BC Champion Carl “the Cobra†Froch of Nottingham England, will defend his title against the “Viking Warrior†Mikkel Kessler of Denmark in the Super Six World BoxingClassic in one-half of a tournament doubleheader on Saturday, April 24at the MCH Messe center in Herning, Denmark. â€The ticketsales for Mikkel Kessler’s fight against Carl Froch has been…
The St. Patrick’s Day celebration will extend two days as Irish-American boxers, led by hot, unbeaten prospect Danny O’Connor, the popular “Irish†Joey McCreedy and 4-time world champion Jaime “Hurricane†Clampitt, will be in action March 19 on the “Shamrock’d†pro card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), at Twin River…
World-ranked contender “Sweetness†Allan Green (29-1, 20 KOs), of Tulsa, Okla., has officially been named to replace fellow American Jermain Taylor in the Super Six World Boxing Classic and will take on undefeated WBA 168-pound champion Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KOs) in one-half of a tournament doubleheader on Saturday, April 24, on Showtime, Ken Hershman,…
Filipino sensation “Marvelous†Marvin Sonoma is hungry to capture another world title, as well as overcoming the aftereffect of losing his WBO super flyweight belt on the scales in his last fight, this coming Saturday night in the highly-anticipated showdown against hometown hero Wilfredo “WV2†Vazquez, Jr. for the vacant WBO junior featherweight championship.
Bradley Pryce and Neil Sinclair will clash in a mouth-watering quarter-final contest in Prizefighter Light-Middleweights next Friday. Welshman Pryce, the 5/2 favourite to claim the £32,000 winner’s cheque, was drawn to face experienced Belfast fighter Sinclair in the second of the quarter-finals for the latest Prizefighter event. Manchester’s highly-fancied Prince Arron, 22, will take on…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night, at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a fightnight which would headline three title fights and a title eliminator. In a packed venue, local boxer Scott Lawton was welcomed by his army of supporters. Lawton faced Armenian-born Leva Kirakosyan of France,…
Lots of action in Mexico last night, big fights all across the country involving a raft of titles. The biggest bill took place at Poliforum Zamna in Merida, headlined by a clash for the WBC featherweight belt. Reigning champion Elio Rojas, 22-1 (13), won virtually every round in a wide points decision against former title…
Martin Concepcion is confident he has The X Factor needed to win the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday, February 26. Concepcion earned his place in the ninth Prizefighter series by out-pointing Kevin Hammond for the Midlands Area Title earlier this month. Now Leicester’s former Commonwealth light-middleweight champion is looking…
Fan favorite Vic “The Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan (33-2-1, 27 KOs) will make his fifth consecutive appearance on Showtime and 11th overall when he defends his WBC/WBA super flyweight crowns against streaking, world-ranked Rodrigo “Gato’’ Guerrero (13-1-1, 9 KOs) in the main event on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation Saturday, March 6, at…
It’s a massive eveing of boxing tonight south of the border with three quality fight cards in Mexico City, Acapulco and Merida. We kick things off at the Poliforum Zamna in Merida where Elio Rojas defends his WBC featherweight belt against Guty Espadas Jr. Rojas, 21-1 (13), outboxed Takahiro Aoh in Tokyo for the crown…
Please find below statements from Bernard Dunne and Brian Peters following Bernard’s decision to hang up his gloves. Bernard Dunne: After a lot of thought and reflection the time has finally come to bring my career as a professional boxer to an end. For the past 25 years boxing has been my life but now…
Dan Goosen: “During the time that we’ve been talking about this fight, prior to Adamek’s fight with Jason Estrada, we were getting emails; we were getting messages; we were getting those phone calls ‘Where’s the fight going to be’? I mean excitement! excitement! excitement! “And then once we announced we were having this press conference…