It is my pleasure, on behalf of the Boxing Promoter’s Association (BPA), to congratulate our sport in once again showing that Boxing is truly desired by fans. The Top Rank-promoted fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto last week exceeded 1.25 million buys and generated over $70 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue.
On Thursday December 3rd in the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center “The Real Million Dollar Baby” Maureen Shea (13-2, 7KO) will look to fulfill a life-long dream by capturing a world championship when she takes on Jenna Shiver (9-4-1, 2KO) for the interim WBA Female Super Bantamweight Title on the Joe DeGuardia Star Boxing…
Unbeaten middleweight “Dazzling†Darren Barker admits he’s been casting an envious eye towards the Super Middleweight division and the exciting new Super Six World Boxing Classic. Barker’s stable mate and reigning WBC Champ Carl Froch is one of the “Super Six†battling it out for Super Middleweight superiority and Barker says it’s a tournament that…
Dominican boxer Elio “Enai” Rojas, who is the WBC Featherweight champion, prepares to defend his crown against Thai Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo. The scene of the battle will be held in a coliseum of Thailand. Antonio “Tony” Tineo informed reporters that the official date and the details of the signing contract have not been announced, but representatives…
Wayne Elcock is determined to be reunited with an old friend this weekend; his prized Lonsdale belt. The 35-year-old held the British title for a period of 18 months up until losing it to Birmingham rival Matthew Macklin earlier this year but he’s determined to take repossession of his old belt this weekend when he…
David Barnes is ready to resurect his boxing career after a hand injury nearly forced him out of the sport. Barnes, 28, is one of eight British fighters aiming to win £32,000 by winning next week’s Prizefighter Light-Welterweights. A former British Champion at both welterweight and light-welterweight, Barnes has not been in the ring since…
Talented, promising lightweight prospect John Molina Jr. (18-0, 14 KOs) of Covina, Calif., will make his main event debut when he puts his unblemished record on the line against veteran Martin “El Brochas†Honorio (26-4-1, 14 KOs) of Mexico in a 10-rounder for the vacant NABF lightweight championship in a special edition of ShoBox: The…
Paul Hyland believes that Dublin could be heading for an all Dublin World title fight if Bernard Dunne can regain his World title status. The 25-year-old Tallaght native defends his Irish Super Bantamweight title against Eugene Heagney on the undercard to the Matthew Macklin – Rafa Sosa Pintos clash on the Sierra Fight Night at…
European super-bantamweight champion Rendall Munroe has thrown a lifeline to the fading career of Bernard Dunne. The Leicester binman is willing to risk next year’s world title challenge against WBC 8st 10lb champion Toshiaki Nishioka and face the Irishman first. Munroe (20-1) is ranked second in the world by the WBC and underlined his world…
The British Middleweight title will be up for grabs at the Brentwood Centre in Essex this weekend when Commonwealth Champ Darren Barker aims to add the Lonsdale belt to his list of honours while Birmingham’s Wayne Elcock looks to regain his old title. The Hennessy Sports event is live on ITV4 and the undercard will…
By Per Ake Persson WBO super middle champ Robert Stieglitz defends the title January 9 in Magdeburg on a SES promotion. In the chief support Ina Menzer will defend the WBC, WIBF and WBO featherweight titles against Ramona Kuehne, who holds the WIBF crown at junior light. For Stieglitz it will be the first defence…
World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost†Pavlik returns home, to Youngstown State University’s Beeghly Center, on Saturday, December 19, to defend his titles against top-rated contender Miguel Espino. Promoted by Top Rank, the Pavlik vs. Espino world title tilt will headline an all-action two-country world championship doubleheader, produced and distributed Live on Pay-Per-View, beginning at…