Dean Phillips steps into the ring at the home of British Boxing the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Sunday to establish his place amongst Britain’s top lightweights. Phillips who faces from European champion Tontcho Tontchev knows nothing less than a convincing performance will get the attention of the boxing public. Phillips at 30 knows…
In a fabulous doubleheader on “ShoBox: The New Generation†Friday on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), physically-gifted Anthony “The Messenger†Thompson takes on battle-tested contender Darnell Boone in a 10-round super welterweight bout, and “Vicious†Victor Ortiz meets fellow Southern Californian “Feisty†Freddie Barrera in an 8-round lightweight duel.
British fight fans can judge for themselves if Howard Eastman is justified in his belief that his exhilarating IBF middleweight final eliminator against Edison Miranda in Florida last weekend shouldn’t have been stopped. Sky Sports will show the contest “originally covered by ESPN” in full on Friday 31st March from 10pm. Former undefeated British, Commonwealth…
Colombian knockout artist Juan Urango is healed from an injury to his left hand, back in the gym, and ready for his long-awaited shot at the IBF Junior Welterweight championship vacated earlier this week by Ricky Hatton. “My hand is 100 percent and I’m looking forward to knocking people out with it,†said Urango, 16-0-1…
Although he has never fought a major bout in the United States, greatness transcends even the breadth of the Atlantic Ocean. British junior welterweight Ricky Hatton wowed the world in 2005 and has won the Edward Neil Award, given to the Boxing Writers Association of America’s Fighter of the Year. The Hit Man won each…
On Wednesday, May 10, Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) presents “A Night of Championship Boxing†when undefeated cruiserweights Matt Godfrey and Shaun George do battle at the Fox Theatre in Foxwoods Resort Casino. At stake are Matt “Too Smooth†Godfrey’s WBC United States cruiserweight championship and Shaun George’s NABA crown. Godrey, currently ranked as…
Unbeaten Joan “Sycuan Warrior’ Guzman is one of the most feared fighters in boxing. Now, with the promotional backing of Golden Boy Promotions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions, the former super bantamweight champion and current number one WBO featherweight contender will get to display his immense talent for a worldwide audience every time he steps into…
Commonwealth Heavyweight king Danny Williams will be ringside at the York Hall this Saturday (1 April) to watch rival Matt Skelton in his comeback fight before their big rematch in the summer. Skelton has his first fight since losing his unbeaten record to Williams last month in their brutal encounter and takes on Frenchman Suren…
There have been some excellent fights in the world cruiserweight division in the recent months. The most important of which was the surprise victory of O’Neil Bell, who took the title of undisputed divisional champion away from the highly rated and favoured Frenchman Jean Marc Mormeck via a tenth round KO. But there has also…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The most exciting and courageous heavyweight champion in the world will return to America’s No. 1 Boxing Network on Saturday. Lamon Brewster (33-2, 29 KOs), of Los Angeles, by way of Indianapolis, Ind., will make the fourth defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) title…
Fight Academy’s Dennis Hobson has offered rival Frank Warren a £100,000 side bet in an attempt to lure Warren’s super-middleweight king Joe Calzaghe to light heavyweight to face IBF champion Clinton Woods in a mouthwatering all British showdown this summer. Hobson said: “I know Calzaghe looked tremendous against Jeff Lacy but I’m prepared to put…
April the 2nd sees Dean Phillips the unheralded hard-punching lightweight from Wales continue his march towards fulfilling his ambition of winning a major title when he tops the bill for the second time on a Maloney Promotions London show at the York Hall, Bethnal Green. Phillips steps in with his most dangerous opponent to date…