By Ben Lettman Tshifhiwa Munyai and Martin Power both managed to weigh inside 8st 6lb limit for their rematch tomorrow night for the bantamweight Commonwealth title at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham. Power needed two attempts to make the bantamweight limit. The challenger originally tipped the scales three ounces over the limit but managed…
Gary “Hot Stuff” Woolcombe 22-0 (7) steps up tonight as the chief support to the hugely anticipated bantamweight rematch between the outstanding British Champion Martin “Too Much” Power and the deadly Commonwealth Champion Tshifhiwa “The Atomic Spider” Munyai at the Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, London.
Former WBC world super middleweight champion Robin Reid has failed to respond to an offer to fight Carl Froch, despite apparently stating on Channel M recently that he coveted the Nottingham fighter’s British Title. Reid – who was stopped in 8 by American Jeff Lacy last time out – missed the Lonsdale on his way…
Punchin’ at the Paradise Broadcast in Two Parts on HDNet Attention Boxing Fans: Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing’s sensational “Punchin’ at the Paradise II†show from the Paradise Theater in Bronx, New York, will be televised via tape delay in two parts on the HDNet network.
IWBF lightweight title fight headlines February 9 pro-am show in Providence They’ve taken different paths to the top of women’s boxing and February 9th two-time world champions Mia “The Knockout” St. John and Jaime “The Hurricane” Clampitt will fight for the vacant IWBF lightweight title, headlining the “Hearts Of Fire” pro-am show in the 10-round…
8 Count Boxing Finalizes Tonight’s Mas Macho Lineup In Chicago The fight line-up for tonight’s 8 Count’s Mas Macho event, another outstanding evening of world class professional boxing at Cicero Stadium, has been finalized. In the main event, electrifying 21 year old Antonio Escalante, amongst the hottest prospects in boxing, returns to Cicero Stadium to…
One night before the Super Bowl, a world championship doubleheader will transpire on “Super Saturday’’ on SHOWTIME. In SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING’S main event, two of the light heavyweight division’s brightest stars will clash when exciting Tomasz Adamek (31-0, 20 KOs) risks his WBC belt against hard-hitting southpaw and WBC No. 2 contender “Bad’’ Chad Dawson…
World light welterweight contender Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi opened training camp three weeks ago in Vero Beach, Florida in preparation for his ring return February 17 against Edner Cherry in the 10-round main event on HBO live from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Malignaggi (21-1, 5 KOs) hasn’t fought since June 10,…
The doors are opening for Scott Belshaw, the hugely impressive and unbeaten Belfast based heavyweight. But he clearly recalls one door that was unfairly slammed shut as he prepares for his first bout on British soil. Belshaw, known as “The White George Foreman”, stepped away from an immensely promising amateur career to join the professional…
“Blood, Sweat & Guts,†presented by Silverhawk Championship Boxing, features five 12-round title fights Friday night (Jan. 26) at Destiny Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. IBF International cruiserweight champion William “KO King†Guthrie (35-3-2, 28 KOs), former IBF light heavyweight champion, has been added to the all-star card in a 12-round bout against Marlon “Rumblin’ Hayes…
John Duddy: “It’s going to be a great night the 16th of March in Madison Square Garden, the arena of all arenas. I thank Anthony (they shook hands). I respect him in and out of the ring. He has a hard lifestyle (working nights and single father of two children). We’re hungry fighters. (Yory Boy)…
Robert Macleod, trainer of Commonwealth Bantamweight Champion Tshifhiwa Munyai, sits in a quiet corner of a small pub near the Elephant and Castle in London where the pair await Munyai’s second title defence. Just hours earlier they had flown in from South Africa and were feeling the effects of the climate change as they prepare…