The biggest boxing event of 2011 is rapidly approaching, but before Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz show off their “Star Power” to fans in Las Vegas and around the world, some of boxing’s top seasoned veterans and up-and-coming talents will step into the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. to…
An action packed night of world championship boxing from the El Paso Coliseum kicked off Mexican Independence Day with several Mexican fighters celebrating victories that showed their independence. The event, which aired on ESPN Deportes was co-promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions and Promociones Del Pueblo.
Robert Lloyd-Taylor became the first ever reserve fighter to win Prizefighter after defeating Nick Quigley in the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights II final at York Hall in Bethnal Green. Lloyd-Taylor won the coin-toss with fellow reserve Nathan Weise after JJ Bird fainted in the dressing rooms and was picked out of the hat first by former British,…
Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Six-Time and Five Division World Champion “I’m going to go in there with class and will leave there with class. Victor Ortiz said the fight won’t go the distance. So I say ok, it won’t go the distance. “I don’t have to brag, I don’t have to boast. I’m going to go…
Tonight at County Stadium in El Paso, TX, Jhonny Gonzalez puts his WBC featherweight crown at risk against two-time former world title challenger Rogers Mtagwa. WBC Featherweight Championship, 12 rounds Jhonny Gonzalez: 125 lb Rogers Mtagwa: 124 lb
Adam Etches believes teaming up with the renowned Ingle family will help take him to the next level. The unbeaten Sheffield light-middleweight prospect splits his training time between Bob Shannon’s HQ at Hatton Health and Fitness, Hyde, and the Ingles – Wincobank gym. Brendan and Dominic Ingle have been brought in after Etches recently split…
Ricky “The Hitman”: Hatton has been successful in applying to the British Boxing Board of Control for his seconds and trainers licences. The former two-weight world champion is now looking forward to training a successful stable of boxers based at the Hatton Health and Fitness gym in Hyde. Hatton, 32, who passed a battery of…
Undefeated junior middleweight Captain Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson of New York City will make his Atlantic City debut Saturday, October 1 at Boardwalk Hall. Melson, a West Point graduate, will face an opponent to be named in a six round special attraction bout prior to an HBO doubleheader headlined by the middleweight title showdown between champion…
Showtime will televise yet another important super middleweight world championship bout when former world titlist Mikkel Kessler of Denmark returns to the ring to challenge WBO kingpin Robert Stieglitz of Germany on Saturday, Nov. 5, from renowned Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.
WBC Super-Middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch will perform the first ever live fight-night draw at tomorrow’s sold-out Prizefighter Light-Middleweights II at Bethnal Green’s York Hall, live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1. The Nottingham star will lead the eight contenders to the ring with none of the fighters knowing who they will face in…
War is on the horizon for Curtis Woodhouse and Jason Cook, as the two hard-hitting light-welterweights prepare for a ten-round showdown at the Magna Centre in Rotherham on Saturday, November 26. Considered two of the most exciting boxers on the British Isles, Woodhouse and Cook meet in Rotherham with one eye on producing a Fight…
Gary Sykes insists he will prove that Gary Buckland got lucky when he stopped him in one round last year. The British super-featherweight champion is eyeing revenge when he risks his British super-featherweight title against the Welshman in a rematch at Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday September 24.