© Andy Couldridge / Action Images As Carl Froch’s WBC super middleweight title defense against Andre Dirrell draws near, the fighters who open Showtime’s Super Six Tournament came face to face at a press conference in Nottingham, England, where the pair will clash on Saturday at Trent FM Arena.
Irish middleweight Andy Lee, will face current European Union and French champion Affif Belghecham at the UL Arena in Limerick, on November 14 in a Brian Peters event entitled ’Yanjing’ Fightnight’. Peters sees this as Lee’s ’stepping stone’ to a title clash with Birmingham boxer Matthew Macklin, or Irish boxer John Duddy, next year. As…
© Howard Schatz Dozens of reporters and camera teams attended today´s public workout in the heart of Berlin as “King†Arthur Abraham and Jermain Taylor gave a taste of their class.
InterBox and Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) are proud to announce that all parties have officially come to terms on the staging of a highly anticipated world title rematch bout. WBC Light Heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (24-1-0, 16 KO) from Laval, and former WBC champion Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (26-1-0 15 KO) from Montreal will rematch…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing WBC super middleweight champ Carl Froch worked out for the media yesterday in Nottingham, England in preparation to his title defense against American prospect Andre Dirrell.
Middleweight contender Andy Lee announced details of his next fight today at a press conference overlooking the hallowed turf of Thomond Park in Limerick. The U.S. based southpaw will be back at the University Sports Arena in his native city on November 14th when he takes on Frenchman Affif Belghecham on the Yanjing Fight Night….
Promoter Frank Maloney is preparing to travel east and west early next month to get Jamie Moore a shot at the WBC light-middleweight title. The Salford star (32-3) first has to come through a European light-middleweight title defence against fellow southpaw Ryan Rhodes (42-4), which doubles up as a WBC title eliminator.
Tony Jeffries will face the toughest test of his short professional career when he boxes Belarusian light heavyweight champion Artem Solomko on Friday, October 16. ‘Jaffa’, 24, has romped to three quick-fire wins since switiching codes following his glorious bronze medal at last year’s Olympics. And he hopes to delight his hometown fans and Sky…
Following an unforgettable homecoming on August 8, former world champion Jorge Rodrigo “La Hiena” Barrios will look to extend his amazing Argentinean unbeaten streak to 31 on Saturday, November 21. That’s when he takes on Mexico City banger Michael Lozada for the WBO Intercontinental Lightweight Championship in the main event of HBO Plus’ “Next Boxing…
Not many people will have as short a journey to the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham this weekend as Terry Maughan. The Sneinton middleweight makes his pro debut on the undercard of the Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown between Carl Froch and Andre “The Matrix†Dirrell and he won’t have too far to travel…
World ranked super middleweight, Jesse Brinkley, is calling everyone out at 168 lb. “I want Green, Bika, Bute, Stieglitz…and everyone else in the division.†Says Brinkley. “I would love to fight all of the guys in Showtime’s Super Six tournament too, but they are all locked up until 2012.â€
Andre Dirrell held a workout for the media in Nottingham earlier today ahead of this Saturday’s Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown with WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl Froch at the Trent FM Arena. The title challenger spoke about a few topics during a media roundtable after the workout.