Tony Jeffries got one up on potential rivals James Degale and Carl Froch when he won the Lonsdale Challenge in Nottingham. The challenge involved the three boxers taking part in a variety of exercises against the clock to see who could register the most repetitions. It was held to mark Lonsdale’s 50 year anniversary which…
Audley Harrison believes David Haye will lose his WBA World Heavyweight Championship on Saturday if he underestimates American John Ruiz. Haye fights Ruiz at the MEN Arena in Manchester in the first defence of his belt, which he won in November by beating Russian giant Nikolay Valuev. However, Harrison, who fights Michael Sprott for the…
Former WBO champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop†Corley will attempt to become a two-time world champion on May 29 in Washington D.C., when he fights for the vacant Universal Boxing Organization light welterweight crown on a show promoted by Garcia Staley Sr. and his Titanium Promotions.
Mike Fingerman of Fingerman Promotions is proud to announce the signing of undefeated Super Middleweight prospect Farah Ennis to a promotional contract.
Reigning WBF heavyweight title-holder Frans “The White Buffalo†Botha was supposed to fight four-time world heavyweight champion Evander “The Real Deal†Holyfield 12 years ago but boxing politics eventually destroyed that match-up. More than a decade later, though, Botha (47-4-3, 28 KOs) will finally get his crack at the living legend and future Hall of…
Star Boxing’s light heavyweight prospect Yathomas Riley (7-0, 5KO) has been added to this Friday’s Star Boxing promoted card at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Uncasville, CT. Headlining the card, which is being broadcast live on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fight” series, is Delvin Rodriguez (24-4-2, 14KO) defending his USBA welterweight championship against “Mighty”…
Next Friday night, Vernoca L. Michael and Blue Horizon Boxing Inc will present that annual “Spring Fling†boxing card that will be headlined by USBA Jr. Middleweight champion, Derek “Pooh†Ennis battling Frankie Santos in a ten round non-title bout. The bout was originally to be a title defense for Ennis but after actively seeking…
Two days after it was announced that undefeated WBA 168-pound champion Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KOs) would defend against world-ranked “Sweetness†Allan Green (29-1, 20 KOs) in a Group Stage 2 bout in the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Saturday, June 19, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Showtime at 10 p.m….
Living legend and five time world heavyweight champion, Evander “The Real Deal†Holyfield, challenges World Boxing Federation heavyweight title-holder Frans “The White Buffalo†Botha in the 12-round main event April 10, headlining “The Legend Returns†pay-per-view event, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The 47-year-old Holyfield (42-10-2, 27 KOs), fighting out of…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night, at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a fightnight which would feature one British and one European Title Fight. Promoter Ricky Hatton waited in the ring to welcome his younger brother Matthew, who was prepared to take on Gianluca Branco of…
Former WBO Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Maccarinelli is to face Russian Alexander Kotlobay on April 27th at the Yubileiny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the vacant EBU Cruiserweight Title. The Welsh big-hitter is back on winning form after ending his last two contests inside the first round. Kotlobay – also a quick finisher –…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Andre Dirrell turned the Super Six World Boxing Classic upside down and handed previously undefeated Arthur Abraham his first loss on an 11th-round disqualification Saturday in a fight at the Joe Louis Arena during a Free Preview Weekend on Showtime that ended in bedlam with family, friends, officials and…