© Lawrence Lustig Liverpool boxer Stephen Burke admits he faces a ‘make or break night’ in his career on Tuesday, March 24 as he bids to become Prizefighter Champion. Burke, 30, is one of eight British lightweights in Barry Hearn’s latest all-in-one-night Prizefighter tournament where the last man standing wins £25,000.
Chicago based ring announcer Thomas Treiber has taken over a new territory as England’s Hennessy Sports has made plans to utilize his world class skills for their monthly ITV boxing series. Treiber’s first trip to England was on December 6 as super middleweight Carl Froch won the WBC title against Jean Pascal in an outstanding…
Declaring himself “Primed and Pumped†for his cruiserweight showdown tomorrow night, Las Vegas based BJ “El Peligroso†Flores is in Pensacola, FL for his NABO Cruiserweight title fight against Columbian banger Jose Luis Herrera. “I’m thrilled to be here and most thankful to John Wirt and the entire Square Ring team and Mark Reels from…
2007 amateur world champion and 2008 US Olympian Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade made his second consecutive appearance on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” this Friday at the Laredo Entertainment Center in Laredo, TX and improved his record to 4-0 (4). Andrade once again showed why many consider him to be the top amateur prospect to come…
HBO Plus travels to South America for the first time for a bill of fights from Rosario, Argentina. 12 rounds, welterweights Sebastian Lujan: 146.6 lb Charlie Navarro: 145.5 lb
Roy Jones faces Omar Sheika tonight at The Civic Center in Pensacola, FL. 12 rounds, NABO Light Heavyweight Championship Roy Jones Jr: 173.25 lb Omar Sheika: 175 lb
“The fight is on!†states Arena CEO Ahmet Öner after a long meeting with members of the Klitschko management group and K2 promotions regarding the ring size for tomorrow’s WBC heavyweight championship between Vitali Klitschko and Juan Carlos Gomez. Less than 24 hours before the big fight, a measurement of the ring showed that it…
In preparation to the TKO Boxing bill tonight at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH, the principals all weighted in yesterday. Ricardo Williams Jr., 146.5 vs. Harrison Cuello, 145 Rashad Holloway, 146 vs. Doel Carrasquillo, 146 James Countryman, 159 vs. K.J. Noons, 157 Terrance Crawford, 135 vs. Lucas Rodas, 135 David Long, 222 vs. Kelsey…
Matthew Hatton will finally emerge from the shadow of older brother Ricky when he headlines a professional bill for the first time next week. Matthew, 27, faces London knockout artist Ted Bami in a final eliminator for the IBO World Welterweight title at Altrincham Leisure Centre on Saturday, March 28.
By Per Ake Persson Susianna Kentikian retained the WIBF and WBA Female Flyweight titles with a ten round unanimous decision over outclassed American challenger Elena Reid. It was scored 100-90 twice and 100-91 last night in Hamburg, Germany. Reid had her day back in 2004 when she looked very unlucky to only get a draw…
From WBC President José Sulaimán: On behalf of the World Boxing Council’s Board of Governors, I announce with the deepest regret and sadness the passing away of WBC Vice-President Edmund Lipinski of Russia, in Stuttgart, Germany, where he was the co-representative of the WBC for the heavyweight world championship fight between champion Vitali Klitschko and…
Vitali Klitschko weighed in at 249 pounds yesterday in preparation for putting his WBC belt on the line against contender Juan Carlos Gomez, who tipped the scales at 230.4 pounds, tonight in Stuttgard, Germany. ESPN Classic and espn360.com will televise their first ever heavyweight championship tilt in the history of the mega sports cable channel…