales first and weighed in at 11st 12lbs 4oz [166.25 lb]. As Froch …
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