Darren Sutherland will have Georgi Iliev taped when he makes his long awaited professional debut at Dublin City University on December 18. The Olympic Bronze Medallist faces the Bulgarian who knocked out Castlebar’s Keith Cresham on a previous visit to Ireland in a six-round super-middleweight bout.
Longtime Don King Productions Vice President of Boxing Operations and Public Relations Bob Goodman will join his father Murray and Don King in the International Boxing Hall of Fame during induction weekend in Canastota, NY, set for June 11 through 14. Goodman celebrates a long career in boxing and has worked for King periodically since…
© Gene Blevins – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions The welterweight division’s two most exciting fighters, three-time world champion Antonio Margarito and three-division world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley, plan to open 2009 with an explosive world championship fight.
Undefeated WBC Super Lightweight Champion Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley will be in Atlantic City this weekend to scout out his next opponent. Bradley will be ringside watching WBO Junior Welterweight Champion Kendall Holt defend his title against undefeated contender Demetrius Hopkins this Saturday night, televised live on Showtime from Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.
Last Friday, December 5, 2008, two thousand excited fans once again packed the sold out arena at the Civic Center in the beautiful historical city of Laredo, Texas. Recon Garza Promotions in association with Los Dos Laredos Boxing Production and Cestus Management promoted the “Friday Nite Championship Boxing†event.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Saturday night at a packed Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England, Hennessy Sports promoted a fight night headlined by the vacant WBC Super Middleweight title clash between Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch and Canadian Jean Pascal. Pascal entered the ring surrounded by his entourage holding his five…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England, Hennessy Sports promoted a fantastic night of boxing which consisted of a superb undercard in support of the much anticipated clash between Carl Froch and Jean Pascal for the WBC Super Middleweight title. Making his pro debut…
Darren Barker has been left raring to go in his Commonwealth Middleweight Title defence on Saturday after sparring with new WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl Froch. Undefeated Barker (Barnet, England) makes his second defence against Jason McKay (Banbridge, Northern Ireland) at the Brentwood Centre on Saturday 13thDecember 2008. Co feature on the bill, Brian Magee (Belfast,…
Training camp is over for the reigning IBF Cruiserweight Champion Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham, and he has now relocated to Newark, New Jersey for the final few days preparation for his title defense against Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek on Thursday, December 11 at the Prudential Center in Newark. A few days before he made the short journey…
Undefeated junior welterweight challenger Demetrius Hopkins, 28-0-1 (11), will step in to face WBO 140-pound champion Kendall Holt, 24-2 (13), in the main event of Saturday’s special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Holt was originally…
Boxers preparing for the IBF Championship doubleheader on Thursday at Prudential Center, the first title card in Newark, NJ in 60 years, participated in a media workout yesterday. IBF cruiserweight champion Steve “USS†Cunningham, 21-1 (11), from Philadelphia, said his Polish-born opponent Tomasz Adamek shouldn’t place too much emphasis on the fact he was able…
Commonwealth Middleweight Champion Darren Barker will face challenger Jason McKay while Brian Magee and Steve Maguire face off for the vacant British Super Middleweight crown on Saturday, December 13 at the International Centre in Brentwood, Essex, England.