Daniel Herdman is confident there will be no repeat of his nightmare professional debut when he has his third paid fight at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday, April 4. The Stevenage boxer is part of the undercard on the Hennessy Sports show which features Jonathan Thaxton of …
Read More »WBC Boxing Champ Carina Morena To Be Awarded In California
WBC Female Fighter of the Year and current minimumweight champion, Carina “La Reina” Moreno will be honored at the First Annual Salute to Women’s Boxing ceremony set to take place this Sunday March 30, 2008 at the Commerce Casino located at 6131 E. Telegraph Road, City of Commerce, California.
Read More »Boxing Promoter Christian Printup Wins NABF Award
The North American Boxing Federation has granted the Tachi Palace’s Christian Printup with its annual Women’s Boxing Promoter of the Year award for his excellence in female boxing. This marks the second consecutive year where Printup was the successor. “I humbly accept this award on behalf of all my staff …
Read More »Ricky Hatton KO’s TV Stars Ant and Dec
Ricky Hatton delivered a knockout blow to Ant and Dec last weekend, snubbing the British TV stars for big pal Matthew Macklin. The world light-welterweight champion was due to appear on their prime-time show ‘Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’ which pulls in millions of television viewers. But ‘The Hitman’ …
Read More »Boxing Info: Mikkel Kessler pulls out of Edison Miranda Fight
Apparently, it was too good to be true – a super middleweight showdown between a former world champion, Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler, and one of the sport’s brightest young stars, Edison Miranda, to be held on May 24th and aired on Showtime. But it’s not to be after Kessler pulled out …
Read More »Hunky Dorys Fight Night – Bazan predicts McCloskey’s downfall
Former World Champion Cesar Bazan arrived in Letterkenny this week promising to wreck Paul McCloskey’s unbeaten record. The two men meet in the top of the bill on this Saturday’s Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the Letterkenny Leisure Complex and Bazan is brimming with confidence ahead of the clash. The …
Read More »Impact Boxing: Edwards Ready to Ring Andy’s Bell
Stoke’s 31 year old British super-flyweight champion Chris Edwards put the finishing touches to his training schedule last night with a light run and is now relaxing before the first defence of his title on Friday night. Edwards became the first Potteries based boxer to secure a Lonsdale belt for …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: McGirt Jr Faces DeLeon Jr On ShoBox April 11
Unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (18-0, 9 KOs) squares-off with another son of a former world champion, Carlos “Baby Sugar” DeLeon, Jr. (19-2-2, 12 KOs), April 11 in the 10-round co-feature on ShoBox, live from Miccosukee Resort in Miami. “Fighting on ShoBox means everything to me,” McGirt said. …
Read More »Boxing Update: Azille To Appeal Decision In Hugger Fight
Every boxer, trainer, cutman and manager who has traveled overseas faces many obstacles to victory,including travel, foreign housing, food, time differentials, lack of proper training facilities to name but a few. Most learn quickly to deal with these problems.
Read More »British Boxing: Jon Thaxton – “It’s My Time To Shine”
Jon Thaxton is promising “something special” in his European Lightweight Title challenge against Yuri Romanov at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday, April 4. The British Champion headlines the Hennessy Sports show in association with title partners GoldenPalace.com which will be shown live on Sky Sports, Sky Sports …
Read More »Don King Boxing: Spinks Camp Holds Press Conference For “Pride Of St. Louis”
A large media contingent arrived for open workouts by hometown sons Cory Spinks and Devon Alexander “The Great” who are appearing in separate championship matches as part of Don King’s “Pride of St. Louis” event at Scottrade Center and webcast on DonKingTV.com on Thursday.
Read More »Boxing Prospect Velasquez Twins Roll On To Victory
The Velasquez Twins, Carlos Ivan and Juan Carlos, continued their winning ways as they both recorded victories this past weekend on the Casamayor vs Katsidis card at the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, CA on Saturday. Carlos Ivan improved to 7-0 (6) with a battle tested six round unanimous decision win …
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