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Below are quotes from Wednesday’s press conference in advance of Saturday’s Super Middleweight showdown between former WBC Middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and WBO #1 ranked Middleweight Bryan Vera that will take place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The show is promoted by Top Rank and Banner Promotions and will be televised…
Over the past few years, former Big Brother star Angel ‘The Entertainer’ McKenzie has had a couple of title shots, unfortunately all were abroad and on very short notice, but now this is about to change. The Brixton based pugilist is in the last stages of her preparations to challenge Germany’s Jennifer Retzke for the…
Anthony Joshua will face unbeaten Italian Emanuele Leo when he makes his professional boxing debut at the The O2 on Saturday October 5, live on Sky Sports. The 32 year old from Southern Italy has won all eight of his pro bouts including three by knockout and will meet the Olympic Super Heavyweight gold medallist…
Twenty eight year old professional boxer, Daley “Star†Ojuederie, has returned from his stint in the Big Brother house ready to launch a serious assault on the Super-Middleweight division. After meeting with trainer Don Charles and Promoter/Manager – Steve Goodwin, Daley signed a three year deal with Goodwin and is ready to launch his career…
World-ranked super-middleweight contender ‘Saint’ George Groves is delighted to announce that Ireland’s Paddy Fitzpatrick will take over training duties ahead of his WBA and IBF title tilt against Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch on November 23. The announcement comes days after Groves and trainer Adam Booth parted ways following a five-year working relationship and marks the…
Ryan Burnett is almost having to pinch himself. The Ricky Hatton-trained prospect is only two fights into his professional career and already he’s preparing to box at Belfast’s biggest indoor venue. The 21-year-old bantamweight will feature against a soon to be confirmed opponent on the undercard of Carl Frampton’s European and IBF Intercontinental title defence…
Scott Quigg’s WBA Super Bantamweight title clash with Yoandris Salinas will now take place at The O2 on Saturday October 5, live on Sky Sports, with two Gold medal heroes now in action in Anthony Joshua, MBE, and Luke Campbell, MBE. Quigg and Salinas were due to meet as the chief support to David Haye’s…
HBO Sports’ groundbreaking “24/7†reality franchise, which has captured 17 Sports Emmy Awards, returns for its 17th boxing installment with 24/7 Bradley/Marquez, an all-new series debuting Saturday, September 28 from 1:00-1:30 a.m. ET/PT on HBO, immediately following the “World Championship Boxing†presentation beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/P). The all-access series follows two world-class fighters as…
Four-time world boxing champion Ricky Hatton will do a live question and answer session on his Hatton Academy at this year’s Leisure Industry Week (LIW) at the NEC in Birmingham. Running on September 24-26, LIW is the largest exhibition for leisure industry professionals in the country and annually attracts around 7,000 visitors.
Curtis Woodhouse has told Derry Mathews to ‘stand and fight’ when they fight for the Commonwealth Lightweight title at the sold-out Liverpool Olympia, on Saturday night, September 21, live on Sky Sports – and the hometown champion told the challenger he’ll do exactly that. Mathews defends the belt for the first time after his stunning…
On Wednesday night October 23, It will be an historic night of boxing at the Sydney Entertainment Center in Sydney, Australia when former three world champion Anthony Mundine (44-5, 26 KO’s) battles six-time world champion and future Hall of Famer “Sugar†Shane Mosley in a twelve round Jr. Middleweight bout for the WBA International championship….
Since the much-anticipated launching of Iron Mike Productions last month, Hall of Famer and living legend “Iron” Mike Tyson has had a string of major media appearances, granting interviews to Fox Sports Live, Extra, the Today Show, and Conan O’Brien, where he spoke about his upcoming show, “Being Mike Tyson,” as well as the current…