**With Slideshow And Full Audio Stream** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today, at the Empire Casino, Leicester Square, London, Frank Maloney Promotions hosted a press conference to officially announce IBO Light Welter Champion Ricky Hatton’s next fight against tough Mexican American Juan Lazcano on May 24 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester,…
2007 was a year that many of us will always consider one of boxingʼs best. We had Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler to decide the best super middleweight in the world once and for all, Israel Vazquez versus Rafael Marquez in the second bout of their trilogy, Floyd Mayweather Jr faced not only Oscar De…
Fresh off of his dominating performance against four-time world title challenger Jameel “Big Time†McCline, two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz (43-7-1, 29 KOs) has fought himself back into position for another world title shot.
IBF Light Middleweight Title Champion Cory Spinks: 153 lb Challenger Verno Phillips: 153 lb
Promoter Don King stages the “Pride of St. Louis” boxing event at Scottrade Center in St. Louis tonight where in a groundbreaking move, the following four matches can be seen live at donkingtv.com for free beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, except where it is blocked in the St. Louis area.
It has been almost a year since Danish super featherweight prospect Kim Poulsen lost what many felt was a very questionable decision to Frenchman Tony Jourda. Since then Poulsen has racked up four clear consecutive victories while waiting for his opportunity to get his revenge against Jourda, and that opportunity will come on April 4…
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 Norwich against European lightweight champion…
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.
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 and co-workers who help make…
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’ told the Geordie duo to…
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 of the bout today, giving…
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 Mexican arrived in Letterkenny on…