Kieran Molloy, Willie Donoghue and Irish team captain John Joyce all claimed victories in Kiev, Ukraine this afternoon and evening to book their tickets into the last-eight of the AIBA World Junior Championships. The trio join Sean Conroy in Thursday’s (September 12th) quarter-finals. All four are now just one win away from at least a…
Opening with a ten seconds of silence to remember the fallen victims on the twelfth anniversary of 9/11, Joe DeGuardia hosted a press conference today for Star Boxing’s “Rockin Fights 10” set for this Saturday, September 14 at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. The press conference was held at Meehan’s of Huntington, directly across…
Eight-time, five-division World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Super Welterweight World Champion and Mexican Superstar Canelo Alvarez kicked off fight week for “The One: Mayweather vs. Canelo” as the two superstars arrived in grand fashion in front of approximately 2,000 screaming fans on Tuesday at the MGM Grand Hotel Lobby. Canelo’s WBC and WBA Super…
Canelo Alvarez and I have big fights coming up this weekend. His is the ring and mine in treatment. I will not be at the fight to cheer Canelo to victory since I have voluntarily admitted myself into a treatment facility. I explained this to Canelo and he understood that my health and longterm recovery…
Luke Campbell, MBE, is set to star in a second huge hometown show as Gavin Rees faces Tommy Coyle and Richard Towers meets Lucas Browne at the Hull Arena on November 2, live on Sky Sports – with tickets on sale at 9am tomorrow morning, September 12.
Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has laughed off Tyson Fury’s claim that he will pursue a kickboxing bout just one month after the pair’s boxing showdown on September 28 in Manchester. Fury expressed his desire to compete in the kickboxing contest, scheduled for Bucharest on October 25, regardless of whether he wins or loses…
After today’s awful news regarding the passing of the much-loved Dean Powell, I’d like to offer my sincere condolences to all of Dean’s family. Also, my best wishes are with Frank Warren and everybody else at Queensberry Promotions who I know were extremely close to Dean and appreciated the magnificent job that he did for…
Someone’s ‘0’ must go at the ‘Celtic Clash’, but stylish switch hitting former Irish amateur champion Declan Trainor is determined that he will maintain his clean slate when he faces fellow unbeaten Sligo fighter Stephen ‘Block’ Reynolds for the Celtic Nations cruiserweight title on a bumper bill at the Devenish Complex in Belfast on Saturday,…
Martin Collins and Sean Conroy will be the first two Irish boxers in action at the AIBA World Junior Championships in Kiev, Ukraine this weekend.
On Saturday, September 21, the Whippany Athletic Club on Algonquin Parkway will be hosting an all-day open house open to the public, featuring a variety of events, including a meet and greet with Hall-of-Fame heavyweight knockout artist Lou Esa. The Whippany Athletic Club is a state-of-the-art facility featuring a brand new boxing ring, several heavy…
On Friday night, September 13 at Harrahs Philadelphia, Eric Hunter will headline a big night of boxing promoted by Joey Eye Boxing. Hunter, of Philadelphia, will take on an opponent to be named for the vacant NABA United States Featherweight title in a bout scheduled for ten rounds. Hunter has a record of 17-2 with…
The clash between Carl Froch and George Groves on 23 November, joins a schedule of live boxing on Sky Sports that already includes six world title fights in the first eight weeks of the new season. The new season of live boxing on Sky Sports gets underway with a mouth-watering selection of international bills during…