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Darren Barker has been forced to pull out of a proposed World title clash with WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog after sustaining an injury in training. The former unbeaten European champion was set to challenge the Russian in Moscow in May in a title tilt to be announced imminently when …

Scott Jemkins has revealed he has had a one-to-one training session with Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton. And the prospect hopes he will reap the benefits when he bids for his fourth professional win at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday March 24.

Ryan Rhodes has been forced to pull out of this month’s European light-middleweight title showdown against Sergey Rabchenko, due to a back injury.

Red hot Irish prospect Ryan Burnett will make his professional debut next month. Burnett was given his professional licence at the weekend and will make his debut on Hatton Promotions bumper bill, at Oldham Leisure Centre on Saturday April 21.

Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrsion has been forced to postpone his comeback bout with Ali Adams, scheduled for April 14 at the Brentwood Centre, Essex. It will now take place 6 weeks later on 26th May at the same venue.

Matchroom Sport are pleased to announced that the weigh-in for Kell Brook’s War of the Roses welterweight blockbuster with Matthew Hatton will be open to the public at the Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield at 1.30pm on Friday March 16.

Irish eyes will really be smilin’ on St. Patty’s evening if Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin upsets World Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KOs) and the other five members of Team Gang Green also have their hands raised in victory. “The Real Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish …

Following an exciting February event, the Oasis Cancun in Cancun, Mexico will once again host Televisa’s hit series “Sabados De Corona,” this time featuring a Saturday, March 31 showdown between former Two-Division World Champion Jorge “El Nino de Oro” Linares and hometown hero Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson. Venezuelan star Jorge Linares …

Seven-Time and Five Division World Champion Floyd Mayweather and WBA Super Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto took their thrones from coast to coast as they announced their May 5 mega-fight which is taking place at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev. and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View. …

Carl Froch will challenge Lucian Bute for the IBF super middleweight title at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham on May 26. The Nottingham star will fight in his hometown for the first time since October 2009 against the unbeaten Canadian-based Romanian who will defend his belt for the tenth …

Martin Lindsay is planning to fight on the massive Belfast bill alongside Paul McCloskey and the all-Irish Middleweight Betfair Prizefighter night on May 5 in King’s Hall, live on Sky Sports. The former British featherweight champion is plotting a return to action after over a year out of the ring, …

Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin opened up his training camp to the media in lower Manhattan yesterday ahead of his St. Patrick’s Day showdown with Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez at Madison Square Garden. Macklin and trainer Buddy McGirt, a former two weight World Champion during his own career, performed an open …