Matty Askin believes he is on collision course with British cruiserweight champion Jon-Lewis Dickinson after he won the English title by beating China Clarke on Saturday night. The Blackpool ace took a while to get warmed up in front of his home support at the Winter Gardens before finding his range, dropping Clarke in the…
The Open Senior Cadet Competition concluded at Dublin’s Nationals Stadium today. The IABA are using the tournament as part of their selection process for June’s European Junior Championships in Russia. Meantime, the Girls 1 to 6 Championships glove off at the National Stadium next Friday. Elsewhere this weekend, Eric Donovan’s Astana Arlans cruised into the…
Back in December last year Chester’s Chris Goodwin was due to travel to Cork in Ireland to face ‘homeboy’ Oisin ‘Gael Force’ Fagan, for the vacant WBF Inter-Continental Lightweight crown. However fate stepped in and the fight never got to go ahead. Some four months later the pair finally go toe to toe for the…
Ireland will meet France over two legs at the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork and the National Stadium in Dublin on May 3rd and 5th next. The Ireland (male) London 2012 squad of John Joe Nevin, Paddy Barnes, Michael Conlan, Darren O’Neill and Adam Nolan and current European champion Joe Ward have been called up…
Following a frustrating few months, outstanding Team GB star Iain Weaver finally makes his most welcome professional debut at York Hall in Bethnal Green on Saturday 27th April, on the Dave Murphy promoted Thunder & Lightning event, headlined by Dean Irish Lightning Byrne versus Jay IOW Assassin Morris International Masters Welterweight title clash. Weaver, who…
The Open Cadet semi-finals are scheduled for Dublin’s National Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The finals will be held Sunday. The Irish Amateur Boxing Association are using the Open as part of their selection process for the European Junior Championships in Russia in June.
The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. will be the site of one of the most intriguing clashes of boxing’s summer season, as Argentinean knockout artist Marcos Maidana faces off against Southern California favorite Josesito Lopez in a 12 round fight for Maidana’s WBA Intercontinental Welterweight Championship in the main event of a Showtime tripleheader…
London 2012 Olympian Cameron Hammond is looking to wow promoter Ricky Hatton this weekend. The stylish Aboriginal boxer faces experienced Kiwi Daniel Roy Maxwell at the Royal International Convention Centre in Brisbane on Saturday night, April 20.
With the Super Welterweight World Championship Unification fight between Canelo Alvarez and Austin Trout coming up this weekend on Saturday, April 20 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, followed by the Unified Super Lightweight World Championship between Danny Garcia and Zab Judah at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, April 27 and…
Gary Buckland wants to secure a place in Welsh boxing history. In recent years a number of boxers from the Principality have followed the examples of greats such as Jimmy Wilde, Percy Jones and Howard Winstone by having success at world level.
Goodwin Promotions are delighted to announce a further addition to their ever expanding team with the signing of a three-year promotional deal with unbeaten middleweight prospect ‘Smoking’ Joe Mullender. 26 year-old Mullender, from Brentwood in Essex, has won all four of his pro contests.
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today that the WBC No.1-rated welterweight contender Carlos “El Potro†Abregu had signed an exclusive contract with Top Rank. Abregu, one of the division’s most exciting fighters, will make his Top Rank and his 2013 debut next Saturday, April 27. He’ll be facing Top-Five contender Antonin Decarie, in…