Bronx’s fan-favorite, “The Real Million Dollar Baby” Maureen Shea (13-2, 7KO) has been added to Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing upcoming “Hustler Boxing” card Thursday, December 3 at the Manhattan Center. Shea will square off against Jenna “Cowgirl” Shiver (9-4-1, 2KO) for the Interim WBA Female Super Bantamweight Championship of the World. The bout was made…
By Per Ake Persson Jurgen Braehmer is now “full” WBO light heavy champion as Zsolt Erdei has relinquished the title to go for the WBC cruiser crown against Giacobbe Fragomeni November 21 in Kiel.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at Hatton Health & Fitness Centre in Hyde, England, Hatton Promotions hosted the official weigh-in ahead of this evening’s fight night staged at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was a relaxed and friendly atmosphere in the smart new surroundings of the Hatton…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Ricky Hatton’s younger brother, Matthew Hatton, takes on former IBF light welter titleholder Lovemore N’dou tonight at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke, England for the IBO welterweight title. The last us Brits would have seen of both of these fighters would have been on the undercard of…
Before legendary Philadelphia warrior Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins steps into the ring in his hometown to face Enrique Ornelas at the Liacouras Center at Temple University on Wednesday, December 2, the next generation of champions and contenders will battle it out and show their local fans just what it means to be a fighter from…
2008 US Olympic alternate Shawn “Showtime†Porter will lead superstar Manny Pacquiao into the ring Saturday night for his showdown with WBO Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. Porter, 10-0 (8 KO’s), served as Pacquiao’s primary sparring partner and played the role of Cotto during his six weeks in camp. While swapping punches with the best fighter…
CES Boxing puts on the “Autumn Classic” fight card on Friday, August 20 at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI. “Irish†Joey McCreedy:â€What I just heard, I’ve heard my whole career – I’m going to take you out. My last opponent said that and look what happened to him. He went out on…
French Middleweight Champion Affif Belghecham arrived in Limerick today confident of playing his part in a French sporting double against the Irish this weekend. On Saturday night the Lyon native, who also holds the European Union title will look to derail Andy Lee’s World and European title ambitions when they clash in the main event…
© Lawrence Lustig Prizefighter Champion Audley Harrison believes David Haye will inspire him to win boxing titles in 2010. Haye claimed the WBA Heavyweight Championship on Saturday and Harrison believes the victory acts as an incentive for the rest of the British heavyweights.
Irish – Canadian middleweight Matt O’Brien is hoping to upstage local hero Andy Lee when he has his first professional outing in Limerick on Saturday’s Yanjing Fight Night at the University Sports Arena. Lee’s clash with reigning French and European Union Champion Affif Belghecham headlines the event with O’Brien featuring on the undercard. While Irish…
After boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter and box office attraction Manny “PacMan†Pacquiao plays a little chin music on WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, he will head over to the Mandalay Bay Events Center to perform a live post-fight concert with his MP Band.
Puerto Rican power-punching great Wilfredo “Bazooka†Gomez, three-time world champion in three weight classes, leads the global voting process in the Bantamweight Division of the “World’s Greatest Ever Boxer†(WGEB) promotion. Gomez holds a very slight advantage against the other nine “WGEB†official Bantamweight nominees: “Panama†Al Brown, Manuel Ortiz, Eder “Golden Bantam†Joffre, Ruben…