By Frank Maloney It’s been four weeks since I stepped out into the big, bad world of boxing promotion on my own in order to join my brother Eugene in the family firm, Maloney Promotions. In that time, I’ve regained my enthusiasm and love for the sport. I’ve been to a number of shows that…
One night before SHOWTIME will offer the eagerly anticipated Jeff Lacy-Joe Calzaghe showdown for the undisputed super middleweight championship, America’s No. 1 Boxing Network will continue to commemorate its 20th anniversary of televising world-class match-ups with an excellent world title fight Friday, March 3, on “ShoBox: The New Generation.’’
SHOWTIME On Demand is replaying two exciting SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts featuring unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (21-0, 17 KOs) and his WBO counterpart, undefeated Joe Calzaghe (40-0, 31 KOs). In perhaps the most highly anticipated unification showdown in years, the talented, outstanding 168-pound world champions will collide for the undisputed super middleweight…
The stakes will be high on February 24th when Glen Johnson battles knockout artist Richard Hall in a fight that will shake up the Light Heavyweight title picture, but two days before “The Destroyer’ tries to disrupt “The Return of the Road Warriorâ€, both 175-pound stalwarts will meet with the media to discuss their upcoming…
Hennessy Sports promoted Carl Froch has vowed to be at the top of his game on Friday night, (February 17th), at the York Hall in Bethnal Green to overcome Commonwealth title challenger Dale Westerman and line up a massive 2006. The 28-year-old from Nottingham has been watching videos of his tough Australian opponent, so fully…
Ricky Burns will throw a spanner into the works when he takes on Alex Arthur for his British, Commonwealth and European Super-Featherweight titles this Saturday (18 February). Burns, who backs up his ring career as a car mechanic, aims to stall Arthur’s dreams of a world title fight by beating the flash Edinburgh star at…
On March 24th, the WBCs Super Featherweight Champion, Jelena Mrdjenovich willvoluntarily fight Donna Biggers, in Edmonton Canada at the Edmonton Shaw Center. This is a battle for the WBC Super Featherweight World Title Fight.
After an unfortunate mining accident leaving Colin Wilson’s preparation in tatters his rematch with Nathan Briggs has been postponed until April 7. This fight has been replaced with another Australian Title fight. Billy Hussein trained Ahmed Elomar will put his Australian Title and undefeated record on the line when he faces Ruben Santillanosa February 24…
Former undefeated South African and current WBC International bantamweight champion Vusi Malinga left home shores at the weekend to attend a specialised training camp in Germany. Malinga will be attending a three-week intensive training camp with the current WBA bantamweight world champion, Vladimir Sidorenko of the Ukraine, who is based in Cologne.
Glove is a many splendored thing. Especially when it is wrapped around the fist of undefeated IBF/IBO super middleweight champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy! Lacy is in his final weeks of training before he meets undefeated WBO super middleweight titlist Joe Calzaghe in their March 4 title unification showdown at the MEN Arena in Manchester,…
Anthony “The Matrix†Mora (15-0, 10) will return to the ring on March 3rd against NABO #14 Rustam Nugaev (15-4) in a 10-round clash as chief support to the SHOWTIME televised International Boxing Federation (IBF) clash between champion Vic Darchinyan (24-0) and challenger Diosdado Gabi (26-2-1) at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, CA. The…
Johnny Nelson has been ruled out of his WBO World Cruiserweight title defence against Enzo Maccarinelli on March 4 after injuring his knee in training. The British rivals were poised to fight it out at the M.E.N Arena as chief support to Joe Calzaghe’s WBO/IBF World Super-Middleweight unification match up against Jeff Lacy. But Nelson…