Boxing Previews

Martin Murray’s shot at a world title comes tonight at SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany, which perhaps is a tad premature. Murray 23-0 with 10 KO’s, has a major step up in class against the seasoned WBA super middleweight champion Felix Sturm, 36-2-1 with 15 KO’s, Murray started his pro …

Kermit Cintron is one of those fighters, a fighter who is very capable but yet rarely fights at his full potential. When he does fight to his potential, he can be hard work for any top welterweight out there. Cintron, 33-4-1, Puerto Rican but fighting out of Houston Texas, also …

For the third time since 2004, Juan Manuel Marquez will clash with Manny Pacquiao in a bid to put an end to the Filipino’s 14 bout, five weight division win streak when the pair meet tonight at MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Since their initial contest over seven …

It’s a Bonfire night double bill tonight when two title fights take place at the new Wembley Arena in London. The super middleweight division in this country is currently a hotbed of talent. We have the Olympic Gold medallist James DeGale and on Saturday, two more domestic rivals take centre …

Super middleweight Lucian Bute will look to celebrate his fourth year as IBF champion as he puts his crown at risk against former IBF/IBO light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson at Quebec City’s Pepsi Coliseum. For 31 year old southpaw Bute, 29-0 (24), this could turn out to be his most …

The Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow is the venue tonight when a slimmed down James Toney faces Denis Lebedev in a fight for the interim WBA Cruiserweight championship. For Toney , this is his first venture back to the cruiserweight division in over eight years. In his last fight in …

WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire makes an appearance tonight at Madison Square Garden as the power-punching Filipino meets the challenge of undefeated two-weight champion Omar Andres Narvaez in a battle of southpaws. Donaire, 26-1 (18), is coming off a career best victory, winning the WBC and WBO bantam crowns with …

This evening, WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly, 22-0 with 11 KO’s, of Wales defends his title against Liverpool, England’s Tony Bellew. This fight has been coming around for some time now, after Cleverly was scheduled to challenge for the WBO title against reigning champion Jurgen Braehmer, who subsequently pulled …

© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions The seemingly ageless Bernard Hopkins will engage in his 59th professional contest when he puts his WBC light heavyweight title on the line against Chad Dawson tonight at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The 46 year old former world middleweight champion will be …

The stage is set for part two of a fight that first took place in 2009 between Martin Rogan and Matt Skelton, in Birmingham, England, as the pair are scheduled to renew hostilities on 12 November. This time the venue is the King’s Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a marvellous …

IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham lost his title last night on points at Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany when challenger Yoan Pablo Hernandez was declared unable to continue following a series of head clashes. The first round saw southpaw Hernandez come out aggressively and take the fight to Cunningham, who seemed …

Former two-weight world champion Rafael Marquez is back in action this evening as the Mexican bomber challenges Japan’s WBC super bantam titlist Toshiaki Nishioka at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Last November, ex-WBC super bantam and IBF bantam champion Marquez followed up his legendary four fight series with Israel …