Promising prospect Danny O’Connor recently spent 10 days working out at the famed Athletes’ Performance Institute in Tempe, Arizona. Athletes’ Performance, where Boston Red Sox stars Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury trained during the off-season, is home base for numerous athletes in several sports.
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Hackney based Jamaican cruiserweight Bruce ‘Lionheart’ Scott, 27-9 (18), returns to the ring on May 19, 2009 at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, after a three year sabbatical from the sport.
In what will be a brutal battle of pure power punchers, Vic “Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan will attempt to become a world champion in a third weight class when he challenges IBF bantamweight champion Joseph “King Kong†Agbeko on Saturday, July 11, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast.
Former WBC Super Middleweight Champion Richie Woodhall believes Carl Froch can pull off a massive win for British boxing by defeating Jermain Taylor in the U.S. on April 25. Froch is the current holder of Woodhall’s old world title belt and the bookies currently have him as an 11/10 outsider to retain the title he…
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…