**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, Matchroom Sports presented an all-action fight card headlined by the British Bantamweight title clash between St. Helens boxer Gary Davies and Matthew Edmonds of Newport, Wales. Davies gets straight to work in the opening minute of the first…
The Great White North sees a good evening of boxing with two shows tonight in Montreal, with the primary focus on the light welterweight unification clash between WBC Champion Timothy Bradley and WBO Champion Kendall Holt at the Bell Centre. Bradley, 23-0 (11), is the favorite in this one but given the mercurial nature of…
© John Rivera Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions The American debut of boxing’s top slugger at any weight, Edwin “El Inca” Valero, headlines a big show tonight at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Venezuelan southpaw Valero, 24-0 (24), knocked out his first 18 opponents in the very first round and won the WBA…
Two good fight cards in Mexico tonight with the top bill taking place at Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas where Edgar Sosa will defend his WBC Light Flyweight crown. Sosa, 34-5 (18), has been on fire since 2003, winning 22 straight contests and picking up the WBC belt against Brian Viloria two years ago by majority…
There are a few good shows on the continent tonight, with the bill at Burg-Waechter Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany taking centre stage. The card is headlined by a European Union Heavyweight title battle between Germany based Italian southpaw Francesco Pianeta, 18-0 (11), and England based Pole, Albert Sosnowski, 44-2 (27). Pianeta has been on a…
Last night at Pepsi Pavilion in Memphis, TN, ex-WBO Light Welter Champion Randall Bailey, 39-6 (35), won an IBF 140 lb title eliminator in emphatic fashion by knocking out Frankie Figueroa, 20-3 (13), in the fourth round. 34 year old Bailey won the WBO crown in 1999 and made two defenses before losing it on…
© John Rivera Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions 12 rounds, vacant WBC Lightweight title Edwin Valero: 134.5 lb Antonio Pitalua: 135 lb
Light heavyweight Otis Griffin is looking to bounce back into the big time with a win over the highly rated and former IBF super middle champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy in Florida on April 10. Griffin has joined forces with newly formed Talon Boxing Management, which consists of Keith Allen and John Tandy, who is…
Ricky Hatton is leaving no stone unturned while in preparations for his up coming super fight with pound for pound champion, Manny Pacquaio. Today, “The Hitman” went at it with former amateur welterweight world champion, Erislandy Lara, who is 4-0 (3) as a pro at light middleweight.
From WBC President José Sulaimán: The WBC wishes to ratify the ruling of the WBC Board of Governors during the general assembly at its annual convention in Chengdu, China, with regards to the Timothy Bradley Jr. vs. Kendall Holt fight on April 4.
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In a must-see world title unification fight between two of the most talented and exciting 140-pounders in the world, Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley and Kendall “Rated R’’ Holt will risk their WBC and WBO belts, respectively, in the main event Saturday on Showtime live at a special time 10:45…
Months of negotiations have come to an end and the highly expected heavyweight fight is determined: IBF, WBO and IBO Champion Wladimir Klitschko of the Ukraine, 52-3 (46), will defend his titles against David Haye, 22-1 (21), of London on June 20. Bernd Bönte, Managing Director of Klitschko Management Group: said, “I am glad that…