HAMZAH SHEERAZ WAS honoured by the Boxing Writers’ Club with the prestigious Young Boxer of the Year award this evening in London. The 22-year-old achievements were acknowledged at the 69th annual dinner at the Savoy Hotel. Middleweight Hamzah, 15-0 (11 KOs), is the current holder of the WBC International Silver title following his defeat of…
Ireland’s Gabriel Dossen is through to the next round of the middleweight division at the European Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia. he Galway native was the first Irish fighter in the ring at the championships. He fashioned a majority 4-1 win over Spain Miguel Entrena Cuadrado. The judges scored the contest 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 28-29,…
For Cheryl Karian, a 72-year-old retired physician assistant, boxing is medicine. Ms. Karian, whose Parkinson’s disease was diagnosed in 2020, doesn’t compete or spar, but every Tuesday and Thursday, she trains for an hour at Main Street Boxing and Muay Thai in downtown Houston. Before her diagnosis, Ms. Karian ran, played tennis and worked a…
By Frank Warren OUR POPULAR PROSPECT show concept returns on Friday at York Hall with the latest in the series designed to showcase our young fighters and give them the experience of top billing. Of course, we also have a couple of quality title fights as headline acts and the two we have put in…
SAM NOAKES WILL happily step out of the spotlight tonight and let his brother Sean take centre stage for his professional debut at York Hall. Sean, 26 and two years his senior, takes on Lee Hallett at London’s home of boxing and the Noakes’, along with extended family and friends, will be out in force…
BRAD FOSTER WAS unsuccessful in his challenge for the WBC International super bantamweight title, coming up short on points against the rated Romanian Ionut Baluta. All three judges awarded the fight to Baluta by a four-round margin after a fight where styles didn’t gel and it quickly became a messy affair. Foster, later in the…
Boxing world champion Nikhat Zareen on Monday weighed in on the smouldering controversy over Muslim girls wearing the hijab in schools and colleges, saying one’s attire was entirely the subject of their choice. “It is totally their own choice. I can’t comment on their choices. I have my own choice. I like to wear such…
The GB fighter was paired with the man who would go on to win the title in the first round of the AIBA world championships in November. Now as one 14 GB boxers based at Sheffield’s English Institute of Sport selected for the EUBC European Men’s Elite Boxing Championships, in Yerevan, Armenia, he hopes to…
NEW ORLEANS — Famed New Orleans boxing promoter Les Bonano died Saturday night, according to reports. Bonano began working with the NOPD in 1965. In 1974, while working at the Orleans Parish Prison, Bonano started an athletic program which focused on a variety of sports including boxing. Over the course of his career as a…
GLENDALE — David Benavidez returned to his hometown and took care of business quickly, the two time former super middleweight champion flooring top contender David Lemieux twice in the first two rounds to capture the interim WBC world super middleweight championship Saturday night on Showtime from Gila River Arena. Benavidez, now based out of Seattle, is still…
Charlo punches his ticket into the International Boxing Hall of Fame with a magnificent victory over Castaño to become the first ever undisputed 154-pound champion in the four belt era, capping off a thrilling night of action on PBC on SHOWTIME. Jermell Charlo’s patience was waning. He had to wait a few additional months to…
A look back at the finest performances from the undefeated two-time champion ahead of his showdown versus former champ David Lemieux for the interim WBC 168-pound belt Saturday night on PBC on SHOWTIME. It’s hard to believe that David Benavidez is just 25. Doesn’t it seem as if the former two-time world champion has been…