Boxing News
Big Brother 2013 launched this week and we have a Boxer ‘in the house’! Twenty eight year old Daley Ojuederie of Kensington has had four professional contests since turning pro in 2006. His record stands at three wins – one by knockout and one draw. Ojuederie – already billed as the ‘sexy boxing champion’ (!)…
Luke Campbell collected his MBE from The Queen at Buckingham Palace yesterday and invited Her Royal Highness to his debut at MS3 Craven Park in Hull on July 13, live on Sky Sports in ‘The Homecoming’. Campbell was named in the New Year’s Honours list after winning Gold in the bantamweight final at the London…
Australian prospect Cameron Hammond will engage in an eagerly anticipated home-coming next month. The 2012 Olympian will face Joel Galea over six rounds on a Danny Cheetham promotion at the Memorial Hall in Moree, New South Wales on July 13.
Former world title-challenger Harry Joe Yorgey from Bridgeport, Pennsylvania will continue his climb back to the top when he faces Windsor Mill, Maryland’s Julius Kennedy for the vacant World Boxing Federation North American Middleweight title on June 15 at the Valley Forge Casino Resort.
Super bantamweight star Scott Quigg has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Sport and will debut under new promoter Eddie Hearn at the USN Bolton Arena on June 29, live on Sky Sports in ‘Rock & Croll’. The unbeaten interim WBA champion features in a ten-rounder on the stacked bill topped by fellow Manchester fighter…
One of the UK’s most exciting and entertaining young boxers of today – Lewisham Light Heavyweight Jovan ‘Young Star’ Young, may have a five fight unbeaten record but his home fans have yet to see the former Repton Amateur star in action as a pro.
Tickets to the exciting and historic battle between undefeated WBO Welterweight Champion Timothy Bradley Jr. and four-division world champion and Méxican icon Juan Manuel Marquez go on sale Friday, June 21, at 3:00 p.m. ET / Noon PT. The Bradley vs. Márquez welterweight championship event will take place Saturday, October 12, at the Thomas &…
Lee Selby will face unbeaten Viorel Simion on ‘The Homecoming’ bill at the MS3 Craven Park in Hull on July 13, live on Sky Sports. The Welsh featherweight star switches from the Bolton show on June 29 to meet the Romanian on the bumper outdoor show topped by the debut of Olympic Gold medal star…
Five time World Boxing Champion Antonio Tarver is no stranger to overcoming the odds. The Orlando, Florida native who shocked the world with his one punch knockout of the great Roy Jones Jr. is poised to prove doubters wrong and make his return to the ring.
Adam Little isn’t letting a niggling injury distract him from his goal of winning his first professional title before the end of the year. The Ricky Hatton-trained welterweight prospect was due to box in Blackpool this evening but decided to pull out so that he can spend some more time getting his hand right after…
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer announced at the outset of yesterday’s final press conference that he expects The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. , to be sold out for the exciting fight card headlined by Marcos Maidana vs. Josesito Lopez this Saturday, June 8 live on Showtime at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT).
World-ranked knockout specialist Jorge “Destroyer” Melendez (26-2-1, 25 KO’s), of Bayamon, P.R., and former amateur standout Nick “The Machine Gun†Brinson (14-1-2, 6 KO’s), of Rochester, N.Y., made weight on their first attempts Thursday for their 10-round main event fight tonight, on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT delayed on…