Former Olympian and world amateur star Andrew Selby will face undefeated Hungarian Jozsef Ajtai this Saturday night, November 14, in Bristol as part of the undercard to Nick Blackwell’s British middleweight title defence against Jack Arnfield, live on Channel 5. In what constitutes an ambitious piece of matchmaking, Selby will face a man in Ajtai…
WBC No. 1 ranked super lightweight Amir Imam (18-0, 15 KOs) returns to face Adrian Granados (14-3-2, 9 KOs) in a 10-round bout on Saturday, Nov. 28 on Showtime Boxing on SHO Extreme. The undefeated Imam is the mandatory challenger to WBC 140-pound champion Viktor Postol, who won the vacant title with a 10th round…
Undefeated super welterweight Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs) has never forgotten where he comes from, Providence, and for the second year in a row the 27-year-old former world champion is spearheading a Turkey Drive there. The group that Andrade founded, The Andrade Team, Inc., is on a mission to provide the Providence community…
Manchester’s Jack Arnfield is buoyant and “raring to go†ahead of his British middleweight title fight with champion Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell this Saturday, November 14 at Bristol’s City Academy. The 26-year-old accepted the fight with Blackwell last Friday, following the withdrawal of original opponent Elliott Matthews, and now can’t wait to finally get his…
The history of the fighting men of Merseyside come under the spotlight once again later this month as the third installment of the popular “Mersey Fighters†series is published. Showcasing a collection of triumphant and desperate stories courtesy of a mixed cast from Liverpool’s long and illustrious boxing heritage, The Mersey Fighters 3 – more…
Zhanat Zhakiyanov proved he belongs amongst the world’s elite by winning the interim WBA bantamweight title on Saturday night, November 7. The Kazakh, who is trained by former four-time world champion Ricky Hatton, overcame the tall and tricky Venezuelan Yonfrez Parejo with a split decision verdict in front the of the great and the good…
Anthony Crolla says his desire to win a World title in his hometown will drive him to victory in his rematch with Darleys Perez for the WBA Lightweight title at the Manchester Arena on November 21, live on Sky Sports. The Manchester star came within a whisker of ripping the title from the classy Colombian…
British middleweight champion Nick Blackwell has been seeing a sports psychologist ahead of his November 14 title defence against Jack Arnfield in the hope that weekly sessions will eradicate a tendency to start slow in fights. Blackwell won the Lonsdale belt in May with a stunning seventh-round stoppage of John Ryder at a sold-out O2…
Undefeated former WBA featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters returns to the ring to take on granite-fisted Top-10 contender Jason “El Canito” Sosa in a 10-round junior lightweight rumble. Walters vs. Sosa will take place on Saturday, December 19, at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Peltz…
It was a good weekend at the fights and we go straight to the Thomas and Mack Center in America’s Boxing capital, Las Vegas where the WBO welterweight title was fought over last night by champion Tim Bradley Jr, 33-1-1 (13), and challenger Brandon Rios, 32-3-1 (24). Former WBA lightweight champion Rios reportedly gained over…
Scotty Cardle retained his British Lightweight title with a final round stoppage of Sean ‘Masher’ Dodd in a thrilling clash at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. Cardle was defending the title for the first time and was behind on the judges’ cards when he unleashed a brutal barrage on the Birkenhead man, with referee Terry…
Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KO’s) promised to put on a show and he didn’t disappoint, as he overwhelmed unbeaten Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez (14-1, 11 KO’s) in four rounds at the glitzy Salle Des Etoiles in Monte Carlo on Saturday night. With HRH Prince Albert looking on, the former WBO junior-welterweight champion wasn’t unduly stretched as…