Fight Previews
There’s a smattering of world title contests this evening in the UK and US and we kick things off in merry old England at the vast Manchester Arena, where WBO lightweight kingpin Terry Flanagan will hold court. Lanky lefty Flanagan, 32-0 (13), looks to retain his belt for the fifth time as he will meet…
Tonight, it could be lights out for either Gennady “GGG” Golovkin or Danny “The Miracle Man” Jacobs as the two middleweights clash in a much awaited middleweight world title unification contest between two massive punchers at New York’s renowned Madison Square Garden. Golovkin, 36-0 (33), the most feared boxer in the world today, is unquestionably…
The weekend’s biggest show takes place tonight at Legacy Arena in the US city of Birmingham, where local icon and WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder returns to the ring after a seven month absence. Wilder, 37-0 (36), makes his comeback against relatively unknown contender Gerald Washington, 18-0-1 (12), after original opponent Andrzej Wawrzyk was struck…
The spotlight lands in familiar venue tonight as Las Vegas’ famed MGM Grand plays host to the much awaited rematch between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz for the WBA featherweight “super” title along with a WBC lightweight title clash between champion Dejan Zlaticanin and challenger Mikey Garcia. Frampton, 23-0 (14), and Santa Cruz, 32-1-1…
It’s finally here, the much anticipated clash between light heavyweight king Sergey Kovalev and former super middleweight ruler Andre Ward with the pair meeting tonight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. At stake are Kovalev’s WBA, IBF and WBO belts, which the heavy-handed Russian has held since defeating Bernard Hopkins in November, 2014. Ward, who…
We will finally get to see how special the ‘special one’ is on Saturday 10th September when IBF welterweight champ Kell Brook faces the top middleweight, and most feared boxer, on the planet, WBA ‘super’/WBC/IBF king Gennady Golovkin at Manchester Arena. We know Brook (36-0 25 KO’s) is a world class fighter, we have known…
At Walsall Town Hall tonight, Black Country Boxing hosts a bill entitled ‘Summer Scorcher’, which sees six bouts by local boxers. On the card, Solihull Super-Welterweight, Jordan Clayton, is looking to get his third pro win (of three) as he battles Lithuanian opponent Andrej Cepur in a four round contest. The twenty two year old…
Tonight’s world title clashes start off with a towering heavyweight battle in England as IBF king Anthony Joshua meets the challenge of Dominic Breazeale at the O2 Arena in London. At 6’6, Joshua will amazingly be looking up at the 6’7 tall Breazeale in this, British phenom Joshua’s first defense since ripping the IBF crown…
This weekend’s big fights are headlined by a mouth-watering clash at New York’s Madison Square Garden this evening as WBO super feather king Rocky Martinez looks to turn aside the challenge posed by current WBO featherweight champ Vasyl Lomachenko. Martinez, 29-2-1 (17), is on his third reign as WBO 130 pound titlist, having gone 6-2-2…
British welterweight Amir Khan steps up tonight in a big way as the challenges WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in America’s boxing capital of Las Vegas. The occasion marks the first defense of the belt by Alvarez, 46-1-1 (32) since unseating Miguel Cotto in November and just like…
This weekend the WBC super-middle weight belt and the IBF super middle weight title are on the line for Badou Jack and James DeGale, against Lucien Bute and Rogelio Medina, respectively, at the Armory in Washington DC on Saturday. Interestingly enough, Badou Jack (20-1-1) beat Medina (36-6-0) at the end of 2013 and DeGale beat…
Boxing’s most dominating divisional champion is back in action tonight as middleweight Gennady “GGG” Golovkin puts his WBA. IBF, IBO and Interim WBC crowns up for grabs at the storied Forum venue in Los Angles. Once again fighting on a Golovkin undercard is WBC flyweight champ Roman Gonzalez. 34 year old Golovkin, 34-0 (31), has…