WBA Middleweight Champion Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs, former world champion Yuri Foreman and undefeated super bantamweight contender Heather “The Heat” Hardy hosted a media workout Tuesday at Gleason’s Gym in their hometown of Brooklyn as they prepare for their respective battles on Saturday, Dec. 5 at Barclays Center. Jacobs …
Read More »Bellew Gunning For European Cruiser Honors Against Masternak
Tony Bellew goes for continental honours on December 12 as he tackles tough Pole, Mateusz Masternak, on the Anthony Joshua v Dillian Whyte super show at London’s 02 Arena. Now an established cruiserweight following a successful stay at 175 lb, Bellew faces arguably his toughest task when opposing the hard …
Read More »British Heavyweight Phenom Anthony Joshua Renews With Matchroom
Eddie Hearn is delighted to announce that Heavyweight sensation Anthony Joshua MBE has signed a new exclusive three-year promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing. The Olympic gold medal hero has raced to 14-0 in the paid ranks with 14 devastating KOs under the guidance of Hearn, and has penned the new …
Read More »Mexican Superstar Canelo Alvarez Refuses To Look Past Miguel Cotto
Boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez has refused to look too far ahead as he prepares for his ’50-50’ fight with WBC middleweight world champion Miguel Cotto. The stacked 160-pound division is brimming with talent including WBA and IBF knockout king Gennady Golovkin, WBO champion Andy Lee – who defends his title …
Read More »IBF Champ James DeGale Holds Open Media Workout In London
Two days before he departs for Canada, IBF Super Middleweight Champion James “Chunky” DeGale (21-1, 14 KOs) held an open media workout at the Stonebridge Boxing Club in London as he nears completion of a 10-plus week training camp for his title defense against former world champion and Canadian fan …
Read More »Abraham vs. Murray Added To AWE’s Perez vs. Crolla II Broadcast
This Saturday, it will be a championship doubleheader on AWE- A Wealth of Entertainment as the Arthur Abraham vs. Martin Murray WBO Super Middleweight Title Bout from Hanover, Germany, has been added to the already announced broadcast featuring the rematch between WBA Lightweight champion Darleys Perez and Anthony Crolla from …
Read More »Undefeated Prospect Kahn-Clary Making His Name In America
Undefeated featherweight prospect Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (16-0, 10 KOs) may be the best, relatively “unknown” prizefighter in the country, at least outside of New England. A decorated American amateur who had a 131-11 record, highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 National Golden Gloves Tournament, Kahn-Clary returns to the …
Read More »Crolla Relishing World Title Rematch With Perez On Saturday
Anthony Crolla has admitted he was so gutted by the draw with Darleys Perez in their first WBA Super-Bantamweight title fight that it took him months to watch it again. Crolla and Perez clash in a rematch for the belt on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena live on Sky …
Read More »Frampton vs. Quigg World Title Unification Ticket Announcement
Tickets for the blockbuster IBF and WBA Super-Bantamweight title clash between Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg will go on sale at 9am on Friday, November 20. Frampton and Quigg have been on a collision course for years and finally meet in the ring on February 27 2016 – and tickets …
Read More »New WBA Interim Champ Zhakiyanov Mobbed At Homecoming
Zhanat Zhakiyanov was mobbed by his adoring fans when he arrived back in his home town of Petropavl, Kazakhstan. Around 200 people braved temperatures as low as -20°c to see the 32-year-old arrive by train a week on from his WBA interim bantamweight title victory over Yonfrez Parejo. The result …
Read More »World Weekend Boxing Roundup: Blackwell Defends British Belt
It was a pretty quiet weekend across the globe but there were a few clashes of note and we kick things off over in jolly old England, where British middleweight champ Nick Blackwell was in action at City Academy Sports Centre in Bristol. Blackwell, 19-3-1 (8), retained his domestic strap …
Read More »Eight Unbeaten Fighters Square Off On December 11 ShoBox
ShoBox: The New Generation returns on Friday, Dec. 11 live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT with a quadrupleheader featuring eight undefeated prospects with a combined record of 92-0-3 in the final ShoBox telecast of 2015. Headlining the DiBella Entertainment and Savarese Promotions-promoted event at the Bayou City Event Center …
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