Kell Brook will challenge Devon Alexander for the IBF welterweight title at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on May 18, live on Sky Sports. The long-awaited clash between Brook and Alexander has been cancelled twice due to both men succumbing to training injuries, but now ‘The Special One’ from Sheffield and number one rated…
Sheffield puncher Adam Etches believes his fan base is growing so rapidly, it won’t be long until he’s topping the bill on big arena shows. “The Bomber” challenges for his first professional title on Saturday night (April 13) when he faces tough Andrei Abramenka for the IBF youth middleweight crown. Tickets for the show were…
British Featherweight Marianne Marston is to dedicate her upcoming fight, against Latvia’s Aleksandra Jasjukevica at York Hall, Bethnal Green in London on Saturday 27th April 2013, to the memory of her recently departed mentor, Legendary Heavyweight Champion of the World Smokin’ Joe Frazier.
Fox Sports and Golden Boy Promotions, founded by 10-time World Champion Oscar De La Hoya, have reached a multi-media rights extension to televise exciting live boxing in the United States and internationally. The new multi-year agreement keeps Golden Boy Promotions’ bouts with Fox Sports for years to come, and helps establish a new Monday night…
This past Thursday, The state of the art McGirt Training Facility had its grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony. The facility will be a gym and will also house the offices of GH3 Promotions and Greg Cohen Promotions. McGirt Training Facility is already a hit In the community and political leaders joined members of the boxing…
Lava Promotions, in association with the Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo MI, presents “Battle of the Week at Silver Creek.†The main event features a mandatory title bout between Philadelphia’s Yusaf Mack (31-5-2, 17 KO) and Chicago’s Cedric Agnew (25-0, 13 KO).
Undefeated lightweight Angelo “La Cobra†Santana (14-0, 11 KOs), from Miami, Fla., will now face Bahodir Mamadjonov (12-1, 8 KOs), from Uzbekistan now fighting out of Houston, on Friday at Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Las Vegas after his originally scheduled opponent, Carlos Cardenas, bowed out late last week owing to a shoulder injury….
Irish sensation Ryan Burnett will make his eagerly anticipated professional debut next month. The 20-year-old from Belfast will box on a show held in association with Steve Wood’s VIP Promotions at the Olympia in Liverpool, on May 24. Burnett, who will fight at bantamweight, should have made his pro berth last year, but queries on…
In a highly anticipated rematch of their October 2012 draw, billed as “Unfinished Businessâ€, Adrian Taihia came out on top after ten close rounds against Gunnar Jackson to capture the vacant World Boxing Federation Oceania Super Middleweight title on Friday, April 5, at the ABA Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.
Live on GFL.TV, undefeated Jr. Welterweight Paul Spadafora takes on Robert Frankel for the NABF title. Spadafora (47-0-1, 19 KO’s) is ranked #14 by the WBC, #9 by the WBA, #8 by the IBF and #19 by the WBO, is one fight away from a major bout and has long been considered one of the…
Steve “USS” Cunningham held an open media workout at the Rock Ministries Gym in Philadelphia. With a little more than two weeks remaining until the fight, Cunningham, 25-2, 12 KOs, appeared confident, conditioned, and ready to fight Irish import Tyson Fury, 20-0, 14 KOs, a 6′ 9″ rising star of the heavyweight division. Cunningham went…
Fight fans in Shediac, New Brunswick, will have the opportunity to witness one of Canadian boxing’s fastest rising stars in action on May 11 when undefeated national contender Brandon “L-Jack†Brewer (6-0-1, 3KO) makes his much anticipated return to the ring at the Festival Arena. Brewer is part of what promises to be a exciting…