Talented prospect Haroon Khan will take his first bow in the professional ranks against 20-year-old Bulgarian Stefan Slavchev (3-7, 1 KO) at Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on April 27. The 2010 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist has decided to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious older brother, Amir, and turn professional with his first fight taking…
Scotty Cardle says there is no stopping him now as he prepares for his first major test when he faces unbeaten Maxi Hughes for the vacant Central Area lightweight title in ‘The New Life Of Brian’ at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on April 20, live on Sky Sports. The 23 year old former Team…
Coldwell Boxing today won the purse bid for Shayne Singleton’s maiden English light-welterweight title defence against Tyrone Nurse and the contest will take place on June 1 at Manchester’s Bowlers Venue. Singleton makes a swift return to the venue where he captured the belt last month when dethroning Curtis Woodhouse and the hard fights keep…
Lee Selby will defend his Commonwealth featherweight title against unbeaten Australian champion Corey McConnell on April 20 at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens, in ‘The New Life of Brian’, live on Sky Sports. McConnell (11-0-1) took the Aussie belt with a points win over Ernie Gonzales Jr. in October and will be Selby’s first opponent under his…
Tony Bellew and Isaac Chilemba will fight again in an official final eliminator for the WBC light heavyweight title on the sold-out Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler bill “Warriors’ Call” at the O2 Arena in London, live on Sky Box Office on May 25. The pair clashed at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on March…
Ricky Hatton will offer fight fans the chance to learn some of his boxing skills and techniques on May 10 when he hosts his own Hatton Academy workshop. Scott Quigg and Martin Murray have already put fight fans through their paces by holding their own sessions and now it’s time for the boss to show…
On Friday March 29, Ermano Fegatilli (27-5-0 5 KO’s) needed to make a statement, and boy did he deliver with a lopsided eight round thrashing of French veteran Karim Chakim (25-9-0 11 KO’s) at the Topsporthal in Liege, Belgium. Chakim lied on the retreat from the opening bell, eating Ermano’s sharply angled punches at will….
On Saturday, 27 April at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, former Australian Light Welterweight Champion, Dean Irish Lightning Byrne, is set to challenge for his first domestic title, when he faces Jay IOW Assassin Morris for the vacant International Masters Welterweight crown on the Dave Murphy promoted Thunder & Lightning event. Globe trotting Byrne…
Two of Hall of Fame promoter Don King’s most promising, undefeated young prospects, lightweight Angelo “The Cobra†Santana and super lightweight Amir “Young Master†Imam will compete in featured fights this Friday, April 12, on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Both boxers, highly regarded…
From the makers of All Acess Showtime Sports takes viewers behind the scenes and into the lives of undefeated WBC Super Welterweight Champion Canelo Alvarez and unbeaten WBA Super Welterweight Champion Austin Trout with a sneak peek of their highly anticipated fight in a special All Acess: Canelo vs. Trout Preview.
For the second time in three months middleweight world champion Gennady “GGG†Golovkin has been named the WBA’s Fighter of the Month, following his impressive third round knockout of former world titleholder Nobuhiro Ishida on Saturday, March 30 in Monaco. The stoppage was the seventh defense of the WBA Middleweight Title by Golovkin and was…
Tonight, Wednesday, April 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, Showtime Sports debuts the first episode of the highly anticipated documentary series All Access: Mayweather vs. Guerrero in the lead-up to the presentation of Showtime PPV May Day: the mega-event headlined by boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound titlist Floyd “Money” Mayweather in his welterweight world championship defense against…