José Alfredo ‘’Little Devil’’ Zuniga, Mexican challenger for the WBA Interim champion Alberto ‘’Chiquito’’ Rossel from Peru, is already in Peruvian land, and he is determined to take the belt home. Ricardo Aguilar and Nicolas A. Rangel, who will be responsible to assist in this important battle, traveled with him. After a long journey from…
Christina Desmond, Jacqui Lynch and Ciara Ginty guaranteed Ireland at least three bronze medals following quarter-final wins at the AIBA World Youth and Junior Championships in Albena, Bulgaria this afternoon and evening. Desmond, Macroom BC, beat Chinese welter Shi Yazhuo on a unanimous decision to advance to Friday’s 69kg Youth semi-final.
Australian prospect Cameron Hammond couldn’t have hoped for better sparring ahead of Friday night’s clash with Jody Allen at the RSL Club in Dubbo, New South Wales. The 24-year-old, who represented his country at the London 2012 Olympics, has been sharing the ring with former world super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine as he prepares for…
Rotherham’s Nav Mansouri, who was due to step up against former British title contender, Mark Thompson, on October 4, was today left “majorly disappointed†as the Heywood man withdrew from the clash after suffering a cut in training. Promoter Dave Coldwell has acted immediately though and has brought in Barnsley prospect, Matthew Mallin (9-1), for…
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today the signing of undefeated WBA featherweight champion Nicholas “The Axe Man” Walters to a promotional contract. Top Rank will be promoting Walters in association with Warriors Boxing and Premium Boxing Promotions. Walters (22-0, 18 KOs), of Montego Bay, Jamaica, will make his Top Rank and U.S. debut…
Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye will now face unbeaten Tyson Fury on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Manchester’s Phones 4u Arena, following the postponement of their original date in September. The outspoken heavyweight pair were scheduled to box at the same venue this Saturday in what was billed as the British fight of the…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is proud to return to the Comanche Nation Casino on Friday, October 4 with “Punch Out”, an exciting evening of professional boxing headlined by the return of Lawton, Oklahoma’s favorite son, George “Comanche Boy” Tahdooahnippah. Tahdooahnippah will face off against York, South Carolina battle tested veteran, Thomas Brown in the ten…
Malta’s reigning WBU International Light Welterweight Champion ‘Super’ Steve Martin arrived in London on Friday afternoon, within hours he was already sparring at the famous Trad TKO Gym in Canning Town, where he is based for the final preparations for his upcoming title defense, which takes place on the Dave Murphy, Acourtier Events, promoted “Night…
The IABA’s Boxing Council meet Monday night, September 23, to ratify the Irish squad for next month’s AIBA World Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Monday’s meeting begins at 6pm in the Ringside Club at Dublin’s National Stadium.
Hayemaker Boxing regret to inform that David Haye has been forced to postpone his September 28 bout with Tyson Fury due to a deep cut suffered during the final spar of training camp. The cut above his left eyebrow occurred in round two of sparring on Friday night (September 19) and required six stitches by…
Nearly 8-out-of-10 households in Mexico with a television set tuned into last Saturday’s “The One: Mayweather vs. Canelo” mega-fight live on Televisa’s Channel 5. The 12-round majority decision fight, which Mayweather won, garnered a national rating of 41.1 points, which equates to a 77 percent share, 22.1 million viewers and 5.9 million television households, making…
Ireland’s 11-strong squad arrived in Albena, Bulgaria early this morning ahead of the opening bell for the 2nd AIBA World Youth and Junior Championships. Boxing begins on Sunday at the Black Sea Holiday resort.