Cyclone Promotions and Matchroom Boxing are delighted to announce that 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallists Josh Taylor and Scott Fitzgerald have been added to the undercard of Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg’s World Super-Bantamweight unification clash at the Manchester Arena on February 27, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on Showtime…
John Wayne Hibbert has laughed off Tommy Martin’s claims that their sparring sessions were ‘wars’ – and said he cannot wait to silence the young pretender at the Copper Box Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on January 30, live on Sky Sports. Hibbert defends his Commonwealth and WBC International Super-Lightweight titles against Martin,…
In the super middleweight division, the name Andre Ward is synonymous with defensive genius and an undefeated professional fighter with lots of heart and ability. Sadly, these past few years that name has been more predominant in social media than in the headlines of boxing news magazines. Let’s look back at what has happened. Ward…
American heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder defended his WBC title for the third time with a devastating ninth round knockout of Polish challenger Artur Szpilka on Saturday night, live on Showtime in front of 12,668 fans at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. With WBA and WBO Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury and Wilder’s WBC mandatory challenger…
Showtime will televise the eagerly anticipated 122-pound world title unification showdown between undefeated super bantamweights Carl Frampton, the IBF champion and Scott Quigg, the WBA champion, on Saturday, Feb. 27, live on Showtime from Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The Showtime Boxing International telecast will air live (precise time to be announced) with an encore…
2012 U.S. Olympian and undefeated heavyweight Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale is nearing a world title shot and took time recently to discuss his upcoming showdown with Amir “Hardcore” Mansour and weigh-in on the heavyweight action this weekend before he enters the ring Saturday, January 23 from Staples Center in Los Angeles. Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on…
Sam Eggington defends his British and Commonwealth Welterweight titles against Bradley Skeete at the Genting Arena in Birmingham on March 5, live on Sky Sports. Eggington defended the titles for the first time in a thrilling contest against Dale Evans in October, with the young Birmingham talent climbing off the canvas in the second round…
The big boys are the highlight of the top level bouts that occur this weekend with two pairings of interest which happen on the same card in America. On the double bill at Barclays Center in New York, two of the four major world titles at heavyweight will be argued over as WBC kingpin Deontay…
Before they travel across the country for their Saturday, January 23 showdowns, Danny “Swift” Garcia and Amir “Hardcore” Mansour held a Philadelphia media workout Wednesday to discuss their Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Fox and Fox Deportes bouts taking place at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Garcia faces former multiple-division world champion Robert “The Ghost”…
WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder and Polish contender Artur Szpilka continued their fight-week activities Wednesday, staring each other down for the first time at 4 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. On Saturday, January 16th the two men meet in a battle for Wilder’s heavyweight world title live on Showtime from Barclays Center in Brooklyn….
With the highly anticipated “Fight Week On Fox In L.A.” just around the corner, Mexican warrior Aron Martinez, top welterweight prospect Javier Molina and undefeated lightweight prospect Alejandro Luna held a media workout Tuesday that filled the Wild Card West Boxing Gym in Santa Monica with local media ahead of their respective battles. On Tuesday,…
Sonny Upton will face Essex’s Matt McCarthy in a final eliminator for the English super-welterweight title on March 5. After putting on a masterclass in his ten round victory over Ryan Toms in November, Upton returns to the historic York Hall, Bethnal Green, against an opponent who has lost just once in 15 professional outings….