Anthony Crolla has targeted winning a Lonsdale belt outright before becoming world lightweight champion. The popular Mancunian makes the second defence of his British crown against Derry Mathews (29-6-1) at Oldham Sports Centre on Saturday night (April 21).
Carl Frampton will provide the chief support on the undercard of Carl Froch’s IBF super middleweight title challenge to Lucian Bute in Nottingham on May 26. The Commonwealth super bantamweight champion will fight at the Capital FM Arena in front of a huge global audience with the event aired by Epix in the United States…
Towering Manchester area heavyweight Tyson Fury went into Odyssey Arena in opponent Martin Rogan’s hometown of Belfast on Saturday night and came away as the new owner of the Irish title. Fury remained undefeated at 18-0 (13), after starting out slowly behind a previously unseen southpaw stance. Rather than hinder Rogan, Fury’s surprise tactic allowed…
An action-packed evening of boxing was showcased on Saturday night at the all-new Casino Miami Jai-Alai, which opened as Miami Jai-Alai in 1926 and just finished an 87-million casino expansion. This was the first boxing show at the historic Miami boxing venue since 2004.
One of Germany’s most popular boxers was back in action last night as Felix Sturm put his WBA middleweight crown at risk against Sebastian Zbik at Lanxess Arena in Cologne. Ex-Interim WBC beltholder Zbik was coming off a loss to full WBC champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr 10 months ago while Sturm was engaging in…
Undefeated former lightweight champion Brandon “Bam Bam†Rios and WBA interim lightweight title holder Richard Abril will be fighting for more than the vacant WBA lightweight title and guaranteed purses Saturday night at Mandalay Bay, they will be fighting for a $50,000 bonus that will be awarded to the winner.
Martin Murray will return to action on Hatton Promotions massive ‘Road To Glory’ bill at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday June 16. The British, Commonwealth and WBA inter-continental middleweight champion will be in title action on the card, with his opponent to be named in the next two weeks.
Stephen Foster Jr will tackle Jose Antonio Elizabeth before attempting to win the British Super-featherweight title. Foster Jr, 32, meets the Nicaraguan over six rounds on the bill topped by Anthony Crolla’s British lightweight title defence against Derry Mathews, at Oldham Sports Centre on Saturday April 21.
With only six weeks until the big title fight on 26th Ma,y we thought it was about time to have a word with ‘The Tiger’ Ali Adams who takes on the world renowned Audley Harrison in a 10 round heavyweight dust-up. Adams is an unheard of fighter for many a casual boxing fan, however his…
IBF/WBA/WBO/IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his titles against Tony Thompson at Stade De Suisse in Bern, Switzerland, on July 7. Tony “The Tiger“ Thompson, 40, is from Washington D.C. and the official IBF mandatory challenger. The 6’ 5’’ southpaw has a fight record of 36 wins (24 KOs) and two defeats.
Hatton Promotions are delighted to officially announce their ‘Road To Glory’ bill which will take place at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday 16th June. It is their biggest ever show in a short three year history and will feature four exciting title fights. Topping the bill is a vacant ‘interim’ WBA super-bantamweight title fight between Bury’s…
Paul McCloskey will face DeMarcus Corley on May 5 at the King’s Hall in Belfast live on Sky Sports – and the winner could land a shot at the WBC light welterweight crown. Corley, a former WBO light welterweight champion ranked 15 by the WBC, replaces Julio Diaz as Dudey’s opponent after the Mexican raised…