European bantamweight champion Ian Napa returns to the ring on Friday, March 20 when the diminutive whirlwind headlines the upcoming Frank Maloney promotion at Newham Leisure Centre in London, England, facing former French titlist Malik Bouziane. Standing just 5 feet 1 inches tall, Napa is routinely dwarfed by opponents but the Hackney man overcomes this…
Lee Swaby has warned Tyson Fury that he should be careful what he wishes for. Fury has lashed out at his British heavyweight rivals by claiming that they are all running for cover but Swaby says he was only too happy to step up to the plate by tackling the 6 foot 9 inch Manchester…
Montreal-based Romanian Lucian Bute took time out of his busy fight-week training schedule to answer a few questions from Showtime. The 29-year-old undefeated Bute risks his IBF super middleweight crown against hard-hitting Fulgencio Zuniga on ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, March 13, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast,…
As the boxing year charges full steam ahead, 2008 Olympic Bronze Medallist Deontay Wilder, the lone US boxer to medal at the Beijing Games, is already making a statement in his first year as a professional. The heavyweight looked impressive in scoring a first round technical knockout victory against Shannon Gray, 1-1 (0), at the…
World ranked cruiserweight BJ “El Peligroso†Flores returns to action on Saturday, March 21 to face Columbian banger Jose Luis “El Panterra†Herrera in Pensacola, Florida in a twelve round bout for the NABO Cruiserweight Title. “I’m very excited for this opportunity, Herrera is a very hard hitting veteran, I saw what he did on…
Click For Larger Image Ex-multiweight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera held a press conference today in England for his lightweight showdown Saturday night against Amir Khan to be shown on PPV in North American. The future Hall of Famer stopped for a photo of himself holding the Mexican flag and chatted with fans as Barrera…
“I’m tired of this waiting; I’m a prize fighter, not some dude working in a restaurant serving food,†said Deandre “The Bull” Latimore after a morning run in Las Vegas. “Every day I’m in the gym here in Vegas and when we finally get in the ring, I’m going to take out all my anger…
The nightmare of his defeat to Amir Khan continues for Oisin Fagan as a planned appearance on the Hunky Dorys World Title Fight Night at The O2 on March 21 has had to be scrapped. Fagan suffered a broken leg in his defeat to Khan last December and despite having had his cast removed and…
11 days before facing WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in Stuttgart, “The Black Pantherâ€, Juan Carlos Gomez, is very confident regarding his chances for the fight. “I have never been this well prepared and this fired up for a fightâ€, states Gomez. “Vitali will be surprised to see what I am capable of. He thinks…
A household name in his native England, talented, undefeated Carl Froch will look to make a major statement and enhance his reputation in America when he defends his WBC super middleweight title against one of the most highly regarded and recognizable fighters of this generation, former undisputed middleweight belt-holder Jermain Taylor, Saturday, April 25, on…
Unbeaten light welterweight Dean “Irish Lightning†Byrne’s dream to fight in New York is only delayed, not shattered, after the recent announcement that “Erin Go Brawl II,†scheduled for March 16 at WaMu Theater in Madison Square Garden, had been canceled. Byrne, 10-0 (4), fighting out of Los Angeles by way of Dublin, was supposed…
Fresh off a smashing victory over Steve Molitor in a world title unification fight last Nov. 20 on Showtime, exciting southpaw Celestino Caballero of Panama will defend his WBA/IBF junior featherweight belts against mandatory challenger Jeffrey Mathebula of South Africa in the main event on a special World Championship edition of ShoBox: The New Generation…