WBC Female Super Middleweight Champion Nikki Adler is back in action after a ten month layoff to defend her crown against Szilvia Szabados from Hungary this Friday, July 17 at MHP Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The unbeaten 28-year-old (13 fights, 13 wins) was originally scheduled to appear on a small …
Read More »“Lords Of The Ring II” Scheduled For York Hall August 29
Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott are really pulling out all the stops in preparation for their and the Capital city’s new season opener event, Lords Of The Ring II, at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Saturday 29th August. With eighteen bouts already on the card, the show is …
Read More »RJJ Boxing Partners With Iron Boy For August 15 Show
Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions announced that it has joined forces with Arizona-based Iron Boy Promotions to present top-quality boxing events in Arizona, beginning with “Battle of the Unknown”, August 15 at We-Ko-Pa Resort/Conference Center in Scottsdale. “Both Roy and I feel that Iron Boy has built a great foundation …
Read More »WBA Champion Perez Coming To UK To Destroy Anthony Crolla
Darleys Perez says he will destroy the World title dreams of Manchester hero Anthony Crolla when he defends his WBA Lightweight title for the first time at the Manchester Arena on Saturday night, July 18, live on Sky Sports. Perez crosses the Atlantic for the first time in his pro …
Read More »British Champ Nick Blackwell Plans To Send Jones Packing
Busy British middleweight champion Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell is intending to cut challenger Damon Jones down to size on July 25 in Derby and then swiftly book a well-deserved holiday. The talented 24-year-old won the coveted Lonsdale title at the end of May – stopping the favoured John Ryder inside …
Read More »Is A Rigondeaux vs. Lomachenko Super Fight On The Horizon?
Irishman Gary Hyde, the manager of unified super bantamweight world champion Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs), has accepted in principal the offer made by Egis Klimas, manager of WBO featherweight champion Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (4-1, 2 KOs), for a super fight. Rigondeaux is the reigning WBA Super and …
Read More »Hughie Fury Battles Brazilian Veteran George Arias July 25
Unbeaten heavyweight star Hughie Lewis Fury battles veteran George Arias on July 25 at Derby Arena and aims to become the first man to stop the notoriously durable Brazilian for some ten years. Fury and Arias meet over a scheduled ten rounds and Fury, unbeaten in 15 professional fights, knows …
Read More »Foot Vows To Give Eggington A Kicking In Manchester
Glenn Foot has told Sam Eggington that he is the first ‘live’ opponent he’s faced – and the Sunderland man says he’ll take his Commonwealth Welterweight title and the vacant British title when they clash at the Manchester Arena on Saturday, July 18, live on Sky Sports. Foot has had …
Read More »Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne Vacates Commonwealth Crown
Australia’s Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne has relinquished his Commonwealth heavyweight title with immediate effect. Browne became the first fighter from ‘Down Under’ to hold the crown in 122 years when he stopped Canada’s Eric Bahoeli in April 2014. But he has now decided to give it up in order to …
Read More »Four-Time World Champion Carl Froch Retires From Boxing
Four-time World Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch has today announced that he is retiring from boxing and will join Sky Sports. Carl has brought down the curtain on a sensational career during which he twice won the WBC title, as well as the WBA and IBF belts. In 35 fights, …
Read More »World Weekend Boxing Roundup: Thurman, Chagaev, Nietes, Flanagan Win
It was a night of fireworks in the squared circle as three of four world title contests taking place on Saturday evening ended inside the distance. In America, heavy-handed WBA welter champ Keith Thurman went to war with former titlist Luis Collazo at the USF Sundome in Tampa, FL before …
Read More »Nurse Plots Revenge Against Ryan If He Can Defeat Jenkins
Tyrone Nurse says winning the British Welterweight title against Chris Jenkins on July 18 at the Manchester Arena live on Sky Sports, would be a dream come true – and believes it would set up the rematch he craves against Dave Ryan. Nurse and Jenkins lock horns for the vacant …
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