**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at the Wrightington Hotel and Country Club in Wigan, England, Hennessy Sports hosted a press conference ahead of Saturday’s fight night headlined by John Murray vs. Lee “The Aberdeen Assassin” McAllister for Murray’s British Lightweight title. Sitting at top table were heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury, Team…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Tyson Fury, British boxing’s biggest new star, has taken on a risky second professional fight at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan on Saturday, 17th January against an opponent who has won 20 of his 21 wins by stoppage with only three losses. Former ABA champion Fury (Manchester) made…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Two talented fighters with a combined record of 39-0-1 will collide when Leonilo Miranda, 24-0 (23), of Mexico faces Orlando Cruz, 15-0-1 (6), of Puerto Rico in the main event tomorrow, January 16, on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West…
Featherweight prospect Eric “The Outlaw†Hunter has signed an exclusive promotional agreement with Las Vegas based TKO Boxing Promotions, it was announced today by TKO President Chet Koerner. The 22 year old Philadelphia prospect, carrying a record of 10-1-0 (4), will appear in an eight round bout at the inaugural “Fight Night At The Plaza 
Popular welterweight prospect Ryan Smedick returns to action against Tyson Schwieger on Friday, January 23 at Cicero Stadium as part of “New Year’s Revolution”, an outstanding evening of world class boxing, presented by Chicago’s 8 Count Productions. Smedick, 2-0-0 (1), turned professional six months ago and has impressed fans at both the Aragon Ballroom and…
Veteran boxing trainer Peter Manfredo, Sr. has only worked less than a year with unbeaten middleweight prospect Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez, but the experienced cornerman is high on his former two-time national amateur champion. Rodriguez faces Brad Austin, 8-5 (2), this Saturday night, January 17, in his first scheduled eight round bout on the off-televised…
Arena Box Promotions started off this year’s ESPN “Friday Night Fights†series last week with Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara scoring impressive wins in Primm, Nevada. On February 20, promoter Ahmet Öner will present his next FNF show live from the University Center Arena at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Miguel Cotto started the year 2008 as the man to beat at 147 pounds with a hard fought win over the highly rated Shane Mosley. When Cotto entered the 147 pound weight class, some people criticised that he simply wasnʼt big enough for the welterweights and that the larger fighters would be too much for…
Star Boxing’s hot light heavyweight prospect Yathomas Riley improved to, 5-0 (3), after punishing Evjeny Stardubstev, 0-1 (0), over four rounds in front of his hometown fans at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Riley stuck to his gameplan of “pressure breaks pipes”, going right after Stardubstev from the opening bell. Riley…
The 2009 season of “Next Boxing Generation” will get off to an explosive start on Saturday, January 31, when HBO Plus’s hit boxing series returns with a hard-hitting card that will take place at Palenque del Fex de Mexicali in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. In the 12 round main event, Mexicali’s own Ricardo Castillo and…
WBA No. 10 rated and undefeated heavyweight contender, Carl Davis Drumond, plans to shock the boxing world February 7 when he fights WBA “Champion in Recess†Ruslan “White Tyson†Chagaev, live on pay-per-view in the United States from Rostock, Germany. “The Champion Returns†card, presented by Universum Boxing-Promotion, will also feature on PPV the WBA…
Billy ‘The Kid’ Dib is back and proudly announcing his next fight against current WBC World Youth and IBF Pan-Pacific Youth champion Davey Browne to be held at ‘The Cube’, Campbelltown Catholic Club on March 11, 2009. Billy, fresh from his spiritual journey ‘Hajj’ to Mecca at the end of 2008, is back, re-focused and…