Anthony Upton has been handed a second opportunity to win the English super-lightweight title. The 24-year-old stylist will square off with Walsall’s Luke Paddock on Hatton Promotions’ and Black Country Boxing’s ‘Danger Zone’ event at The Chase Leisure Centre, Cannock, on July 24. It’s an opportunity that comes just seven …
Read More »Kid Galahad Boxes July 9, Then Wants Titles, Quigg And Frampton
Former British, Commonwealth and European super-bantamweight champion Kid Galahad is back. He’s back in the ring, he’s back on the hunt for titles and he’s back chasing domestic rivals. On July 9 at the Manchester Arena, Galahad, as part of the undercard to Tyson Fury’s world heavyweight title blockbuster with …
Read More »Mises “Chucky” Flores Adds IBO Title, Wants Rigondeaux Fight Next
Last night at the Ramatex Factory in Windhoek, Namibia, Mexico’s super-bantamweight standout, Moises “Chucky” Flores (25-0, 17 KOs) remained undefeated with a 12-round unanimous decision over hometown hero, Paulus Ambunda (24-2, 10 KOs). With the victory, Flores captured the IBO championship and retained his WBA interim title. Flores, who hails …
Read More »Martinez, Lomachenko WBO Clash Tonight At Madison Square Garden
This weekend’s big fights are headlined by a mouth-watering clash at New York’s Madison Square Garden this evening as WBO super feather king Rocky Martinez looks to turn aside the challenge posed by current WBO featherweight champ Vasyl Lomachenko. Martinez, 29-2-1 (17), is on his third reign as WBO 130 …
Read More »Giant Step Up For Gorman On Fury vs. Klitschko 2 Card
Nathan Gorman will have to conquer a giant when he appears on the undercard of Tyson Fury’s eagerly anticipated rematch with Wladimir Klitshchko in Manchester next month. The Ricky Hatton-trained teenager will square off with Sheffield’s 6ft 8in tall Dave Howe and he knows he has a huge task on …
Read More »Hughie Fury Says He’ll Do To Joshua What Ali Did To Frazier
Unbeaten heavyweight star Hughie Lewis Fury believes a potential rumble with IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua would bear a striking similarity to the night Muhammad Ali bemused and broke George Foreman in Zaire in 1974. Twenty-one-year-old Fury, set for a tune-up bout on July 9 in Manchester, is currently recovering …
Read More »Ex-World Champ Demetrius Andrade Meets The Providence Media
A Team Promotions hosted an open media workout on Monday at Bix Six Academy in Providence for undefeated former world champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs). The 2008 U.S. Olympian, of Providence, R.I., is finalizing preparations for this Saturday 12-round WBC Super Welterweight eliminator against Willie “The Great” …
Read More »Barn ABC Gets Funding From Matchroom Boxing Foundation
Barn ABC in Coatbridge have become the latest amateur club to benefit from the Matchroom Boxing Foundation. The donation was part of a double-celebration for the club as the following day it’s most famous graduate, Ricky Burns, became Scotland’s first three-weight World champion as he picked up the WBA Super-Lightweight …
Read More »Cherry vs. Rhodes Headline PBC On FS1/Fox Desportes June 28
Former title challenger Edner Cherry (34-7-2, 19 KOs) and and quick-fisted contender Lydell Rhodes (23-1-1, 11 KOs) will compete in the 10-round lightweight main event of Premier Boxing Champions “Toe To Toe Tuesdays” on FS1 and Boxeo De Campeones on Tuesday, June 28, from Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, …
Read More »Murray Vows To Break Groves In WBA Elimination Bout
Martin Murray has warned George Groves he’s going to drag him into deep waters and make him crumble when they face-off in an eliminator for the WBA Super-Middleweight title at The O2 on June 25, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Murray and Groves meet in a huge domestic crossroads …
Read More »‘Cinderella Man’ Peter McDonagh Aims To Keep Dream Alive July 9
Welterweight Peter McDonagh, boxing’s latest Cinderella Man, will appear on July 9 at the Manchester Arena – as the part of the blockbuster Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko show – and is hopeful of securing a shot at the European title in the coming months. McDonagh, now 38, has been …
Read More »Beterbiev Returns With A Blast, KO’ing Maderna In Four Rounds
As the world mourns the loss of Muhammad Ali, Saturday night’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN and ESPN Deportes telecast began with a “Ceremonial 10-Count” in memory of “The Greatest” and continued to pay tribute to him throughout the telecast that was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between …
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