Olympic bronze medallist David Price returns to action next month after recovering from a hand injury. Price (4-0) boxes a selected opponent at Leigh Indoor Sports Village on Friday March 19 on a Frank Maloney show being televised live by Sky Sports. The 6ft 8in Liverpool boxer now hopes for an injury free year which…
© Lawrence Lustig Prince Arron is confident his height and reach will see him cause an upset in the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights tournament at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday, February 26. The Droylsden fighter, whose real name is Arron Jones, is aiming to win three, three round bouts in one thrilling night of…
**With Slideshow and Audio** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at Impact Boxing Gym, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a press conference ahead of Friday fightnight at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex. Media gathered as headliners Scott Lawton and Chris Edwards were introduced to their opponents. Ex-English Lightweight titlist Lawton – enjoying having…
© Showtime Boxing Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KOs) and WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KOs) kicked off an international media tour here Wednesday morning to discuss their upcoming Group Stage 2 bout in the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Saturday, April 24, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on…
When Billy Schwer challenged Colin ‘Dynamo’ Dunne, for his WBU Lightweight World Title back in October 2000, the thousands of fans that packed Wembley Conference Centre were treated to one of the greatest British, if not world, fights of all time. Right from the opening bell the Lightweight division’s two best fighters, of the time,…
Welterweight superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather and WBA Welterweight Champion Sugar Shane Mosley are hitting the road to announce their May 1 mega-fight showdown with stops in New York City, Washington, DC and Los Angeles. The press tour will reflect the magnitude of this highly competitive and much-anticipated face-off between boxing’s biggest stars. On Tuesday, March…
Jamie McDonnell’s controversial points win over Ian Napa has put him on the verge of stardom. The classy Yorkshireman (13-2) who took Napa’s British bantamweight title last month will now challenge Frenchman Jerome Arnould (22-3-1) for the vacant European crown in Le Cannet on Saturday March 20. Its Napa’s chance that McDonnell has taken and…
In 2009, British boxing was left with three world champions after Ricky Hatton got knocked out by Manny Pacquiao. Our biggest star was knocked out cold by the pound for pound great in just two rounds and it showed that Hatton’s elite fighting years are defiantly past him. Starting the new year saw the attention…
Rising Light Middleweight star Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng (3-0) has left his home in London to travel to Belgium to assist former IBC and European Welterweight Champion ‘Sugar Jackson’ Osei Bonsu prepare for his IBF welterweight eliminator against Randall Bailey on the 19th March. Ochieng, who is proving to be quite a sensational discovery by…
Sensational heavyweight prospect Lenroy “TNT†Thomas is primed and ready for battle this Friday night in his hometown of Tampa, Florida, in one of the feature bouts of “Triple Header In Tampa” at the A La Carte Event Pavilion, presented by TKO Boxing Promotions and Fight Night Productions. The 24 year old Thomas, guided by…
The Grand Sierra Resort/Casino and Let’s Get It On Promotions are pleased to announce “Reno Xtreme Fights III”, March 19th. Tickets are on sale. This will be the third installment of the successful professional boxing/mma series and will feature top prospects. Boxers slated to fight on the card are Brandon “Flawless” Gonzales (10-0, 9 KOs),…
Two-division World Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, the current IBF Junior Lightweight titlist, announced today that he is relinquishing his belt in order to care for his wife Casey, who is currently battling leukemia. “It is with great regret that I am relinquishing the junior lightweight championship of the world that I, along with my…