Beltway-area native Gary Russell Jr. (26-1, 15 KOs) held a media workout at The Enigma Boxing Club in Capital Heights, MD, on Tuesday as he prepares for his championship bout on November 14 on Showtime. Russell Jr. will make the first defense of his WBC Featherweight Championship against Colombia’s Oscar Escandón (24-2, 16 KOs) in…
Sean ‘Masher’ Dodd says he’ll rip the British Lightweight title from Scotty Cardle at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on November 7, live on Sky Sports. Dodd landed the shot at Cardle’s title after a career-best win over Gary Buckland in September, and the Birkenhead fan-favourite says he can capitalise on his golden chance to…
Former world champion and Long Island-native Chris Algieri (20-2, 8 KOs) returns to Barclays Center in Brooklyn to take on Ecuador’s Erick Bone (16-2, 8 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight bout on Saturday, Dec. 5. The Algieri vs. Bone fight is promoted by DiBella Entertainment in association with Star Boxing and will be part of…
Antoine Douglas (18-0-1, 12 KOs) held a media workout at The Enigma Boxing on Tuesday, as he prepares for his November 6 bout on Showtime. Douglas, a world-ranked rising middleweight prospect, will put his undefeated record on the line against veteran Les Sherrington (35-7, 20 KOs) in the main event of the prospect-oriented series ShoBox:…
Two-division world champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley Jr and his new trainer Teddy Atlas hosted their first-ever Media Workout today at the Tim Bradley Boxing Gym in Indio, Calif. Bradley (32-1-1, 12 KOs), of Palm Springs, Calif., is 10 days away from for his WBO welterweight title defense against former world champion Brandon “Bam Bam”…
Ahead of their ten round heavyweight battle tonight on BounceTV, veterans Tony Thompson and Malik Scott weighed in yesterday along with the undercard lineup. Heavyweights, 10 rounds Tony Thompson: 263 lb Malik Scott: 235 lb Super Lightweights, 10 rounds Haskell Rhodes: 138.8 lb Sergey Lipinets: 139.8 lb
Midlands Area bantamweight champion Ashley Lane hasn’t had it easy so far in his four-and-a-half-year professional career, but has rebounded from set-backs, learnt from defeats and now has sights set on winning the British title in 2016. The 25-year-old, originally from Northampton, boxes in Bristol, his adopted home city, on November 14 and is keen…
Welterweight prospect Sonny Upton says he’s “buzzing” after being handed an English title eliminator against Northolt’s Ryan Toms. The Ricky Hatton-trained 26-year-old has been chomping at the bit for a big fight and will box over ten rounds for the first time on Josh Goodwin’s “The Cartel” show at the historic York Hall in Bethnal…
Former world champion Ruslan Provodnikov (24-4, 17 KOs) says he will be in great shape for next weekend’s showdown with Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez (13-0, 10 KOs) in Monte Carlo as he was in training for a fight in New York at the same time. Those plans changed, though, because “six or seven opponents changed their…
Frome super-featherweight Ryan Wheeler has taken confidence from time spent in the company of world-class gym mates Lee Haskins and Lee Selby and believes he too can one day make a name for himself on the world stage. The talented 22-year-old, who boxes out of the Bristol Boxing Gym, has his fourth professional fight on…
On Saturday night, December 5, Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna will be featured in the main event of a card that will take place at the Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City. The card is promoted by Rising Star Promotions in association with Vincent M Ponte’s Gulf Stream Promotions and will also be in conjunction with Ray McCline…
After guiding Gavin McDonnell to the most impressive win of his short career, Dave Coldwell is desperate to take his charge a level further as world class beckons following a wide points verdict over stubborn Frenchman, Jeremy Parodi. Defending his continental strap for the first time, McDonnell displayed an admirable maturity as he boxed to…