Matty Askin is in a rush to challenge new British Cruiserweight champion – Leon Williams. The unbeaten Blackpool star has hammered Williams verbally after watching his rival take the title from Robert Norton last month.
Pound-for-pound King – Manny Pacquiao, has vowed to make his Nov 12 clash with Mexican rival – Juan Manuel Marquez, an enthralling toe-to-toe scrap, when they clash live on Primetime (Channel 480 on Sky). The previous bouts between the pair have been engaging battles, with little between both fighters. Marquez has always maintained that he…
Denton Vassell’s camp insist they will give Lee Purdy a rematch and beat him for the second time. Vassell was named as mandatory contender for Purdy’s British title, but the Manchester banker decided to make a Commonwealth title defence instead of facing his old rival.
Middleweight prospect Brandon “Flawless†Gonzales won an eight-round split decision over veteran Ossie Duran by the scores of 77-75 two times for Gonzales and 78-74 for Duran. In the co-feature, Artemio Reyes scored the biggest win of his young career by upsetting 2008 U.S. Olympian Javier Molina by the scores of 78-74 twice and 77-75…
Martin Murray will have the Army fighting his corner when he challenges WBA Super Middleweight champion – Felix Sturm in December. The British, Commonwealth and WBA Inter-continental champion meets the German idol in Mannheim, on Friday December 2.
The Holy Trinity BC in Belfast registered a hat-trick at tonight’s U/21 Championships finals at the National Stadium in Dublin. Sean McComb, Mark O’Hara and Conrad Cummings had their hands raised in triumph for the Turf Lodge academy at the home of Irish boxing.
Floyd Mayweather puts more meaning to his ring name “Money” every time he fights. With early pay-per-view numbers counted and confirmed, the pugilist’s recent Starpower fight against Victor Ortiz generated buys from 1.25 million homes with a value of $78,440,000 dollars in pay-per-view revenue. These numbers make the event the second highest grossing non-heavyweight pay-per-view…
The World Boxing Federation has some of the very best female boxers as the organizations world champions. Middleweight title-holder Christina Hammer and Light Welterweight queen Myriam Lamare both hold top spots in the BoxRec world rankings, while Anne Sophie Mathis and Nadia Hokmi are ranked third at Welterweight and Super Flyweight respectively. Irma Sanchez is…
Hatton Promotions latest major champion Scott Quigg is still basking in the adulation of his brilliant British Super-bantamweight Title win. Bury’s favourite fighting son lifted the domestic title last weekend forcing defending champion – Jason Booth to retire on his stool after seven rounds.
Brandon “Flawless” Gonzales (14-0-1, 10 KOs) of Sacramento, Calif., weighed in at 161.5 pounds and Ossie “The Ghanaian Gladiator” Duran (26-8-2, 10 KOs) of Paterson, N.J., 161 pounds one day before their eight-round middleweight main event showdown on ShoBox: The New Generation,Friday, Oct. 28, at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from Bally’s…
TJ Waite and Blaine Dobbins will raise the curtain on Friday’s National U/21 finals with an all-Ulster derby at Dublin’s National Stadium. The Belfast versus Derry light-flyweight showdown is one of 20 finals slated for decision at the home of Irish boxing.
On Wednesday British Cruiserweight Champion Leon ‘Solid’ Williams returned to the Trad TKO Boxing Gym, in Canning Town, for the first time since defeating long time Champ Rob Norton and winning the coveted Lonsdale Belt. Williams – who made the early return to undertake an interview with Sky Sports’ Ed Robinson, which will be aired…