Undefeated lightweight prospect Archie Ray Marquez suffered an injury during training and was forced to pull out of his scheduled bout against Marvin Quintero on this Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime. The scheduled main event and co-feature remain intact. The telecast begins at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The Marquez-Quintero…
Former IBF Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title challenger Toks Owoh is set to begin his second campaign for championship glory in earnest, albeit this time in the Cruiserweight division. His opponent, at the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘Unleash The Fury’ event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, on Saturday 5th March 2011, will be former Southern…
Boxing 360 has tapped into the rich Guyana resources to sign world rated super bantamweight Leon “Hurry Up†Moore and unbeaten super middleweight Lennox “2 Sharpe†Allen, the reigning New York State champion. Guyana has produced many world champions starting with “Barbados†Joe Walcott around the end of the 19th century and beginning of the…
Some of the top prospects in boxing will be showcased March 12 on the hottest New England pro boxing show of the 21st century, “Diamond Elite,†live on HBO World Championship Boxing from MGM Grand Arena at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut. WBC Emeritus middleweight champion and 2010 Fighter of the Year Sergio “Maravilla†Martinez (46-2-2,…
Craig Watson believes sparring with two of British boxing’s leading prospects will earn him sweet revenge over John O’Donnell. The Hatton Promotions star heads the bill at Wembley Arena on Saturday February 19 when he challenges O’Donnell for the vacant British welterweight title.
Former WBC Champion Junior Witter has thrown down the gauntlet to WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan saying “Come on Khan let’s get it on, I’ll show you how I swing it!!!.†Khan’s management team made contact over the weekend and sounded out if Witter would be interested in fighting Amir on April 16th.
Tyson Fury, the new star of World boxing recently joined Wladimir Klitschko in his last training camp in Austria. Tyson said “It was a pleasure and a great honour spending time in camp with Wladimir Klitschko, it’s given me a great deal of confidence training alongside such a champion, he is definitely a fighter who…
Saturday 19th February, Wembley Arena will not only be the hosts for the British title double header fights between Lenny Daws (Molden) vs. Ashley Theophane (Kilburn) and John O’Donnell (Shepherd’s Bush) vs. Craig Watson (Manchester), but for the first time Enfield’s popular boxing stars, the Evangelou brothers will both be in action in the pro…
Robin Reid will make his boxing comeback in his hometown of Liverpool when he lines up in Prizefighter Super-Middleweights II on March 23. The Grim Reaper steps out of retirement at Liverpool Olympia live on Sky Sports in the 17th edition of Matchroom Sport’s eight-man, one night tournaments, and warned prospective opponents that he still…
Hatton Promotions boxer Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla will challenge John Watson for the vacant British lightweight title in Liverpool on Saturday February 12. Crolla, 24, is stepping up a weight division and accepted the short notice job after Gavin Rees decided to vacate. Although the exciting Mancunian has just two weeks to prepare for his…
Mexican sensation Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has been the talk of the boxing world for the last two years, but on Saturday, February 5, his older brother Rigoberto Alvarez will be making some noise of his own when he defends his WBA Interim Super Welterweight Title against El Paso, Texas’ unbeaten Austin Trout in the main…
By Per Ake Persson Danish super middle Rudy Markussen is injured and off Sauerland´s show in Herning, Denmark, February 12. WBC, WBA and WBO female welter ruler Cecilia Braekhus is also off the bill due to a virus. Comebacking former Contender participant Ahmed Kaddour has stepped in as replacement. Middleweight Patrick Nielsen headlines in his…