Nathan Cleverly is set to face Andrzej Fonfara in a huge Light Heavyweight showdown this autumn, live on Sky Sports. Former WBO champion Cleverly stepped back down to 175 lb in London in May after spending 2014 at Cruiserweight, and can take a major step in becoming a two-time Light Heavyweight ruler by beating the…
Hennessy Sports in association with Mitchell Sports Promotions are pleased to announce that new British middleweight champion Nick Blackwell will defend his title on Saturday, July 25 against challenger Damon Jones at Derby Arena, live on Channel 5. Not only that, the night’s chief support contest sees fast-rising heavyweight prospect Hughie Lewis Fury again step…
Former world champion, “The Fleet Street Fury” Tony DeMarco (58-12-1, 33 KO’s), will be the special guest of honor at the boxing event August 8 at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC) in beautiful Cape Cod. That night’s event will be headlined by the Northeast Heavyweight Championship fight between Hyannis’ Jesse Barboza (9-1-1, 5…
This past Saturday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA, top lightweight prospect Sonny Frederickson (9-0, 6KO’s) had to dig down deep and get up from the canvas on his way to stopping tough 29-fight veteran Juan Santiago in the second round of their scheduled six-round bout, which took place on the Andre Ward vs….
Christopher Rebrasse and Brian Vera are planning to rock the World title ambitions of unbeaten home town favourites Callum Smith and Rocky Fielding on a pivotal night of action in the Super Middleweight division on Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. Frenchman Rebrasse meets Smith for the vacant WBC…
Twelve-time world champion and boxing’s number one attraction Floyd “Money” Mayweather continues to rack up career accolades as it was announced today that he has been nominated for the 2015 ESPY Award for “Best Fighter.” With this nomination, Mayweather has the opportunity to win his seventh “Best Fighter” ESPY and fourth in a row. Mayweather…
Tony Bellew says his ‘Hollywood’ experience has only made his desire to be a World champion even stronger as he returns to the ring on Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. Bellew spent time in Philadelphia filming the latest movie in the Rocky series, “Creed”, after he gained sweet…
Josh Warrington will defend his WBC International and Commonwealth Featherweight title against Joel Brunker at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on September 5, live on Sky Sports. Warrington makes the third defence of the title he claimed in Hull in November 2013, and will look to add the challenger to the impressive scalps of…
Michael Buffer is heading to Manchester on July 18 to introduce the huge World title clashes between Scott Quigg and Kiko Martinez and Anthony Crolla and Darleys Perez at the Manchester Arena on July 8, live on Sky Sports. The Hall Of Fame ring MC returns to the UK for another evening of World class…
Fast rising light heavyweight prospect Avni Yildirim scored another impressive quick TKO victory over German journeyman Steve Kroekel on Tuesday night in Dusseldorf, Germany. Kroekel tried to put pressure on the 23 year old Turk but Yildirim fought back and dropped his opponent twice with hard body shots forcing referee Arnold Golger to stop the…
One year ago, Ruslan Chagaev won the WBA Heavyweight Champion for the second time after 2007 by beating Fres Oquendo. At age 36, the “White Tyson”, who is promoted by Akhmat Promotions and Terek Box-Event feels rejuvenated and is far from thinking about retirement. “I am in great shape! I haven’t felt this good in…
An animated Adrien “The Problem” Broner held court for several minutes Thursday, as a calm “Showtime” Shawn Porter delivered his own strong message in advance of the exciting weekend of Premier Boxing Champions action at MGM Grand. In a different role than his usual one as boxing’s pound-for-pound king, President of Mayweather Promotions Floyd “Money”…