Stokeʼs novice welterweight, Scott Miller, will make the journey to South Shields on Thursday for his first pro fight outside the Potteries. Miller, victorious in his first two starts in the professional code, will face 22 year old Chris Mullen in his home town. The contest will represent Millerʼs second outing in three weeks.
WBC minimumweight champion and female fighter of the year, Carina “La Reina” Moreno, 16-1 (5), gets back in the ring March 20, 2008 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose CA. Moreno will lock horns with Mayela “La Cobrita” Perez, 7-5-1 (6), from Saltillo, MX in a four round bout promoted by GoossenTutor Promotions.
By Per Ake Persson Universum won today´s purse bids for WBA heavyweight champ Ruslan Chagaev´s mandatory defence against Nikolai Valuev with an offer for 4,354,840 USD. Sauerland Event bid 3,541,021 USD and Don King Productions 3,000,000 USD. Chagaev vs Valuev II is likely to go ahead in Germany May 31.
The American Metal and Iron Fight Night at the Tank boxing series in San Jose, California, has tapped into one of boxing’s most popular names and potent marketers by bringing in Showtime Boxing analyst Al Bernstein to be the key spokesperson for the series this year. Al will augment this excellent boxing series by, 1)…
Hennessy Sports in association with GoldenPalace.com are delighted to announce that the recently postponed Froch vs Inkin fight will now be taking place at the Nottingham Arena on the 10th May 2008. Chief support on the night will still be John Murray vs John Fewkes plus the majority of the undercard as previously advertised. Carl…
The 18th of April sees South London golden boy Gary Woolcombe make the first defense of his newly minted British light middleweight title when he faces the one-time star of the division, Ryan Rhodes, formerly known as “Spice Boy”, at Bethnal Green’s historic hotspot of boxing, York Hall, in London, England. This is an intriguing…
It’s not the fight he desired, but if it were all about that, then Jameson “Jamie Kang” Bostic (12-3, 8KO) would never find work. In an effort to stay busy while further surveying the super middleweight landscape, Bostic returns to the ring this Friday, when he faces journeyman Marvin Hunt in a catchweight tune up…
There is just over a week to go until Chris Edwards, Stokeʼs British super-flyweight champion, defends his title for the first time against English titleholder Andy Bell. Last December, Edwards became the first man to bring the coveted Lonsdale belt back to Stoke for 85 years when he defeated Jamie McDonnell on points at Wiganʼs…
It was today announced that former European welterweight champion Christian Bladt will be the fourth Danish boxer to appear on the April 4th promotion in Aarhus Denmark, headlined by Allan Vester vs. Hasan Saku and Fawaz Nasir vs. Maneno Oswald. Bladt, 31-10-1 (8), started his career with a superb 28-2-1 (7) mark but since 2003…
© Hoganphotos.com Last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, super featherweight Manny Pacquiao won the WBC title and completed his sweep of Mexico’s best lighter weight men with a close split decision victory over a very game Juan Manuel Marquez, who had climbed off the canvas four years ago to fight the Filipino…
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© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Following the announcement of Ricky Hatton’s next fight just a few days ago, it’s clear that “The Hitman” is as popular as ever. Hatton’s “Homecoming†fight at City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England on May 24 has sparked a ticket-buying-frenzy amongst fans. Talking to Sky Sports on Friday…