The boxing gem of Puerto Rico, undefeated Top-Five world-rated lightweight contender Felix “El Diamante” Verdejo, and former five-division world champion and 2012 Fighter of the Year Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire, will headline, in separate title bouts, the year-end finale of Friday Night Knockout on truTV, on Friday, December 11. Verdejo will be making his…
Former Ukrainian Olympian and undefeated middleweight prospect Sergiy Derevyanchenko (6-0, 4 KOs) returns to face veteran Jessie Nicklow (25-7-3, 8 KOs) in the eight-round co-feature of ShoBox: The New Generation, this Saturday, Nov. 14, live on Showtime (10:45 p.m. ET/PT from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. In the opening bout of the…
Middleweights Nick Blackwell and Jack Arnfield will both weigh in at Bristol’s Marriott Hotel on Friday, November 13 ahead of their British title fight the following day. Blackwell is the reigning and defending British middleweight champion and has scored two of the most dramatic stoppage wins of 2015; his seventh-round victory over John Ryder in…
Former Olympian and world amateur star Andrew Selby will face undefeated Hungarian Jozsef Ajtai this Saturday night, November 14, in Bristol as part of the undercard to Nick Blackwell’s British middleweight title defence against Jack Arnfield, live on Channel 5. In what constitutes an ambitious piece of matchmaking, Selby will face a man in Ajtai…
WBC No. 1 ranked super lightweight Amir Imam (18-0, 15 KOs) returns to face Adrian Granados (14-3-2, 9 KOs) in a 10-round bout on Saturday, Nov. 28 on Showtime Boxing on SHO Extreme. The undefeated Imam is the mandatory challenger to WBC 140-pound champion Viktor Postol, who won the vacant title with a 10th round…
Undefeated super welterweight Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs) has never forgotten where he comes from, Providence, and for the second year in a row the 27-year-old former world champion is spearheading a Turkey Drive there. The group that Andrade founded, The Andrade Team, Inc., is on a mission to provide the Providence community…
The history of the fighting men of Merseyside come under the spotlight once again later this month as the third installment of the popular “Mersey Fighters†series is published. Showcasing a collection of triumphant and desperate stories courtesy of a mixed cast from Liverpool’s long and illustrious boxing heritage, The Mersey Fighters 3 – more…
Zhanat Zhakiyanov proved he belongs amongst the world’s elite by winning the interim WBA bantamweight title on Saturday night, November 7. The Kazakh, who is trained by former four-time world champion Ricky Hatton, overcame the tall and tricky Venezuelan Yonfrez Parejo with a split decision verdict in front the of the great and the good…
Anthony Crolla says his desire to win a World title in his hometown will drive him to victory in his rematch with Darleys Perez for the WBA Lightweight title at the Manchester Arena on November 21, live on Sky Sports. The Manchester star came within a whisker of ripping the title from the classy Colombian…
Scotty Cardle retained his British Lightweight title with a final round stoppage of Sean ‘Masher’ Dodd in a thrilling clash at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. Cardle was defending the title for the first time and was behind on the judges’ cards when he unleashed a brutal barrage on the Birkenhead man, with referee Terry…
Aussie sensation Cameron Hammond says he’ll be more than happy if he has to box his way to victory over Sahlan Coral on the undercard of the big Mundine v Hartley bill in Melbourne on November 11. The 2012 Olympian has shown his devastating power in recent outings, with his last four opponents failing to…
Last Thursday night, undefeated super welterweight Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs) was honored by the Harvard Club at its annual Fight Night in Boston’s Back Bay. The 27-year-old Andrade, fighting out of Providence, RI is a former world super welterweight champion. The sensational southpaw was also a 2008 U.S. Olympian and the 2007…