Three World title challengers are in the first four names announced for the Prizefighter International Heavyweights tournament on Wednesday June 20 at York Hall, Bethnal Green. Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson, Albert Sosnowski and Kali Meehan have all stepped in the ring to fight for World titles and that trio are joined by Kent’s Tom Dallas in…
Unable to secure a unification title fight against the other 175-pound world champions, WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov returns on June 2 to make his fourth title defense against former super middleweight world title challenger Enrique Ornelas (33-7, 21 KO’s) at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. in…
WBA congratulates former World Champion, Sugar Ray Leonard on his 56th birthday celebration. Leonard was born in 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He began boxing at the age of 14; in 1976 he was Gold medalist in the Montreal Olympic Games to become a professional in November of that same year. With Angelo Dundee in…
On Saturday night June 2nd at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, Sadam “Worldkid†Ali will take on Franklin Gonzalez in a scheduled ten round Welterweight bout that will be the main event of a big night of boxing that is promoted by Ali’s Worldkid Promotions. This will be the 2008 U.S. Olympian’s Promotional debut.
Undefeated junior welterweights Ray “Tito” Serrano and Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield wasted no time at yesterday’s press conference in Albany, New York getting in each other’s face just two days ahead of their “ESPN Friday Night Fights” showdown at the Times Union Center set for this Friday, May 18, 2012.
Discipline and dedication have become more than simply words to amateur boxer John Facchinei. Those two words are embedded inside the mind of the 24-year-old, and each morning he wakes up he puts them into practice as he begins his training regime for the day. For over a year Facchinei has trained at Aces Boxing…
American boxing fans will have the opportunity to watch red-hot British heavyweight prospect David Price in action this Saturday afternoon (May 19) on Fight Now TV, America’s only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel – live starting at 5:45 PM / ET from Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Less than three weeks before Antonio Tarver steps into the ring to continue his campaign at cruiserweight by taking on the unbeaten power puncher Lateef Kayode, the “Magic Man†held an open workout on Tuesday before a packed house of his hometown media at Calta’s 24/7 Fitness. Tarver vs. Kayode will headline “Four Warned,†a…
Ricky Hatton has heaped praise on Hatton Promotions world class light-welterweight Ashley ‘The Treasure’ Theophane. The Londoner will now defend his British light-welterweight title against Darren Hamilton at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool on Saturday (19th May) hoping to win a Lonsdale belt for keeps.
IBF #12, WBO #11 rated heavyweight Konstantin Airich arrived in the United States yesterday to adjust to time and weather conditions for his IBF intercontinental championship bout against Odlanier Solis this Saturday, May 19th at the Convention Center in Pharr, Texas. Airich and his trainer, former German national coach Hans-Juergen Witte, flew from Germany to…
Find A Dream—a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that reaches out to community children and provides them a healthy channel to find and work towards fulfilling a dream—has recently announced the newest addition to their team, heavyweight boxer Don “The Man of Steel†Steele.
Back in January Stoke Newington’s Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng won the English Light Middleweight title in emphatic style, on just his tenth professional outing, in a sensational all action battle against Liverpool’s Nick Quigley, that many have as an early contender for 2012 ‘Fight of the Year’ honours