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Jamie McDonnell and Stephen Smith will box on the undercard of Carl Froch’s IBF/WBA Super Middleweight blockbuster live on Sky Sports Box Office from the sold-out Phones 4u Arena in Manchester. Former IBF Bantamweight champion McDonnell and former British Featherweight and Super Featherweight champion Smith will both fight in eight round bouts on the stacked…
Yesterday, the winner of the purse bid between Finchley’s Dereck Chisora and Liverpool’s David Price was reported widely in the media as the promotional and managerial backers of the Zimbabwean born Chisora. Chisora is a former World title challenger, ex-British and Commonwealth Champion, who is now the holder of the Heavyweight Championship of Europe. Price…
Top Rank announced today it signed yet another blue chip 2012 Olympian, silver medalist Esquiva Falcao of Brazil. He will make his professional debut in early 2014. Falcäo, 23, advanced to the Olympic finals as a middleweight, mowing down top international competition before losing to gold medalist Ryota Murata , also now a Top Rank…
Heavyweight contender Travis Kauffman, is set for a home town showdown against Manuel Quezado, for the vacant WBU Inter-Continental Heavyweight crown, on the Marshall Kauffman King’s Boxing promoted ‘Get Ready To Rumble’ mega event at the Santander Arena, Reading, PA, on Saturday 30th November 2013. Since turning pro in 2006 Travis has racked up an…
Ricky Hatton, MBE, says Bradley Pryce will get a “shock” when he faces Sergey Rabchenko in Bulgaria on Saturday night. Pryce agreed to take the European and WBC Silver Light-middleweight title clash after French southpaw Cedric Vitu sustained an injury and Hatton says the Welshman doesn’t know what he’s let himself in for.
Good morning America and good evening to Freddie Roach because it is 11 PM in General Santos City in the Philippines. It is very gracious of him to join us – he has a 4:30 AM run with Manny Thursday morning. We are just 10 days from Macau – Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios in…
Undefeated WBA/WBO 122-pound world champion and Cuban sensation Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux returns to the ring fresh from his career-best victory. Rigondeaux will be bidding for Fighter of the Year honors when he defends his unified titles against former two-time world champion Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko, Saturday, December 7, at Boardwalk Hall’s Adrian Phillips Ballroom…
An intriguing clash of pure punchers will occur in Manchester on November 22 as local favourite Mark Heffron places his flawless ledger on the line against former British and Commonwealth title challenger Martin Concepcion. The contest signifies a huge step up for novice pro Heffron and show promoter Dave Coldwell believes it is a contest…
Former world champion Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios and his team, headed up by Trainer of the Year Robert Garcia, arrived at The Venetian Macao® earlier today with one mission on their minds: beat Manny Pacquiao! “I’m in China baby!” exclaimed Rios as he was greeted at the resort’s VIP Entrance. “I worked hard in camp,…
Last night, WBA Fighter of the Decade and longtime WBA Featherweight champion Chris “The Dragon†John and IBO Lightweight “Indonesian Thunder” Daud Cino Yordan met with Indonesian vice president Boediono and a select few select Indonesian dignitaries as they shared dinner together at the Indonesian Consulate in Perth, Western Australia.
The incredibly athletic Bruno “The Aloha Kid” Escalante is getting his first shot at 115 lb gold when he fights for the vacant IBA Super Flyweight Championship against Michael Ruiz (9-3, 3 KOs) of Fresno California. The ten round bout will take place on December 7th at the Sports House in Redwood City California.
James ‘Jazza’ Dickens says he cannot wait to return to the ring and put right the mistakes he made in his British Super-bantamweight title clash with Kid Galahad two months ago. The plucky Scouser defends his English title against Barnsley’s tough Josh Wale at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, on December 14.