© Lawrence Lustig Matchroom Sport can announce the line-up for the latest Prizefighter event. Barry Hearn’s next eight-man, one-night tournament – Prizefighter Super-Bantamweights – will take place at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, east London on Saturday, May 29.
Ashley Sexton believes big fight rival Shinny Bayaar has seen better days. Sexton (9-0) has to show he can shoot from the hip as well as the lip when he challenges for the Oldham based Mongolian’s British flyweight title at Dagenham’s Goresbrook Leisure Centre on Friday (14th May). Cheshunt’s Sexton, 22, said: “I think Shinny…
Three-time World Champion Israel “Magnifico†Vazquez two-division World Champion Rafael Marquez, undefeated IBF Bantamweight Champion Yonnhy Perez and unbeaten top-rated contender Abner Mares participated in a media conference call to discuss their upcoming fights on Saturday, May 22 at Staples Center on Showtime Championship Boxing live at 9 P.M. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast…
Boricua star Wilfredo “WV2†Vazquez, Jr. makes his first WBO Junior Featherweight title defense May 29 against unbeaten, No. 1 contender Zsolt “Mr. Lefthook†Bedak, headlining the “Undefeated Champions†pay per view event in the 12-round main event, airing live in the United States from Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
On Friday May 14th, Golden Boy Promotions and Star Boxing, present Punchin at the Paradise 10 at the historical Paradise Theater in the Bronx. Headlining the TeleFutura “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” card is undefeated lightweight prospect, Adrien “The Problem” Broner (14-0, 11KO’s) as he squares off against “The Dominican Man” Rafael Lora (11-2, 5KO’s) over ten…
Undefeated WBA lightweight champion Paulus Moses (25-0, 17 KOs) will defend his title in the capital city of his native Namibia on May 29 in a showdown against WBA interim lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (26-3-2, 20 KOs). Don King Productions won the right to promote the match in a WBA purse bid of $150,000 and…
Newly crowned European Lightweight champion John Murray has set his sights on an all British mega fight against WBO interim title challenger Kevin Mitchell later this year. After landing successive killer body shots with his hooks and uppercuts Murray proved far too strong for brave warrior Welshman Gary Buckland when the referee Marcus McDonnell stepped…
You couldn’t miss Richard Towers if you saw him in the street, but Ricky Hatton reckons he is the best kept secret in heavyweight boxing. Towers who is 6ft 8in tall and hit the scales at 17 stone is looking to make a dent in Britain’s best heavyweights after teaming up with Hatton Promotions.
On Friday May 14th, the newest member of the Star Boxing stable, undefeated cruiserweight prospect, Ahmed “The Prince of Egypt” Samir (8-0, 2KO’s) will fight for the first time since signing with the Bronx-based promotional company, when he squares off against “Big” John Douglas at the historical Paradise Theater in the Bronx. Samir-Douglas is scheduled…
Curt Menefee will re-join the ShoBox: The New Generation announce team after perennial host and play-by-play announcer Nick Charles recently stepped down to continue his battle against cancer and spend time with his family. Menefee, who called three fights for Showtime in 2009, will anchor the remaining ShoBox telecasts in 2010 alongside expert analysts Steve…
This coming Friday, Stoke Newington’s rising Light Middleweight star Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng is back in action on the under card of the Sky television broadcast, Frank Maloney promoted, British Flyweight title clash between Shinny Bayaar and Ashley Sexton at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex. In his last fight, back in January, Ochieng decisively…
Veteran Angel “El Toro†Hernandez is arguably, pound-for-pound, one of the toughest boxers in the business. The Mexican native, fighting out of Chicago, has parlayed impressive back-to-back performances into a May 22 title fight against Peter Manfredo, Jr. at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. “It’s all in his nickname – ‘Toro’ means bull,†Angel’s trainer…