Anthony Fitzgerald is predicting a win inside four rounds when he meets Lee Murtagh for the vacant Irish Super Middleweight title on the Sierra Fight Night at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, December 5th. The bill is headlined by reigning European Middleweight Champion Matthew Macklin’s clash with Uruguayan champ, Rafa Sosa Pintos but…
A top ten contender in the ratings of all four major sanctioning bodies, bantamweight star Abner Mares is gearing up for his first world title shot in 2010 and on Tuesday, signed a new promotional contract with Golden Boy Promotions for five years, continuing the relationship that has led him to near the top of…
Heavyweight hopes David Price and Tom ‘The Bomb’ Dallas will be double trouble when they have their next professional fights. The big-hitting pair will both be in action at The Newport Centre on Friday December 11 when they bid to extend their unbeaten records. The former amateur rivals have been whipping each other into shape…
It is my pleasure, on behalf of the Boxing Promoter’s Association (BPA), to congratulate our sport in once again showing that Boxing is truly desired by fans. The Top Rank-promoted fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto last week exceeded 1.25 million buys and generated over $70 million in domestic pay-per-view revenue.
On Thursday December 3rd in the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center “The Real Million Dollar Baby” Maureen Shea (13-2, 7KO) will look to fulfill a life-long dream by capturing a world championship when she takes on Jenna Shiver (9-4-1, 2KO) for the interim WBA Female Super Bantamweight Title on the Joe DeGuardia Star Boxing…
Unbeaten middleweight “Dazzling†Darren Barker admits he’s been casting an envious eye towards the Super Middleweight division and the exciting new Super Six World Boxing Classic. Barker’s stable mate and reigning WBC Champ Carl Froch is one of the “Super Six†battling it out for Super Middleweight superiority and Barker says it’s a tournament that…
Dominican boxer Elio “Enai” Rojas, who is the WBC Featherweight champion, prepares to defend his crown against Thai Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo. The scene of the battle will be held in a coliseum of Thailand. Antonio “Tony” Tineo informed reporters that the official date and the details of the signing contract have not been announced, but representatives…
Wayne Elcock is determined to be reunited with an old friend this weekend; his prized Lonsdale belt. The 35-year-old held the British title for a period of 18 months up until losing it to Birmingham rival Matthew Macklin earlier this year but he’s determined to take repossession of his old belt this weekend when he…
David Barnes is ready to resurect his boxing career after a hand injury nearly forced him out of the sport. Barnes, 28, is one of eight British fighters aiming to win £32,000 by winning next week’s Prizefighter Light-Welterweights. A former British Champion at both welterweight and light-welterweight, Barnes has not been in the ring since…
Talented, promising lightweight prospect John Molina Jr. (18-0, 14 KOs) of Covina, Calif., will make his main event debut when he puts his unblemished record on the line against veteran Martin “El Brochas†Honorio (26-4-1, 14 KOs) of Mexico in a 10-rounder for the vacant NABF lightweight championship in a special edition of ShoBox: The…
Paul Hyland believes that Dublin could be heading for an all Dublin World title fight if Bernard Dunne can regain his World title status. The 25-year-old Tallaght native defends his Irish Super Bantamweight title against Eugene Heagney on the undercard to the Matthew Macklin – Rafa Sosa Pintos clash on the Sierra Fight Night at…
European super-bantamweight champion Rendall Munroe has thrown a lifeline to the fading career of Bernard Dunne. The Leicester binman is willing to risk next year’s world title challenge against WBC 8st 10lb champion Toshiaki Nishioka and face the Irishman first. Munroe (20-1) is ranked second in the world by the WBC and underlined his world…