WBA Middleweight champ, Gennady Golovkin, is already installed in New York, and is waiting for the weigh-in on Friday for his fight with Curtis Stevens on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden. Golovkin, who has retired 13 opponents in a row, says he is ready to have his hand raised in his next defense…
Last Saturday’s Showtime Championship Boxing tripleheader, highlighted by Future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins,drew the second largest average audience for a live Showtime boxing event this year and ranks as the third-highest average on record for the premium network since 2004 when Nielsen began tracking pay television networks’ individual channels. The high viewership average across…
Unbeaten Donegal light middleweight boxer ‘the Buncrana Banger’ John Hutchinson continued the flying start to his pro boxing career with a sensational points win over American Robert Brando-Hunt in front of a voiciferous Irish-American crown at the Irish Cultural Center in Canton, Boston on Saturday night. The rugged 26-year-old was re-entering the Lion’s Den having…
Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao’s return to the ring against the unyielding Brandon Rios on November 23 will be brought to UK fight fans live and exclusive on BoxNation. The eagerly anticipated matchup, which sees Pacquiao make his first return to the ring since his devastating knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez, will pit him against…
Tommy Coyle is aiming to put the disappointment of his heart-breaking defeat to Commonwealth Lightweight champion Derry Mathews behind him when he faces John Simpson on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports from the Hull Ice Arena. Coyle tackles Simpson for the vacant IBF International title after returning to action in September with a four-round…
The Irish Elite squad are due to arrive home from the 17th AIBA World Elite Men’s Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan via Dublin Airport on Sunday. Jason Quigley and Joe Ward will be bringing home silver and bronze from the 100-nation tournament.
Ahead of their IBF light heavyweight title clash this evening at Boardwalk Hall In Atlantic City, champion Bernard Hopkins and challenger Karo Murat hit the scales, along with the principal boxers on the bill. IBF Light Heavyweight Championship, 12 rounds Bernard Hopkins: 172.5 lb Karo Murat: 174 lb
Boxing broadcaster extraordinaire Al Bernstein will be inducted into his third Hall of Fame this year on Saturday night, November 9 during the 9TH annual Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) Gala Induction Dinner in the Uncas Ballroom at Mohegan Sun. The other CBHOF Class of 2013 inductees are former world title challengers Luigi “Kid…
This Saturday afternoon a very important Welterweight bout will take place as IBF number-one ranked Kell Brook (30-0, 20 KO’s) will take on number-eight ranked and former WBA Welterweight champion, Vyacheslav Senchenko (34-1, 23 KO’s) The 12 round elimination bout will top a terrific four bout card that will be televised on AWE beginning at…
Former WBC cruiserweight champion and opponent of heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko, Juan Carlos Gomez, (51-3-0) will be back in action on November 1st in Dachau, Germany) against Adnan Buharalija (29-18-2) from Bosnia. The “Black Panther” moves down from heavy to cruiserweight and is eyeing a title shot in 2014.
From The Office of the Vice President MALTA BOXING COMMISSION Specific attention: Mr Robert Smith, Mr Charles Giles, Mr Bob Logist and Mrs Enza Jacaponi Dear Robert, Charles, Bob and Enza As you are aware I personally authorised the Malta Boxing Commission sanctioning of Shiya Ozgul versus Chris Jenkinson, which took place immediately after the…
Bernard Hopkins, IBF Light Heavyweight Champion “I’m coming to show you all that not only am I different and I don’t get tired of doing what I do. I love winning opportunities and situations to win. Saying ‘I’m getting old,’ is getting old. “I’m only doing what some of the greats have done before me…