The British Middleweight title will be up for grabs at the Brentwood Centre in Essex this weekend when Commonwealth Champ Darren Barker aims to add the Lonsdale belt to his list of honours while Birmingham’s Wayne Elcock looks to regain his old title. The Hennessy Sports event is live on ITV4 and the undercard will…
By Per Ake Persson WBO super middle champ Robert Stieglitz defends the title January 9 in Magdeburg on a SES promotion. In the chief support Ina Menzer will defend the WBC, WIBF and WBO featherweight titles against Ramona Kuehne, who holds the WIBF crown at junior light. For Stieglitz it will be the first defence…
World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost†Pavlik returns home, to Youngstown State University’s Beeghly Center, on Saturday, December 19, to defend his titles against top-rated contender Miguel Espino. Promoted by Top Rank, the Pavlik vs. Espino world title tilt will headline an all-action two-country world championship doubleheader, produced and distributed Live on Pay-Per-View, beginning at…
Don King Productions issued a press release yesterday stating the company had a valid promotional contract with heavyweight boxer John Ruiz. Upon further review, Don King has learned that Ruiz’s contract with DKP has expired. “My boxing department had advised me my contract was still active, which turned out to be incorrect,†King said. “I…
Unbeaten Sheffield prospect Steve “Superbad†Barnes will be hoping for an early night when he features on the undercard of the Darren Barker – Wayne Elcock British Middleweight title showdown at the Brentwood Centre this Saturday night. The Sheffield teenager has so far scored a hat trick of wins in the pro game and will…
© Chris Royle – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions With David Haye’s emphatic win over ‘The Beast from the East’ recently, we have a new heavyweight champion of the world, breathing a whole new life into the somewhat lacklustre division, and as some would say, a dying sport. When it was announced that Haye was…
Despite an issued statement from Don King Productions and various erroneous media reports, Golden Boy Promotions, the United States promoter of World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight World Champion David “The Hayemaker” Haye, has received assurances directly from the WBA that there will be no sanctioning of an interim WBA Heavyweight Championship fight and that Haye…
Team Ruiz has responded to false allegations made in two press releases by promoter Don King, who erroneously stated that, “John Ruiz is my fighter,†as well as falsely claiming the World Boxing Association (WBA) had sanctioned an “Interim†title fight between one of King’s fighters, Kali Meehan, and former champion Ruslan Chagaev.
On Saturday night, December 5, three-time World Champion Paul Williams will face WBC Super Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez in a scheduled 12-round middleweight bout in the main event at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. In the 10-round co-featured bout, Cristobal Arreola will see his first action since a courageous loss at the hands of WBC heavyweight…
In true Thanksgiving spirit, Bernard Hopkins will distribute 500 turkeys to Philadelphia residents. The turkey distribution will take place at the 35th District Police Station in honor of the three fallen officers killed in the line of duty this past year.
WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch has been nominated for the BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year award. The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony at Loughborough University on Thursday 3rd December in front of a sell out audience.
Essex trainer Tony Sims is likely to be the busiest man in boxing on Saturday night with no fewer than five of his boxers in action at the Brentwood Centre including headliner “Dazzling†Darren Barker. The Barnet man tops the bill as he faces Birmingham’s Wayne Elcock for the British Middleweight title on a Hennessy…