Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing “The Battle of Britain” At a packed O2 Arena in London in the early hours of Sunday morning – in excess of 17,000 fans eagerly awaited the much anticipated fight between England’s David ‘Haymaker’ Haye and Wales’s Enzo ‘Big Mac’ Maccarinelli. Billed as “The Battle…
**With Massive Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England, Rendall Munroe – the Boxing Binman from Leicester – faced champion Kiko Martinez of Alicante, Spain for the European Super Bantamweight title on a Frank Maloney Promotions show billed as “The Matador Versus The…
**With Slideshow** © Martin Warr / dkp Last night in front of 7,000 fans at a packed Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico, Don King Productions put on a huge show headlined by WBC Heavyweight Champ Oleg Maskaev’s title defense against Interim Champ Samuel Peter and IBF Lightweight Champ Juan Diaz’s title defense against challenger…
An intriguing matchup took place on the undercard of the David Haye vs. Enzo Maccarinelli bill in London last night featuring British Super Feather Champion Carl Johanneson and Commonwealth king Kevin Mitchell. Johanneson looks very awkward next to the favourite, Kevin “Mighty” Mitchell, as they come out for the first round of this contest for…
In his first fight in hometown Aarhus in more than five years, Danish super middleweight Fawaz Nasir will be facing a tough challenge in former IBF Continental Africa champion Maneno “The Tanzanian Tyson†Oswald on the April 4 promotion at the NRGI Arena staged by Team Vester in cooperation with Risum Boxing.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre, Nottingham, England – promoter Frank Maloney staged an exciting night of 11 contests. The main event was Rendall Munroe challenging Spanish Kiko Martinez for the European Super Bantamweight title, billed as “The Matador Versus The Bull.” The other main…
Michael Acri Boxing Promotions presents the 2008 debut of undefeated former IBF lightweight champion “The Pittsburgh Kid” Paul Spadafora. Returning to the ring for the first time in over a year, Spadafora (40-0-1), fighting in a 10-round welterweight bout against an opponent to be named shortly, headlines a six-bout card at The Avalon Hotel in…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing One of Britain’s most eagerly anticipated fights takes place this Saturday when Welshman Enzo Maccarinelli faces English rival David Haye in a World Cruiserweight Championship unification match up. At stake are the Welshman’s WBO and the Englishman’s WBA/WBC Titles. The venue is the magnificent 02 Arena in London. Some…
We kick off this brief Friday night report in America where there was an IBO Featherweight crown at stake at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT. Reigning champion Thomas “The Rock” Mashaba came into the clash on the strength of ten straight victories, nine of which were for either the IBO belts at 126 and 122…
**With Slideshow** © David Martin Warr / DKP In preparation for tonight’s historic WBC Heavyweight title fight at Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico, all fighters on the card weighed in on Friday. WBC Heavyweight Championship Champion Oleg Maskaev: 243 lb Challenger Samuel Peter: 250.75 lb
Bob Arum: I’m here today in Los Angeles. Manny is doing a media workout later in the day. He’s, as he will tell you, fit and ready and raring to go. I can’t wait for March 15 because it’s a night that I’ve been anticipating as has so many fight fans for a long time….
Bradley Declared WBC 140 Lb Champ Witter’s Mandatory Challenger WBC undefeated No. 1 super lightweight contender Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley was left at the scale alone at yesterday’s official weigh-in for their WBC super lightweight title elimination bout.