Undefeated WBA Super Middleweight Champion and America’s last Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KOs) will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at his hometown Oakland A’s game against the Minnesota Twins tonight at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Ward, who captured the WBA belt with a convincing, 11th-round technical decision over Mikkel Kessler in…
The white hot atmosphere at the King’s Hall in Belfast should be at it’s best for the upcoming Yanjing Beer Fight Night on Friday week (June 11th) when Paul McCloskey makes the first defence of his European Light Welterweight title against mandatory challenger Giuseppe Lauri but one boxer on the card should be cooler than…
The scene is set for probably one of the most exciting Cruiserweight battles of the year as two of the best cruiserweights in the World today prepare to face each other at the Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg in Germany this coming Saturday, the 5th June. Former champion Steve “USS†Cunningham, finally gets the chance to not only…
This coming Saturday Hammersmith’s Heavyweight contender Ali Adams (8-2-1) steps back into the ring, following a five month hiatus, to face Nottinghamshire’s Mark Lewis at the Hellraiser Promotions event at Grundy Park Leisure Centre in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Adams, who’s looking to extend his current unbeaten run to nine in a row further on Saturday, is…
As he prepares to make the first defence of his European Light Welterweight title Paul McCloskey doesn’t have to go too far afield for advice from another man who has been there and done that. Fellow Derry man Charlie Nash accomplished the same feat in 1979 winning the European Lightweight title and he’s backing McCloskey…
From the first time he put on a pair of boxing gloves at age 9, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero always dreamed of becoming a world champion. Guerrero fulfilled that dream and more by becoming a three-time world champion in two weight divisions, but the road to the top wasn’t so smooth. Contract disputes, fighting opponents…
Hackney’s Lightweight contender Mark ‘The Flash’ Alexander has got his wish and is set to face former English Champion Ryan Barrett at the Steve Goodwin Promoted event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on the 11th September 2010. An elated Alexander, who had just finished a training session with his coach Barry Smith at…
The IBF junior middleweight championship scheduled for June 12 at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis has been postponed. Don King Productions was promoting the event that planned to feature St. Louisan Cory Spinks (37-5, 11 KOs) defending his IBF 154-pound title against mandatory challenger Cornelius Bundrage (29-4, 17 KOs), from Detroit. A number of conflicting…
Celebrate summer with the ‘sweet science’ as popular junior middleweight contender Jimmy Lange (31-4-2, 22 KOs) of Great Falls, VA headlines another exciting Ice Promotions boxing event on Saturday, July 10 at the Patriot Center. Dubbed “No Excuses†and presented by Valcourt Building Services the event will showcase seven professional bouts featuring many of the…
Belfast has a proud tradition of producing some of the finest little men in boxing, no more so than in the flyweight division where names such as Rinty Monaghan, Dave McAuley, Hugh Russell and Damaen Kelly have delighted Belfast fight fans down through the years. Now another Belfast flyweight, Jamie Conlan is intent on following…
In only five days Arena will present the first-ever boxing world championship on Turkish soil in Istanbul when rising welterweight star Selcuk Aydin takes on Canada based Romanian Ionut Dan Ion for the WBC Silver title. Both contenders are unbeaten in their professional career. Aydin – ranked on no. 2 in the WBC 147 ratings…
Click the above Image for all Photos from this Event Bank Holiday weekend in the UK – and what could be nicer than a Sunday afternoon at the boxing! Steve Wood / VIP Promotions hosted a five card bill at the Copley Sports Centre in Stalybridge, Manchester, England yesterday which headlined local man Jon Kays….