Paul Truscott isn’t short of confidence – boasting that few British rivals can match his skills. The silky Middlesbrough fighter believes he’ll back up the bragging when he meets Dezzie Higginson over eight rounds at Oldham Leisure Centre, on Saturday night (Nov 12th).
Gary Buckland has suffered a muscle injury and been forced to withdraw from him his British Super-featherweight title defence against Paul Truscott, in Newport, on Saturday November 26. In light of the injury, Hatton Promotions have cancelled the entire card but plan to return to Newport when Buckland is fit enough to fight again, hopefully…
Ricky Hatton has warned stable star Denton Vassell that he faces the hardest fight of his career this weekend. The undefeated Mancunian makes the second defence of his Commonwealth welterweight crown against Australian Samuel Colomban at Oldham Sports Centre on Saturday (12th Nov).
On November 26th, 2011, WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin and Canada based Romanian Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Ion will clash in a re-match which will be billed as “Unfinished Business”. In their first fight in June 2010 Aydin dominated the early rounds knocking down his opponent in the first stanza while Jo Jo not…
Captain Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson of New York City will fight for a second straight time in the Garden State when he battles an opponent to be named in a six round junior middleweight contest Thursday, November 17 at North Bergen’s Schuetzen Park. Melson, a West Point graduate and active Army Reserve officer, is fresh off…
Don King’s world championship boxing event tonight has officially sold out just hours before doors open in Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. “I want to thank our partners at the Seminole Hard Rock in South Florida, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and their Chairman James Billie,…
“Capital Showdown: Khan vs. Peterson” just got more exciting with the announcement that undefeated American heavyweight Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell will make his HBO debut against tough contender Timur Ibragimov in the co-featured bout to the Unified Super Lightweight World Championship between champion Amir “King” Khan and No. 1-rated IBF Contender and Washington, DC’s own Lamont…
In front of hundreds of spirited onlookers at Laurier Quebec Place, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute weighed in at 167.5 pounds while title challenger and ageless wonder Glen “The Road Warrior†Johnson tipped the scales at 166.5 pounds, just one day before their Showtime Championship Boxing showdown from Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City on…
Super welters Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland tangle tonight at the Cancun Center in Cancun, Mexico with the WBC Continental Americas belt at stake in a bout that also serves as a WBC semi-final. WBC Super Welterweight Semi-Final, 12 rounds Alfredo Angulo: 154 lb James Kirkland: 153 lb
Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (33-2, 28 KOs) and Ralph “The Silencer” Butler (35-11, 28 KOs) took to the scales Friday afternoon to weigh in for their highly anticipated fight tomorrow night at El Domo De La Feria in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. Arreola scaled 239 lb while Butler tipped the beam at 255 lb.
British boxing sensation and reigning WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion Amir ‘King’ Khan will be ringside as a guest commentator for Primetime, Channel 480 on Sky, when his stablemate Manny Pacquiao faces off against the Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez next Saturday night.
Coachella Valley and Los Angeles-area rising stars are ready to shine on Friday night at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif., as Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to announce the entire lineup for the card featuring the middleweight showdown between former World Champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora and longtime contender Shibata Flores. The…