At the Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, last night, Carl Greaves Promotions in association with Scott Lawton and Impact Boxing – hosted a show which featured seven contests. The headliner saw local man – Kaash Buttery of Burslem – secure a 60-54 points win over likeable Liam Richards of Melksham. The fast-paced contest saw Buttery use a…
The boxing world mourns again as Enzo Calzaghe, MBE, dies aged 69. The father and trainer of son – former World Champion Joe Calzaghe – sadly passed away yesterday. Italian-born Enzo trained many a boxer at the Newbridge Gym in South Wales – including Enzo Maccarinelli and Gavin Rees. Our condolences to the Calzaghe family…
At the Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, on Saturday night, Marc Leach of Salford won an English Bantamweight Title Eliminator by stopping Louis Norman in round 2. Norman was on the canvas three times before Referee John Latham waved the fight off – with the Shepshed man looking dazed as he stood for the count. Livewire Leach…
Tonight, World Middleweight Champion and boxing’s superhero Gennady “GGG†Golovkin makes his 21st and division record-breaking title defense. It’s taken nearly one year but Golovkin will finally get the rematch he and the world have craved, against former two-division world champion Saul “Canelo†Alvarez. And what a long strange trip it’s been to get here….
The old saying “Like Father, Like Son” will be evident this Friday night at SugarHouse Casino as Tyrone Crawley Jr. battles Ricardo Garcia (14-3, 9 KOs) for the WBF Junior Welterweight championship. The eight-round bout will headline a 10-bout card that is promoted by King’s Promotions. Crawley (7-1) of Philadelphia has had an excellent camp…
Top 147-pound contender Yordenis Ugas and Argentine slugger Cesar Barrionuevo will battle in a WBC welterweight title eliminator while unbeaten Polish heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki will face former heavyweight champion Charles Martin in a 10-round attraction as part of a tripleheader live on Showtime Saturday, September 8 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Barclays…
Welterweight contender Jamal James will return to action in his hometown as he takes on Mexico’s Mahonry Montes in the main event of an exciting night of Premier Boxing Champions on Fox and Fox Deportes action Friday, August 24 from the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The telecast begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT and…
Despite the David Price fight being cancelled – it was still a great night at Bolton Friday night. The Johnney Roye – MTK Promotions show at the Bolton Whites Hotel (Macron Stadium) was slimmed down to nine fights in total but featured a couple of crackers. Home boxer Ben Sheedy of Sale faced uber-motivated Matthew…
At the Greenbank Sports Academy, Liverpool, last night, MTK Promotions hosted a show which featured five contests. A thrilling headlining bout saw a Liverpool Derby between locals Brian Philips and Nick Ball. Punches were flying in from both men – with each finding success but Phillips took a head shot in the second which shook…
WBC Lightweight Champion Mikey Garcia worked out for the press Tuesday at Fortune Gym in Los Angeles as he prepares for his 135-pound title unification against IBF titlist Robert Easter Jr. Saturday, July 28 live on Showtime from Staples Center in Los Angeles in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. The Showtime Championship Boxing…
Former 147-pound world champions Andre Berto(31-5, 24 KOs)and Devon Alexander (27-4-1, 14 KOs)will battle in a 12-round showdown that headlines a stacked night of Premier Boxing Champions on Fox and Fox Deportes live in prime time on Saturday, August 4 from NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The telecast begins at 7:30…
Canadian boxing fans will be able to watch the much-anticipated World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) cruiserweight championship finale this Saturday afternoon, as they have throughout the wildly entertaining semifinals and quarterfinals rounds, exclusively on Super Channel. All four-major sanctioning body world title belts, plus The Ring magazine’s strap, will be on the line at the…