For eight weeks Arena’s promising heavyweight prospect Steffen Kretschmann and IBF middleweight championship contender Mahir Oral have been in training camp together with coach Hans-Jürgen Witte. After a stay at famous “Sportschule Hennef†near Cologne and another three weeks of sparring in Hamburg the team has hit Berlin last weekend for their final preparations.
Two major bouts have been added to the already packed July 10th show at The Arena in Philadelphia which will now be seen all over the country on ESPN 2. In the new main event, Matt Godfrey will take on the undefeated Shawn Hawk for the NABF Cruiserweight championship.
© Chris Miller In an unusual twist of events, two world title belts – one currently owned by Timothy “Desert Storm’’ Bradley and one he recently relinquished – will be on the line during a unique world championship doubleheader featuring four of the most talented 140-pounders in the world on Saturday, Aug. 1, live on…
Hatton Promotions will present a night of boxing on Saturday, July 11 at Altrincham Leisure Centre in Manchester, England. Featuring on the bill are popular boxers Mark Thompson, Scott Quig, Rhys Roberts, Matty Askin, James Barker, Adrian Gonzales and Alfonso Vieyra with opponents yet to be confirmed.
Rising stars Erislandy Lara and Deontay Wilder, along with top prospects Seth Mitchell, Hylon Williams, Jermell Charlo, and Keith Thurman, will look to keep their unbeaten records intact this Friday night when they step into the ring at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona as part of a stacked undercard to the ESPN “Friday…
Two time heavyweight world title challenger Fres Oquendo of Chicago, will now face New Jersey native Mark Brown for the WBC Latino Heavyweight Title this Friday night, June 26th, in the ten round main event at the seven bout “Windy City Fight Night 3” at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli,…
He is in the best shape of his life! With only four days to go until his world championship clash with IBF titlist Arthur Abraham at Berlin ’s Max-Schmeling-Halle challenger Mahir Oral is confident of dethroning “The Kingâ€. At the public workout at Axel-Springer-Passage in Berlin “The Lion” showed a little bit of what he…
Highly active unbeaten prospect Danny O’Connor fights in his first scheduled 6-round bout Saturday afternoon, 5:00 PM/ET start, in a junior welterweight Special Attraction against 30-fight veteran Sebastien Hamel at The Roxy in Boston’s famed theater district. The popular Irish-American will be in his seventh fight in eight months since turning pro last September.
London boxing fans once again get the opportunity to see talented super flyweight Ashley Sexton in the ring on Tuesday, June 30 at York Hall. The sizzling prospect will square up against Northern hard man Mike “Robbo” Robinson in a six rounder that could prove to be a difficult test for “Flash Ash”.
He might now be referred to as the former British and European Champion but Jon Thaxton would clearly prefer the term, future British and European Champion. It’s been a roller coaster two years for the Norwich lightweight but despite 17 years in the pro ranks Thaxton promises that there are plenty more thrills and spills…
NABF and SNBC cruiserweight champion, Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey, plans to showcase his arsenal of skills July 10, headlining ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, against unbeaten Shawn “The Sioux Warrior†Hawk. In a battle of full blooded Native Americans, Godfrey (18-1, 10 KOs), rated No. 6 by the WBC and No. 7 by the IBF, is…
The age-old question about who the all-time greatest boxers are will soon be answered thanks to The World’s Greatest Ever Boxer promotion, presented by Greatest Ever Enterprises. Muhammad Ali was the self-proclaimed Greatest. Was it really Ali or Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pep, or Henry Armstrong? How about modern day boxers such as…