On Friday night, May 7th, boxing returns to the Arena in South Philadelphia as prized prospect, Danny “Swift†Garcia will risk his undefeated mark when he takes on tough Christopher Fernandez in a ten round Jr. Welterweight bout. The clash headlines a big night of boxing that will be promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in…
Hard-hitting welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin arrived at training camp in Florida last week to prepare for his first world title fight. On June 5th “Mini-Tyson” will face former WBA champion Luis Collazo for the WBC Silver Championship in Istanbul, Turkey. For his preparation Aydin chose to work with Ismael Salas, trainer of WBA featherweight champion…
World and European Lightweight Champion Katie Taylor is the latest addition to a star studded supporting cast on the Yanjing Fight Night at the University Sports Arena, Limerick on Saturday, May 15th. The Bray woman is widely recognised as the World’s best female boxer and Limerick’s fight fans will get to see her in action…
Click the image for more photos by Jane Warburton Boxing brothers Martin and Steve Gethin will have another gruelling weekend this week, but nothing to do with boxing! The two Walsall men are running in this year’s Virgin London Marathon on Sunday. The London Marathon – now in it’s 30th year – is one of…
© Robert Brizel / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the post fight press conference, newly crowned middleweight champion Sergio Martinez of Argentina celebrated his victory over Kelly Pavlik back stage in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall just after midnight. Promoter Bob Arum, sitting nearby, appeared with a solemn face, hands folded. Kelly Pavlik of Youngstown, Ohio,…
Former WBO World champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop†Corley (36-13-1, 21 KOs) will fight 28-year-old Jermain “Too Sweet†White (17-4, 9 KOs) from Las Vegas for the vacant UBO World Light Welterweight title on May 29 at the D.C. Armory in Washington D.C. Titanium Promotions headed by Garcia Staley Sr. will promote the UBO doubleheader which…
Israel Vazquez, the former two-time world super bantamweight champion, presented the trophy for the $100,000 San Simeon Handicap, visited with the starting gate crew and stopped by the jockeys’ room to meet Rafael Bejarano, who led Santa Anita’s jockey standings for the third straight year, and have some fun on the jockeys’ horse simulator exercise…
© Tony Brochnerg Former WBA 168-pound Champ Mikkel Kessler participated in a light workout on Monday in Herning, Denmark, just five days before his Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown with WBC super middleweight champ Carl Froch on Saturday, April 24 on Showtime at 9 p.m., ET/PT, same-day coverage, from MCH Arena, in Herning, Denmark.
Samoan strongman David “Tuamanator†Tua, coming off a near shutout victory by unanimous 12-round decision last month against Friday Ahunanya, continues his “Tua De Force†tour June 26 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The growing problem, however, is signing a suitable opponent for the World Boxing Organization’s No. 2 rated heavyweight contender Tua (51-3-1, 43 KOs),…
Team Sauerland is delighted to confirm that WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl Froch will be flown into either North Germany or Denmark with a private jet on Tuesday afternoon. The undefeated 32-year-old missed today´s public work-out in Herning after the Iceland Volcano had KO’d his original travel plans.
Click the image to view all photos from this Event Friday night, at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a fightnight which would see an all-action fight card including two title clashes. Denton Vassell (Manchester) v Lee Purdy (Colchester) 12 Round Vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Welterweight Title Purdy gets off to…
For four invaluable weeks at the Normandy Gym in North Miami, undefeated middleweight prospect “Chairman of the Board†Michael Oliveira (11-0, 8 KOs), the heir apparent to retired Brazilian boxing star Acelino “Popo†Freitas, acted more like a sponge than a young prize fighter. The 19-year-old Oliveira, who is trained by Danny Hawk at Normandy…