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This Friday night at the Turning Stone Resort Casino, the Boxcino 2015 Heavyweight tournament will begin with four quarterfinal bouts. Former U.S. Olympian, Jason “Big Six” Estrada is a replacement in the tournament for Mario Heredia who bowed out of the tournament for medical reasons. Estrada of Providence, Rhode Island …

World middleweight title challenger Martin Murray has heard all about the reputation of Gennady Golovkin, his next opponent, and respects the fact he’s widely considered the hardest puncher in all of boxing right now. But that doesn’t mean the Briton is overawed or fearful of the imposing Kazakh. In fact, …

Zhanat Zhakiyanov has WBC Bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka in his sights and is hoping for a showdown in the summer. The dynamite-fisted Kazakhstani has gone from strength to strength since linking up with Ricky Hatton in Hyde and is keen to become the Hitman’s first world champion as a trainer …

Audiences all over the world will be watching the February 21, 2015 Monte Carlo Boxing Bonanza featuring WBA, IBO and interim WBC Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KO) facing his most difficult challenge to date in Martin Murray (29-1, 12 KO). But the exclusive worldwide distributor of the telecast, …

Amid a raucous atmosphere with the Barmy Army in full voice, WBA and IBO middleweight champion and WBC Interim champion Gennady Golovkin and official challenger Martin Murray both weighed inside the limit at the official weigh-in at Monte-Carlo Casino on Friday afternoon. All the boxers, bar Mexican Jesus Silvestre, were …

Media in the Bay Area gathered Wednesday to watch Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero prepare for his headlining welterweight showdown with Keith “One Time” Thurman on the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC taking place Saturday, March 7 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Here is what …

Paul Smith says that the confidence from his first clash with Arthur Abraham and the improvements in the gym means he will be taking the WBO Super Middleweight title back to Liverpool after the pair rematch on Saturday, February 21 at O2 World in Berlin, live on Sky Sports. Smith …

Super-middleweight Rocky Fielding has watched stablemate Martin Murray prepare for a number of big fights over the years, but never has he seen the St. Helens man look as well-prepared as he is just days before his WBA middleweight super title fight with Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night, February 21, …

By Peter Fury Fight week is upon us now and I’ll be travelling out to Monte Carlo with Hughie on Thursday. We’ll get there in time for the weigh-in on the Friday and then, of course, the fight with Andriy Rudenko on Saturday night. As you can imagine, Hughie is …

Frankie Gavin will challenge Chris van Heerden for the IBF International Welterweight title clash on May 9 at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, live on Sky Sports. Gavin will headline in the second city in Matchroom Sport’s first major show there for 13 years and his first fight in the …

Ricky Burns will face Omar Figueroa in San Antonio, Texas on May 9, live on Sky Sports. Ricky Burns makes his American debut in the clash of the two former World champions as the Coatbridge star looks to claim a huge win at light welterweight that would move him back …

Heavyweight star Tyson Fury has vowed to make it a short night’s work when he meets dangerous German Christian Hammer next weekend. The European and WBO International Heavyweight Champion, who is the mandatory challenger for Wladimir Klitschko’s world crown, was speaking during a media workout at his gym in Bolton, …