Boxing legend Ricky Hatton says it is only a matter of time before Belarusian puncher Kiryl Relikh emerges as a star. Relikh took his unblemished record to 20-0 with 18 knockouts following a fifth round stoppage of Argentina’s tough Christian Ariel Lopez in Monaco on Friday night and ‘The Hitman’ believes the 25-year-old has what…
Dale Evans will challenge Sam Eggington for the British and Commonwealth Welterweight titles at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on Saturday October 17, live on Sky Sports. Evans replaces the injured Frankie Gavin for the bout – landing a golden opportunity to get his hands on Eggington’s belts and will be ‘raring to go’ having…
WBA Middleweight Champion Daniel “The Miracle Man†Jacobs (30-1, 27 KOs) and former world champion Peter “Kid Chocolate†Quillin (32-0-1, 23 KOs) participated in a kickoff press conference on Wednesday at Planet Hollywood Times Square in New York City to formally announce their highly anticipated Dec. 5 showdown at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Showtime….
Martin Murray will challenge Arthur Abraham for the WBO Super Middleweight title at the TUI Arena in Hannover, Germany, on November 21 live on Sky Sports and Sat.1. The St. Helens man will be hoping to claim World honours at the fourth time of asking. Having made the move up to Super Middleweight, following a…
On Saturday afternoon, November 21, Darleys Perez will defend the WBA Lightweight title in a rematch against Anthony Crolla in a bout that can be seen live and exclusively in the United States on AWE. The bout will take place at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. There’s a saying in boxing that if a…
After delivering a pair of epic performances from Jamie McDonnell this year, Dave Coldwell’s current focus shifts to another member of the McDonnell family as Gavin goes for continental glory on October 24 against Frenchman, Jeremy Parodi. Providing chief support to Kell Brook’s world title defence against Diego Chaves in Sheffield, McDonnell has a huge…
Chris Eubank Jr will face American Tony Jeter on his Matchroom Boxing debut at the Sheffield Arena on Saturday October 24. Maryland-man Jeter, ranked at 13 in the WBA and WBC, is aiming to spoil Eubank’s bow under new promoter Eddie Hearn, saying his will to win will be the difference on the night. A…
Middleweight star Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell will aim to make it three big knockout wins in a row on November 14, when he headlines a Hennessy Sports in association with Sanigar Events show at the City Academy, Bristol, live on Channel 5. The 24-year-old from Trowbridge is the reigning British middleweight champion and one of…
All undefeated junior middleweight Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) has ever wanted to do since he first laced up a pair of gloves as a kid is to box and that’s why, after a 16-month stretch of inactivity, totally unrelated to injury, the 2008 U.S. Olympian is returning to the ring October 17…
Sean ‘Masher’ Dodd will challenge Scotty Cardle for the British Lightweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on November 7, live on Sky Sports. Dodd earned his shot at the unbeaten Lytham St. Annes’ champion with a gutsy win over Gary Buckland at the Liverpool Olympia in September, stepping in at late notice to…
Cameron Hammond sent a message to the rest of the welterweight division with a stunning knockout of Thai southpaw Denkamon Pakdee Gym in Perry Park, New South Wales, on Saturday night, October 3. The 2012 Olympian dominated the contest from the opening bell, scoring a knockdown in the fifth and standing count in the sixth,…
James DeGale MBE will defend his IBF Super Middleweight title against former champion Lucian Bute at the Videotron Center in Quebec on November 28, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on Showtime in the U.S. and Canada. DeGale has spent his career re-writing the boxing record books and now the IBF Super Middleweight…