Winky Wright failed to overcome both his opponent and a two year layoff as the 37 year old former IBF light middle champion was handled by ex-WBO welter kingpin Paul Williams over 12 rounds at middleweight. The pair exchanged leather last night at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas and it was clear from…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Welterweight John O’Donnell is the new Commonwealth Champion after dethroning Craig Watson in a riveting all-southpaw clash last night at London’s historic York Hall. As expected, Watson was on fire in the opening frame, pushing O’Donnell back but was unable to steamroll the lanky 23 year old from Shepherd’s…
© Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Former longtime world light middleweight champion Winky Wright dusts off the gloves for the first time in nearly two years when the 38 year old southpaw faces fellow lefty and ex-WBO Welterweight Champion Paul Williams tonight over 12 rounds at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Wright, 51-4-1 (25), has…
Commonwealth Welter Champion Craig Watson puts his belt at risk for the second time as he meets challenger John O’Donnell at London’s famed York Hall tonight. Although Watson at 13-2 (4) doesn’t have a record on paper to match the bigger numbers of O’Donnell at 20-1 (9), it is indeed the Manchester southpaw that has…
A shakeup of the world welterweight rankings took place last night at Sportspalace Drusba in Donetsk, Ukraine as local prospect Vyacheslav Senchenko dethroned beltholder Yuriy Nuzhnenko for the WBA title. 31 year old Senchenko had come into the contest as the unbeaten WBA Intercontinental titlist but was pushed hard last year by 38 year old…
Newly crowned Irish Welterweight champ Stephen Haughian takes to the ring at the York Hall in London this weekend on the undercard to the Commonwealth title clash between Craig Watson and John O’Donnell. The Lurgan man takes on Drew Cambell on the Hennessy Sports promotion, which is being televised on ITV4 from 7:45. Should he…
Newly crowned WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Bernard Dunne has been named the boxer of the month for March by the WBA. The Dubliner was awarded the accolade after his sensational title winning performance against Ricardo Cordoba at The O2 in Dublin last month.
Click for larger image © Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Ahead of the fight card tonight at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, the principal fighters stepped to the scales yesterday. 12 rounds, middleweights Winky Wright: 159 lb Paul Williams: 157 lb
By Per Ake Persson Firat Arslan is sidelined with an injury but European cruiser champ Marco Huck will still defend the titleon May 9 in Bamberg and Sauerland Event will announce the challenger within a few days.
From WBC President José Sulaimán: On behalf of all the members of the World Boxing Council, I would like to thank God on this Good Friday for helping Genaro “Chicanito†Hernandez in his battle against cancer. Last week, the doctors’ report showed that his treatment has been a complete success and that he is now…
The last time they met it was a pitch battle that many felt was the fight of the year in 2008. Now, Hennessy Sports and Groupe Yvon Michel are pleased to announce that WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch, 24-0 (19), and Montreal’s Jean Pascal, 22-1 (15), are working together for Froch’s title defense against…
On April 24 at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, junior middleweight, Kassim Ouma of Kampala, Uganda, 26-5-1, (16 ), will take on Troy Browning, of Philadelphia, PA, 20-3-1 (8), in what promises to be an exciting 10 round boxing match. The fight is the co-feature on a Main Event boxing series card that also features…