Team Ireland is gearing itself up for the visit of the No. 1 ranked boxing nation in the world at the National Stadium in Dublin on Friday. Ireland and Kazakhstan are slated to go head-to-head on March 14 at the home of Irish boxing. The international is being held to mark the 75th anniversary of…
IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins and WBA Super Champion Beibut Shumenov held a press conference on Tuesday at The W Hotel in Washington, D.C., to formally announce their world championship unification on Saturday, April 19, live on Showtime from the DC Armory. At 49-years-old, “The Alien” Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KOs), of Philadelphia, is looking…
Carl Froch and George Groves renewed their rivalry today at the first press conference for their rematch at Wembley on May 31, live on Sky Sports Box Office. 60,000 tickets for the fight were sold within the opening hour of going on sale at midday, the same time that Froch and Groves came face-to-face at…
Light Middleweights, 12 rounds Saul “Canelo” Alvarez: 155 pounds Alfredo Angulo: 154.5 pounds WBC Super Bantam Championship, 12 Rrunds Leo Santa Cruz: 122 pounds Cristian Mijares: 122 pounds
The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association announced that Martin Murray does not hold the Middleweight interim title of the organization anymore. The decision was made according to the regulation because Murray did not make any defense since he won the title. In addition, the Committee decided to withdraw Murray from the first challenger…
Martin Murray is targeting a November showdown with hard-hitting middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin after signing a lucrative seven-figure, three-fight deal with Africa’s largest promoter, Golden Gloves. The 31-year-old from St Helens in the UK split with Ricky Hatton last month after a frustrating year that saw him fight just once after his narrow defeat…
The fighters and their camps stayed classy and soft-spoken yet confident during Thursday’s final press conference for “Toe To Toe: Canelo vs. Angulo” taking place this Saturday, March 8, live on Showtime PPV at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT from MGM Grand Garden Arena. In Saturday’s 12-round super welterweight main event, popular Mexican boxing superstar…
Heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis has arrived in Istanbul. The 2004 Olympic gold medalist will face US veteran Tony “Tiger” Thompson on March 22 in Tekirdag. It is the clash of two former Klitschko foes: In March 2011 Solis lost to then WBC champion Vitali Klitschko in Cologne, Germany due to a knee injury; Thompson had…
World champion Leo Santa Cruz will adjust his glare towards rising star Carl Frampton should he prevail in his upcoming fight. The Mexican sensation who has been blasting his way past all comers in the super-bantamweight division is hoping to come through his next challenge against Cristian Mijares this Saturday night in Las Vegas before…
As of Friday morning, Carlos Molina has officially become unavailable for his junior middleweight championship title defense against Jermall Charlo, originally scheduled for tomorrow night. In light of these circumstances, the 10-round lightweight showdown between Ricardo “Dinamita” Alvarez and Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson has been elevated as the opening bout of the four-fight Showtime PPV presentation…
Ricky Hatton’s autobiography War and Peace has been included on the longlist for the 12th annual British Sports Book Awards. Co-written with Boxing News editor, Tris Dixon, the book charts The Hitman’s incredible rise from a Manchester council estate to the bright lights of Las Vegas. No punches were pulled as Hatton revealed the inside…
Underdog Alfredo Angulo is looking to draw on his time spent locked away in a detention centre to help push him to victory over Canelo Alvarez this weekend. The man known as ‘El Perro’ spent over seven months in ICE Detention Center in El Centro, California, having voluntarily checked in back in January 2012 due…