WBC No. 2 rated contender Eleider Alvarez (18-0, 10 KOs), a former Colombian Olympian who now lives in Montreal, and WBC No. 1 contender Isaac Chilemba (24-2-2, 10 KOs), of Malawi, will face each other this November in a WBC light heavyweight final eliminator bout to be staged in Quebec. Yvon Michel and Kathy Duva,…
Super middleweight contender J’Leon Love (20-1, 11 KOs) returns to battle Osumana Adama(22-4, 16 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight bout on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) Toe-To-Toe Tuesdays on FS1 and Fox Deportes Tuesday, September 29, from The Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort. Additional televised action features undefeated rising super welterweight contenders as Detroit’s…
Due to a tendon tear in the left calf of the IBF/IBO Heavyweight Champion and WBA/WBO Superchampion Wladimir Klitschko, his championship fight against Tyson Fury will be postponed. After sustaining the injury in his training session yesterday, Wladimir Klitschko promptly left his training camp to seek medical treatment from Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, physician for the…
The Pride of Long Beach, New York, “Irish” Seanie Monaghan, will risk his undefeated record and Top-Five world rating when he battles Chicago knockout artist Donovan “Da Bomb” George for the vacant NABO light heavyweight title. Monaghan vs. George will be televised live from the Brooklyn’s Aviator Sports and Events Center on Friday, October 16,…
A purse bid will take place October 5 at the chief office of the IBF in Springfield, New Jersey, for the IBF light heavyweight elimination fight between the IBF No. 2 and No. 8 contenders, respectively, Montreal’s Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) and Cuban Sullivan Barrera (16-0, 11 KOs). Under IBF rules, the minimum bid…
Luke Campbell will return to action on the undercard of Anthony Joshua MBE and Dillian Whyte’s blockbuster battle for the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles at The O2 on December 12, live on Sky Sports. ‘Cool Hand’ stopped Tommy Coyle in the tenth round to land the vacant WBC International title in a huge fight…
Anthony Upton has been added to the eagerly anticipated Black Country Boxing/ Hatton Promotions show at Banks’s Stadium, Walsall, on October 10. The popular 23-year-old, who is trained by Ricky Hatton, took his unbeaten run to ten this past Saturday, September 19 with a six round points victory over Tottenham’s dangerous Mark McKray and is…
By Peter Fury: You can’t play down the importance of family. Your family’s your family. There’s no changing it. It’s a bond like no other. If any one of your family had their little finger chopped off, it would impact you in some way. You’d feel it. So, to have everybody comfortable and happy is…
The main event of Premier Boxing Champions – The Next Round on Bounce TV delivered a crowd-pleasing unanimous decision win by Jamal James (18-0, 9 KOs) as he outmatched Juan Carlos Abreu (18-2-1, 17 KOs) to stay undefeated. James went down in the fourth round, but battled back to take over the bout, knocking Abreu…
The scintillating showdown between reigning welterweight world champion Timothy Bradley and the all-action Brandon Rios will be screened exclusively live on BoxNation on November 7th. The pair collide at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas in an explosive contest for Bradley’s WBO title that is guaranteed to have fight fans on the edge…
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says his club wouldn’t be best pleased if the former amateur boxer was to lace up the gloves again. The 29-year-old was speaking exclusively to boxing channel BoxNation ahead of his friend and fellow Liverpudlian Liam Smith’s world title showdown next month against John Thompson. The super-welterweight ace is taking…
With the new boxing season back in full swing, Dave Coldwell is a figure within the fight scene who has sported a wide grin since things kicked off again at the month’s start. Residing in Texas for a number of weeks ahead of Jamie McDonnell’s brilliant rematch win over Japanese superstar, Tomoki Kameda, Coldwell was…