One of Boxing’s more respected individuals was laid to rest on Sunday in a Pensacola, FL funeral home after succumbing to a lengthy illness on Friday evening. 70 year old Stanley Levin had guided modern day great Roy Jones’ Jr’s career from its professional start and is largely credited for resurrecting the shattered boxer’s faith…
Super Channel, Hennessy Sports, and Showtime Championship Boxing are proud to bring Canadian fight fans one of the most compelling match-ups of the year. Undefeated WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch makes the first defence of his title, taking on former undisputed Middleweight Champion Jermain “Bad Intentions†Taylor, live from the MGM Grand…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, Hennessy Sports hosted a fight night headlined by Manchester boxer Craig ‘The Hammer’ Watson’s defence of the Commonwealth Welterweight title against John O’Donnell of Shepherds Bush. Watson hadn’t fought since his impressive win over Mathew Hatton at…
An exciting middleweight match-up has been added to the Jason Booth vs. Mark Moran British super bantam title card this Friday, April 17 at the Indoor Sports Centre in Leigh, England. Hot prospects Martin Murray, 13-0 (4), and Kevin Concepcion, 14-1 (3), will clash in a scheduled six round bout between two of the most…
There were two good cards last night in Mexico with the bill at Estadio Arturo C. Nahl in La Paz featuring an IBF Minimumweight title clash between Raul Garcia and Ronald Barrera. Undefeated Garcia had already defeated Barrera once by unanimous decision as the pair met in February of last year during an IBF title…
Local hero Nobuo Nashiro cemented his status as Osaka’s top boxer as the super flyweight retained his WBA crown for the first time with a victory last night at Prefectural Gymnasium in his hometown. Nashiro, 13-1 (8), had won the WBA belt initially in 2006 but was dethroned a year later by Venezuelan slugger Alexander…
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…