The devastating punching power of highly touted featherweight prospect Carlos Ivan Velasquez was on display last Friday when the Golden Boy Promotions rising star extended his record to 10-0 (9), flattening Andres Ledesma, 15-14-1 (10), in the first round. In the later half of the first round, Velasquez connected with a left hook to the…
Unbeaten heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury has hit out at his British Heavyweight rivals and says he wants to bring the lustre back to the British Heavyweight title. Fury will have his sixth professional outing at the Watford Colosseum on May 23 on the undercard of Darren Barker’s third defence of his Commonwealth Middleweight title against…
It will almost literally be in his own backyard when Kim Poulsen, 11-1 (2), fights for the first title of his career on June 19. He grew up, and still lives, only a few hundred meters away from Sønderbro Kulturhus in Horsens, where he will take on an opponent TBA for the vacant UBO Intercontinental…
Welsh prospect Gary Buckland will take a jump up tp the next level when he meets Scott Lawton in a British lightweight title eliminator on Friday, May 29. The pair will clash in support of the Chris Edwards vs. Usman Ahmed British flyweight championship bout serving as the main event at Fenton Manor Sports Complex…
Chad Dawson won his rematch last night with Antonio Tarver at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, defending his IBF and IBO light heavyweight belts in the process. Dawson won nearly ever round against Tarver during their initial clash this past October and while he was never in any trouble last night, the rematch…
European cruiserweight champion Marco Huck retained his belt last night with a fifth round finishing of Ukrainian challenger Vitaliy Russell at Jako Arena in Bamberg. Huck, 25-1 (20), proved too strong for the less experienced Rusal, 23-1 (16), who had come into the bout as the undefeated IBO Intercontinental titlist but the jump up to…
Light heavyweight Beibut Shumenov continued the auspicious start to his career as the talented upstart stopped former two-time super middleweight world champion Byron Mitchell in the fourth round of their clash yesterday at Stadium Khaddjimukan in Chimkent, Kazakhstan. 25 year old Shumenov, 8-0 (6), took the fight to Mitchell, who traded on even terms before…
Tonight, IBF/IBO Light Heavy Champ “Bad” Chad Dawson faces Antonio Tarver at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, NV for a rematch to their intial clash last October, which Dawson won by a wide points margin. In this battle of southpaws, Dawson, 27-0 (17), holds all the advantages with the exception of the experience department,…
© Lawrence Lustig Ovill McKenzie has been handed a surprise opportunity to win £25,000 in the next Prizefighter competition. McKenzie, 29, will be fighting in the Prizefighter Cruiserweights event at the Earls Court in London on Tuesday, May 19 after Mark Krence withdrew due to injury.
Sensational lightweight prospect Bayan Jargal returns to the ring this Saturday night in the co-main event at the seven bout “Triple Threat: Tomorrow’s Champions II†professional boxing event, against veteran Brian Carden in a scheduled six round bout at the Sportsplex in Winchester, VA. The bout against Carden will be Jargal’s third in 2009 and…
Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and AEG announced today the launch of “Fight Night Club”, a monthly boxing series at the new Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
Prior to the event today at Stadium Khadjimukan in Chimkent, Kazakhstan, most of the principal fighters weighed in yesterday. 12 rounds, various regional light heavyweight titles Beibut Shumenov: 173.2 lb Byron Mitchell: TBA