Darren Sutherland bids to get one over bitter Olympic rival James DeGale at Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent on May 29. The Dubliner will face Georgian Vepkhia Tchilaia (9-8) who took Olympic gold medallist DeGale the distance on his professional debut in February.
Click for larger image © Gene Blevins Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Floyd “Money” Mayweather has returned to the sport of boxing and will put his undefeated record on the line when he faces the dangerous and highly touted five-time world champion Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez in Mayweather vs. Marquez: “Number One/Numero Uno” Saturday, July…
Super middleweight “Irish†Joe McCreedy has developed into one of New England’s favorite fighters, based on support he’s received from his growing legion of passionate fans from Lowell, the same Massachusetts city that produced one of boxing’s all-time most popular ring warriors, “Irish†Micky Ward.
Washington, DC based spoiler Demetrius Davis will attempt to continue his recent hot streak against Baltimore’s Corey Cummings May 29 at Du Burns Arena. Davis, who has a deceptive record at 19-14-5 (7 KO’s), defeated 14-0 Rowland Bryant, 16-6 Brian Norman and battled to a draw with well regarded prospect Tommy Karpency during his last…
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro John Rooney Jnr. head coach and owner of the World Famous Gleason’s Gym London near Tower Bridge, spoke out on the upcoming Prizefighter 7 – The Cruiserweights, which takes place at Earl’s Court on Tuesday May 19th, and the chances of his charge, former British, Commonwealth and WBU International Champion…
Golden Boy Promotions hard-hitting undefeated heavyweight prospect, Ashanti “The Boss” Jordan (8-0, 7 KO’s), returns to the ring Thursday May 21, 2009 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento when he faces journeyman David Johnson in a scheduled six round bout.
Tyson Fury is out to make a statement of intent at the Watford Colosseum this Saturday when he takes to the ring for his first scheduled 8 round contest. The undefeated heavyweight sensation has stopped all five of his professional opponents to date and he’s hoping that fellow heavyweight giant Scott Belshaw will become victim…
Hype and brash talk have become a part of most boxing promotions in recent years, but for May 30th’s HBO Boxing After Dark doubleheader at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, none of that is necessary when Andre Berto defends his welterweight title against junior welterweight champion Juan Urango, and junior middleweight knockout artists…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In the biggest bout of his career to date, former 2004 Olympic Gold Medal winner Andre Ward pulled off a superb performance to control the action against dangerous opponent Edison Miranda over twelve rounds at super middle for a points verdict at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA. Fighting…
South America’s top boxing venue, Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina saw a cracking contest last night with Victor Emilio Ramirez retaining his WBO Cruiserweight title via split decision against the tough challenge presented by Ali Ismailov. The taller Ramirez looked to keep his Azerbaijani opponent from getting too ambition but Ismailov had not…
The WBC Cruiserweight title remained with Giacobbe Fragomeni tonight after 12 rounds of combat at the Gran Teatro in Rome, Italy with ex-IBF champ Krzysztof Wlodarczyk. The champion started out strong, going after the taller Polish challenger and picking up rounds behind a good two-handed assault as Wlodarczyk gave ground and made Fragomeni expend a…
By Per Ake Persson The White Buffalo, Francois Botha, retained the WBF heavyweight title with a split decision over twelve hard fought, messy, mauling and exciting rounds of boxing against Timo Hoffmann on this SES show at Boerdeland Hall in Magdeburg. It was scored 117-110 and 114-113 for Botha and 114-113 for Hoffmann. After ten,…