The battle of Britain was decided last night at the cavernous Manchester Arena where super bantamweight world champions Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg tangled over the full scheduled 12 rounds. The long awaited clash was a slow starter as Frampton’s quicker footwork and ever present jab kept the harder punching Quigg behind a high guard…
First and foremost, congratulations to ‘Prince’ Charles Martin, Anthony Joshua and both camps for making this fight happen. A genuine 50/50 fight for a portion of the heavyweight title between two relative novices. As first defences go, it’s a ballsy move by Martin to offer himself and his title up as a target for red…
Unfortunately, I have to be as clichéd as everyone else in looking forward to this bout by saying the obvious, it’s a 50/50 contest, a ‘pick-em’ fight. And whilst it is a fantastic, intriguing matchup, the fighters have different strengths and weaknesses, which will play a big part in who loses their unbeaten record tonight,…
The fight fans of Belfast and Manchester will roar their man on tomorrow night as Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg clash in their Super-Bantamweight World title unification blockbuster live on Sky Sports Box Office – and Hall of Fame MC Michael Buffer cannot wait to experience another epic British boxing night. Buffer calls the fighters…
Anthony Crolla has backed gym and stable-mate Scott Quigg to KO Carl Frampton MBE in their World Super-Bantamweight title unification blockbuster at the sold-out Manchester Arena tonight live on Sky Sports Box Office. Crolla will be in Quigg’s corner when he meets the classy Belfast IBF champion in the Arena that Crolla landed his own…
On Saturday night, March 19, Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna will headline in an 8-round Welterweight bout when he fights Kendal Mena at the Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City . The card is promoted by Rising Promotions in association with Vincent M. Ponte’s Gulf Stream Promotions. LaManna (19-1, 7 KO’s) of nearby Millville, New Jersey, will be…
Scott Quigg has told Carl Frampton MBE that his dedication to boxing will lead to a KO win in their World Super-Bantamweight title unification clash at the Manchester Arena on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Tempers flared at today’s press conference for the fight as the World champions addressed the throngs of…
Undefeated superstar champions Terence “Bud” Crawford and Felix “El Diamante” Verdejo will make their 2016 debuts in title defenses, this Saturday, February 27, at the “Mecca of Boxing”, The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Crawford, the two-division world champion and 2014 Fighter of the Year will be defending his World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight…
The D Las Vegas and Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (DLVEC), along with Neon Star Media and Roy Englebrecht Promotions, hosted a press conference this past Tuesday afternoon to promote its new monthly boxing series, “Knockout Night at the D”. The inaugural event, scheduled for Saturday, March 12, will be held inside the DLVEC’s 20,000-square-foot…
Undefeated middleweight contender Antoine Douglas will face hard-hitting Avtandil Khurtsidze in the co-feature of Showtime Boxing: Special Edition on Saturday, March 5, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT from Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, Pa. Khurtsidze (30-2-2, 20 KOs) steps in to face GH3 Promotions’ Douglas (19-0-1, 13 KOs) in a 10-round middleweight…
Sergey Rabchenko says he is ready to shake things up in the U.S after he returned to action with a blistering performance on Friday night. The former European and WBC Silver super-welterweight champion dropped Nicaragua’s Miguel Aguilar four times before the fight was stopped at the end of the third round in Walsall, United Kingdom.
British middleweight champion Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell has blasted Chris Eubank Jr. for posting on social media footage of himself knocking out a young sparring partner last week. The short video sparked heated debate and some condemnation when uploaded to Eubank Jr.’s social media accounts and Blackwell – who faces Eubank Jr. on March 26…