**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at BB King’s Blues Club Restaurant in New York City, Top Rank held a press conference to announce the first title defense for WBC and WBO Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, 33-0 (29), who will face the #1 rated WBO Middleweight contender Gary Lockett, 30-1 (21). Also…
The date of June 16, 1983, forever will taint the history of New York sports and the world of boxing. That evening at Madison Square Garden, a shameful chain of events ended a promising young boxer’s career and changed the lives of many associated with the tragic scandal.
The two best female boxers in the world, Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter†Holm and Mary Jo Sanders, headline the June 13th “Finally†pay-per-view event at 10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT – the greatest collection of women fighters on one show in history – live from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The great Rocky Marciano will be posthumously inducted into the CES Ring of Honor in a special ceremony during the April 4th “Heavy Hitters†pro boxing show, airing on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights live from Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
ITV and Hennessy Sports announce that the WBC world light welterweight title fight between Junior Witter and Timothy Bradley will be broadcast live on ITV1 on the same May 10 bill as Carl Froch’s WBC super middleweight final eliminator against Denis Inkin. British boxing star Witter will be making his third defence of his WBC…
Gareth Couch is out to take out his frustration in his long-awaited 11th professional fight at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday, April 4. The undefeated High Wycombe light welterweight is happy to be part of the Hennessy Sports bill after being limited to just one fight last year.
Steve O’Mara makes his professional debut on Friday, April 4 with top trainer Jim McDonnell confident he has a bright future. The Wembley light middleweight sparred with the likes Olympic Games hopeful James Degale at Dale Youth ABC in Shepherds Bush before deciding to turn professional.
Two-Time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero and WBC “Female Fighter of the Year” Carina “La Reina” Moreno will participate in the “15th Annual Commemorative March and Festival” celebrating the life and legacy of Cesar E. Chavez.
Undefeated world middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost†Pavlik returns to his old haunt, Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, where he first captured the world title, Saturday, June 7, in his first world title defense. Pavlik faces a mandatory sentence when he rumbles with No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger, Welshman Gary “The Rocket†Lockett, who will…
© Aidan Walsh Paul McCloskey and Cesar Bazan both weighed in at the first time of asking ahead of tomorrow nights Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the Letterkenny Leisure Centre. The full weigh in details are below.
In front of 8,874 fans on a Don King promotion at the Scottrade Ceter in St. Louis, IBF Light Middleweight Champion Cory Spinks was outworked by 38 year old three time former world champion Verno Phillips, who scored a split decision upset victory by scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 113-115. “I felt good, just a…
Tonight at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England, super flyweight Andy Bell aims to succeed where fellow Doncaster native Jamie McDonnell failed by beating Chris Edwards to become the first British champion to hail from the South Yorkshire town since Jon Jo Irwin was the domestic featherweight ruler back in the late 1990s. The bill…