It’s T-Minus 14 days until Ireland’s Olympic hero Michael “Mick” Conlan celebrates St. Patrick’s Day by making his professional debut headlining a special card at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Conlan’s pro debut, which will be as a featherweight, in a six-round bout against Tim Ibarra (4-4, 1 KO), …
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WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao received tremendous backlash from fans when it was announced recently that he would likely face little known Australian boxer Jeff Horn. In response to the criticism, Pacquiao asked fans to vote on social media as to whom should be his next opponent. The choices were …
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Ireland’s Olympic hero Michael “Mick” Conlan and undefeated welterweight contender Alex “El Cholo” Saucedo will host a Media Workout next week in Santa Monica, CA. Both fighters will be available for one-on-one interviews with the media before their respective workouts. Joining the fighters will be Conlan’s trainer, Manny Robles, and …
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In preparation for his upcoming fight this Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, undefeated super-lightweight prospect, Mario Barrios (17-0, 9 KOs) talks about moving up in weight, and the status of his career. Barrios will face Mexico’s Yardley Suarez (20-6, 11 KOs) in an eight-round bout, in only …
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Exciting light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara has wrapped up training camp and is ready to battle former world champion Chad Dawson on Saturday, March 4 from Barclays Center, in front of the passionate Polish boxing fans in Brooklyn. The March 4 event is headlined by the highly anticipated welterweight world …
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Solihull boxer – Jordan Clayton – stepped up to an eight-round Super-Welterweight contest Saturday night and won on points 79-73 to take home the British Classic Challenge belt. Clayton, trained by Paul Webb (WEBB Boxing), dominated the fight with Lithuanian – Arvydas Trizno, only dropping the last round. The Errol …
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It was the usual party-atmosphere at Middleton Arena last night, as Pat Barrett (BlackFlash Promotions) hosted a four-card dinner show. Mark Heffron of Oldham scored a second round TKO over Christian Hoskin-Gomez of Plymouth in their scheduled 6-round Super-Middleweight contest. Heffron’s big punches were too much for the Plymouth man …
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The weekend’s biggest show takes place tonight at Legacy Arena in the US city of Birmingham, where local icon and WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder returns to the ring after a seven month absence. Wilder, 37-0 (36), makes his comeback against relatively unknown contender Gerald Washington, 18-0-1 (12), after original …
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Flyweight Patrick Gutierrez is going into his nationally-televised, main event showdown, March 25 in Kansas with high expectations against pro-debuting 2016 Olympic junior flyweight bronze medalist Nico Hernandez. Gutierrez is training hard in Las Vegas for his scheduled six-round “Knockout Night Boxing: History Begins” headline bout to derail hometown hero …
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Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jason “El Canito” Sosa junior lightweight world championship event has become an embarrassment of Ukrainian riches with the addition of two title fights. Undefeated WBO cruiserweight world champion and Olympic gold medalist Oleksandr Usyk and NABF light heavyweight champion and Olympic bronze medalist Oleksandr Gvozdyk will be …
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Unbeaten prospect Caleb Plant looks to continue his march towards world title contention when he battles Ghana’s Thomas Awimbono in the 10-round main event of of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and Fox Deportes on Saturday, February 25 from Legacy Arena at the BJCC in Birmingham, Alabama. Coverage on FS1 …
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Cheshire heavyweight, Nathan Gorman, made short work of Georgian opponent Gogita Gorgiladze last night at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent. The Nantwich man, trained by Ricky Hatton, delivered a peach of a body-shot in round one which sent Gorgiladze to the canvas. He got up at the end …
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