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Bob Arum: This is a very interesting promotion as far as I’m concerned. A lot of people are concentrating on the new and improved Tim Bradley. Manny Pacquiao with his right arm now totally repaired – he has had that torn rotator cuff since before the De La Hoya fight. A lot of athletes are…
Conor Benn has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing and will make his professional debut on the undercard of Anthony Joshua MBE’s IBF Heavyweight title clash with Charles Martin at The O2 in London on April 9, live on Sky Sports Box Office. The 19 year old son of British boxing legend Nigel kicks…
British middleweight champion Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell has scoffed in the face of Chris Eubank Jr.’s claims he’s ‘bland’ and ‘boring’ and promised to take the fight to him when they meet on Saturday night at The SSE Arena, Wembley. Blackwell and Eubank Jr. have become entangled in a war of words since their highly-anticipated…
Kell Brook says he knows that mandatory challenger Kevin Bizier will be desperate to get his hands on his IBF Welterweight title when they meet at the Sheffield Arena on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports. The Sheffield star landed the title as mandatory challenger himself, putting in a career best performance in ripping the…
Gary Sykes has warned Luke Campbell MBE that he’s not fighting to make up the numbers and will hand him a second pro defeat as they clash for the vacant Commonwealth Lightweight belt at the Sheffield Arena on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports. The Dewsbury ace steps up to Lightweight having held the British…
Kevin Bizier wants to take Kell Brook’s IBF Welterweight title at the Sheffield Arena live on Sky Sports on Saturday night and add his name to the list of great Canadian World champions. Bizier landed the mandatory challenger spot with an impressive win over unbeaten American Fredrick Lawson in November, the second Canadian fighter to…
Chris Eubank Jr. has warned reigning British middleweight champion Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell to look out for the uppercut when the pair clash at The SSE Arena, Wembley on March 26, live on Channel 5. The Brighton-born challenger, a former WBA interim world middleweight champion, is known for his explosive and damaging uppercut – used…
Unbeaten Pauly Upton will box for his first title as a pro when he squares off with Terry Maughan at The Deco in Northampton, on April 23. The oldest of the Upton brothers headlines Hatton Promotions’ and Black Country Boxing’s latest Midlands extravaganza in a clash for the vacant Irish super-welterweight title. 27-year-old Pauly was…
British middleweight champion Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell has paid tribute to the skills of former British, Commonwealth and European super-middleweight champion ‘Saint’ George Groves following a number of sparring sessions in his company and says he’s now more confident than ever of defeating his next opponent, Chris Eubank Jr., on March 26. Blackwell and Eubank…
Kell Brook has told Kevin Bizier to get ready to stand and fight when he defends his IBF Welterweight title at the Sheffield Arena on Saturday night (March 26), live on Sky Sports. Brook makes the third defence of his title and second against a Canadian mandatory challenger and, for ‘The Special One’, it’s the…
WBA Interim Cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs) is targeting the May 21 unification title winner between WBA titlist Denis Lebedev (28-2, 21 KOs) and IBF champion Victor Emilio “El Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 KOs).
Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell has hit back at Chris Eubank Jr. for labelling him ‘bland’ and pouring scorn on his reign as British middleweight champion. Earlier this week Eubank Jr. claimed Blackwell’s tenure as British champion didn’t do the famous Lonsdale belt justice, but Blackwell, who defends his belt for the third time against Eubank…