Rendall Munroe will make the fifth defence of his European super bantamweight title against Simone Maludrottu at Nottingham’s Harvey Hadden Sports Centre on Friday, November 20. The banging binman has been handed home advantage after his promoter Frank Maloney won purse bids for the fight against his mandatory challenger.
Backed by more than 5,000 fans at Arthur W. Purdue Stadium in Salisbury, MD, local sensation Fernando Guerrero earned the NABO Interim Middleweight title Saturday night with an impressive 10 round majority decision over renowned tough guy Ossie Duran. After a tentative start during the first few rounds, Guerrero turned up the heat. A straight…
Unbeaten welterweight prospect Nathan McIntosh believes he can follow in Carl Froch’s footstep and become Nottingham’s next World Champion. The 21-year-old has racked up four straight wins since turning pro last year and he will go in search of win number five on the undercard of the Carl Froch vs. Andre Dirrell Super Six World…
WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl Froch says he’s happy to let Andre Dirrell’s mouth make all the running ahead of their Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown at the Trent FM Arena, Nottingham on October 17. Froch will launch his Super Six tournament campaign with his second WBC World Super Middleweight title against the unbeaten…
Joe Calzaghe has once again shunned defeat in the dancing stakes. In the first episode of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, the former boxing champion and his lovely dance partner Kristina Rihanoff failed to impress the judging panel and were bottom of the leader board. Last week, the dazzling duo were again at the bottom and guess…
Legendary Madison Square Garden has seen a lot of great ring battles, but only very few debuts as impressive as the ones of Odlanier Solis and Yuriorkis Gamboa Saturday night at “Island Warriors: Latin Fury 12â€, co-promoted by Top Rank, Arena and PR Best Boxing. Heavyweight sensation Solis needed only two rounds to get rid…
Chad Dawson shared his thoughts on facing Glen Johnson again, the state of the light heavyweight division and his interests outside the ring answering six quick questions posed to him recently. Dawson (28-0, 17 KOs) of New Haven, Conn., meets Johnson (49-12-2, 33 KOs), from Miami, FL by way of Clarendon, Jamaica, Nov. 7 at…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at ‘The Venue’ in Dudley, England, PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson of First Team Promotions hosted a fight night which provided action from five bouts. Martin Gordon (Dudley) v Kristian Laight (Nuneaton) 6 x 2 Welterweight Contest It was a close contest between these two…
In one of the most shocking upsets of the year thus far, WBA super feather champ Jorge Linares was stopped in the first round by challenger Juan Carlos Salgado today at Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo. Both men came into the contest undefeated but Tokyo based Venezuelan Linares was a former WBC feather and current WBA…
There’s a big show tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York as WBA feather champ Yuriorkis Gamboa and WBO super bantam titlist Juan Manuel Lopez put their respective crowns on the line. Former Cuban defector Gamboa, 15-0 (13), could be the most impressive professional to come out of the boxing-rich island but it’s too…
Welshman Nathan Cleverly solidified his hold on the light heavyweight division in the UK by stopping former amateur star Courtney Fry in eight rounds last night at London’s historic York Hall. Fry, who has also fought as a cruiserweight, had the strength and skill to put up good resistance but at age 34, couldn’t cope…
Golden Boy Promotions presents the return of ex-super bantam world champion Israel Vazquez, who meets Angel Priolo at featherweight tonight at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Featherweights, 10 rounds Israel Vazquez: 125.75 lb Angel Priolo: 124.75 lb