Audley Harrison will quit professional boxing if he fails to win the vacant European Heavyweight Championship on April 9. Ex-Olympic gold medalist Harrison insists he will hang up his gloves if he loses against Michael Sprott at London’s Alexandra Palace. “I’m calling this revenge or retirement,†said 38-year-old Harrison in an interview with Sky Sports…
Former WBA lightweight champion Jose “Jicaras†Alfaro has already defeated two world champions, Prawet Singwancha and DeMarcus Corley, and the Nicaraguan knockout specialist plans to add three-division world champion Erik “El Terrible†Morales to his hit list Saturday night in “The Champion Returns†pay-per-view event, live from Monterrey, Mexico. Alfaro (23-5, 20 KOs) takes on…
Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz has been working hard in his Las Vegas training camp since mid-January in preparation for his April 3 showdown against new WBA World Champion David “Hayemaker†Haye at MEN Arena in Manchester, England. WBA No. 1 contender Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KOs), the first and only heavyweight World…
Frank Maloney has promised unsung ring hero Jamie McDonnell a South Yorkshire homecoming after his latest stunning performance. Doncaster’s McDonnell, 23, caused the biggest boxing upset of the year on Saturday when he travelled to France and stopped Jerome Arnould to capture the vacant European bantamweight crown. That shock came just two months after McDonnell…
© Lawrence Lustig Old rivals Audley Harrison and Michael Sprott will fight for the vacant European Heavyweight Championship next month. Ex-Olympic gold medalist Harrison and former British and Commonwealth title holder Sprott will clash for the belt at London’s Alexandra Palace on April 9.
British featherweight champion Martin Lindsay has signed a promotional deal with Frank Maloney. The Belfast star (16-0) showed his star qualities on Friday when he outpointed Jamie Arthur in the first defence of his British crown. Maloney predicts the all-action 27-year-old will become Irish boxing’s next superstar and fill the gap left by Bernard Dunne’s…
After over two months of intense training, three division world champion Erik “El Terrible†Morales, is ready for his comeback fight Saturday in “The Champion Returns†pay-per-view event, live from Monterrey, Mexico. Morales (48-6, 34 KOs) has been retired for more than two years but the iconic Mexican warrior returns to the ring on a…
One week ahead of the hotly anticipated Super Six World Boxing Classic clash between undefeated tournament points leader, Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs) of Germany, and Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KOs), of Flint, Mich., next Saturday, March 27, at the Joe Louis Arena live on Showtime at10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, “King”…
In February, 2007 Olympic gold medallist Yuriorkis Gamboa arrived in Hamburg for the first time after defecting from the Cuban national team along with team-mates Odlanier Solis and Yan Barthelemy. Three years and 17 pro-fights later, the WBA featherweight champion made his return to Germany yesterday to defend his world title against unbeaten Jonathan Victor…
Manchester United goalkeeping legend Peter Schmeichel cannot wait for April 24. That is when fellow Dane Mikkel Kessler will challenge WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl Froch in the second round of the Super Six World Boxing Classic in Herning, Denmark. Ever since hanging up his boots, Schmeichel has continued his success off the pitch in front…
Click for larger image © Jan Sanders / Goossen Tutor Promotions IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko weighed in at 244 pounds (111 kg) for Saturday’s title defense against mandatory challenger Eddie Chambers on Saturday night at the 51,000-seat Espirit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. Chambers scaled in at 209 pounds (95kg).
Chicago heavyweight Mike Mollo (19-3, 12 KOs) has signed an exclusive promotional contract with Boxing 360, it was announced today by the New York City-based company. The 30-year-old Mollo’s most notable victories to date have been against former Olympians, Mike Tyson-conqueror and former Irish heavyweight champion Kevin McBride (TKO2), and Canadian Art Binkowski. Mollo has…