London 2012 Olympians Adam Nolan and Darren O’Neill both won their semi-finals at the National Elite Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium tonight. Nolan beat Fergal Redmond on a unanimous verdict to move to within one win of his fourth successive welterweight crown. And O’Neill, who captained the Irish team at …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather Jr Interview Adds Interest To Tonight’s ShoBox
Superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather will be ringside at tonight’s ShoBox: The New Generation from Turning Stone Casino in Verona, N.Y., and will be interviewed during the live telecast on Showtime at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. This will be the first television interview Mayweather will give since …
Read More »WBA Light Fly King Ioka Moves Up In Weight
Japan’s Kazuto Ioka officially announced his resignation of the World Boxing Association 108-pound title with a communication sent to the Championships Committee. Ioka won the title on December 31, 2012, when he defeated the Mexican Jose Alfredo Rodriguez by TKO 6 in Osaka. He made three defenses of his belt …
Read More »Top Irish Amateurs In Competition At National Elite Championships
London 2012 bronze medallists Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan will be in action at the National Elite Championships semi-finals at the National Stadium in Dublin this weekend. Twenty six last-four contests will be decided at the South Circular Road venue on Friday and Saturday. Barnes, who fought at flyweight at …
Read More »WBA Champ Anselmo Moreno Makes Changes To Title Defense
WBA Super Bantamweight Champion, Panamanian Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno, announced several changes for his 12th defense against Javier “Chispita” Chacón from Argentina. In a press conference held at Fantastic Casino in Panama City, Panama, Moreno´s team confirmed the date of March 22 at the Arena Roberto Duran with a totally modified …
Read More »Danny Garcia Staves Up Jump To Welter To Fight In Puerto Rico
Undefeated WBC/WBA Super Lightweight Champion Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KOs), of Philadelphia, and his father/trainer, Angel Garcia, hosted an open media workout on Wednesday at the DSG Boxing Gym in Philadelphia. Garcia is winding down preparations for his long-awaited debut to his native homeland and his world title defense against …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather Sr To Face Ruben Guerrero In The Ring?
It’s now official that world class boxing trainers Floyd Mayweather Sr. and Ruben Guerrero are looking to settle their long lasting feud by facing each other in a boxing match. A date hasn’t been officially announced but negotiations are underway to finalize this intriguing boxing match. The Knockout reality show …
Read More »Marston Gets Change Of Opponent For WBU European Title Bout
Mr. Vencislav Nikolov, General Secretary of the Professional Boxing League of Bulgaria, recently informed the WBU Europe office, in London, UK, that they are unable to provide permission for Galina Gumliiska to box England’s Marianne Marston for the World Boxing Union European Super Bantamweight Championship in London this coming weekend, …
Read More »Bondas Eagerly Awaiting ESPN Boxino Tournament
Chicago based middleweight contender Donatas Bondorovas wrapped up training on Monday in preparation for the first round of ESPN’s “Boxcino 2014” this Friday night, February 28, at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. Presented by Chicago’s promotional powerhouses; Hitz Boxing and Round 3 Productions along with Philadelphia based titan Banner …
Read More »TG4 To Televise Irish Amateur 2014 Elite Championships
Maeve Clarke and Lynn McEnery will get a weekend of 2014 National Elite semi-finals underway at the National Stadium in Dublin on Friday night. Paddy Barnes, Michael Conlan and Joe Ward, who are all ranked in the top ten in the World by AIBA in their respective weight classes, will …
Read More »WBO Title Challenger Crawford Confident Ahead Of Burns Clash
Terence Crawford says all the pressure is on Ricky Burns on Saturday night, as the pair battle for the Scotsman’s WBO Lightweight title at the SECC in Glasgow, live on Sky Sports – and says there’s nothing the 11,000 fans in the Arena can do to stop him [Crawford] from …
Read More »Super Middles Chavez Jr, Vera Workout For Media In San Antonio
Fight Week in San Antonio for the eagerly- anticipated boxing doubleheader featuring the rematch between former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and top-five contender and two-fisted Texan Bryan Vera began in earnest today as both participated in media workouts. In front of a packed Zarzamora Street Boxing Gym, …
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