Current European and Irish Elite light-heavyweight champion Joe Ward will open his Irish title defence with a semi-final clash against Davey Joe Joyce at the Irish Daily Star sponsored National Elite Championships at the National Stadium on Friday. The three-rounder is a repeat of the 2011 semi-final which Ward won 8-2 en route to claiming…
Rising cruiserweight Henry Namauu scored the biggest win of his career Saturday evening by decisioning Contender Season 4 participant Joell Godfrey over ten rounds at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma. Headlining Halquist Productions’ 85th edition of “Battle at the Boatâ€, Namauu was the busier of the two fighters throughout the evening, racking up points…
Captain Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson kept his perfect record in tact following a one-sided six round unanimous decision over brawny veteran Shawn Rawley Wilson Saturday evening at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom. With a standing-room-only crowd backing him, Melson was in complete control of the junior middleweight bout from bell to bell, putting together stinging multi-punch…
Jamie Arthur is planning to gallop to victory when he bids to upset British super-bantamweight champion Scott Quigg next month. The Welshman is preparing for the challenge by racing against horses being ridden by his model wife, Karen.
‘Dazzling’ Darren Barker has plenty of exciting options in front of him for his next fight but his promoter Eddie Hearn says they are ready to strike this week. Barker announced himself on the World stage with a gutsy challenge against pound-for-pound star Sergio Martinez in Atlantic City in October, and his performance should lead…
Scott Quigg believes it will be 18 months before he is ready to bring world title glory to hometown Bury. Undefeated Scott, 23, is already ranked third in the IBF and WBA world super-bantamweight rankings, but is happy to ply his trade at domestic and international level for now.
Last night at Coliseo Olimpico de la UG in Guadalajara, Mexico, local hero Miguel Vazquez defended his IBF lightweight title against the challenge of Ameth Diaz via a wide points verdict.
In a night of knockdowns and stoppages on ShoBox: The New Generation, Guillermo Rigondeaux won a world title in only his ninth professional fight by knocking out the defending WBA super bantamweight champion Rico Ramos at 1:29 of the sixth round.
Ken Egan booked his ticket into his 12 consecutive Elite Championships semi-final with a third round stoppage of fellow Dubliner Michael Frayne at the National Stadium last night. The Neilstown BC southpaw was 24-9 up when Frayne, who took two counts in the first, took a third standing count 12 seconds from the final bell…
Matthew Hatton has warned Kell Brook that becoming a father for the first time will hurt his quest to win the battle of Britain’s best Welterweights. Hatton and Brook clash at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on March 17 live on Sky Sports, where the spotlight will be on the unbeaten Sheffield star in his biggest…
All six fighters made weight Thursday from the Key West Ballroom at Palms Casino Resort a day before an exciting special edition tripleheader on Showtime which will feature WBA super bantamweight champion Rico Ramos defending his title for the first time against the WBA interim champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, matching two world champions and two of…
Daniel Ponce De Leon “I trained really hard physically and mentally for this fight. Losing is not an option. I see myself winning, but I also know that my opponent has trained really hard and it’s going to be a very competitive fight.”