Undefeated heavyweight Nick Webb has yet to go beyond the two-minute mark as a professional boxer – stopping all four of his opponents within the very first round – and is out to make quick work of his next victim on March 26 at The SSE Arena, Wembley, England. Twenty-eight-year-old Webb turned professional in March…
Eight talented up-and-coming boxers with a combined record of 116-2-4, 71 KOs will compete on a compelling ShoBox: The New Generation quadrupleheader on Friday, April 15, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. In a clash of unbeaten bantamweights in the main…
Former two-time world champion Paul Williams, who’s pro career came to a sudden and tragic end when he was paralyzed from the waist down after a motorcycle accident in May 2012, is back in boxing as a trainer. The popular Williams will work the corner of once-beaten Justin DeLoach (13-1, 7 KOs) when DeLoach faces…
Even the very best in the business experience setbacks. Alex Miskirtchian found himself enjoying his momentum up the featherweight ladder before he hit a pothole in the road last summer. The Georgia-born fighter with a 26-4-1 mark got caught by vet Cornelius Lock and had to assess himself. He did so, and licked his wounds…
Gary Russell Jr. will return to the ring to defend his WBC Featherweight Title against Irish contender Patrick Hyland on Saturday, April 16, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT. In the co-feature, undefeated IBF Super Featherweight Champion Jose Pedraza will defend against mandatory challenger Stephen…
Ricky Burns can become a three-weight World champion when he takes on Michele Di Rocco for the vacant WBA Super-Lightweight title at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on May 28, live on Sky Sports. Burns can add World title glory at 140 lb to his reigns as WBO king at Super-Featherweight and Lightweight, with the…
Chris Eubank Jr. believes British champion Nick Blackwell is merely keeping the throne warm and that, on March 26, he will be relieved of his duties and a superior division ruler will be crowned. Blackwell and Eubank Jr. collide at The SSE Arena, Wembley, live on Channel 5, and the challenger, a former WBA interim…
Explosive super-featherweight prospect Yusuf ‘Yut’ Safa returns to the ring on March 26 at The SSE Arena, Wembley, eager to make his way towards title opportunities and represent Afghanistan and Britain on the biggest stage. The 22-year-old from Bexleyheath was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, before moving to England with his parents at five years of…
Kell Brook says he’s going to take his frustrations out on Kevin Bizier when he defends his IBF Welterweight title at the Sheffield Arena on March 26, live on Sky Sports. Brook makes the third defence of the crown he landed in August 2014, and the second against a Canadian mandatory challenge, as Bizier follows…
Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell is two weeks away from defending his British middleweight title against Chris Eubank Jr. at The SSE Arena, Wembley and claims the hotly-anticipated grudge match is “better than a world title fightâ€. Blackwell and Eubank Jr. lock horns on March 26, following months of heated back-and-forth, and promoter Mick Hennessy’s long-held…
Anthony Crolla will defend his WBA Lightweight title against Ismael Barroso at the Manchester Arena on May 7. Crolla won the belt in stunning style at the vaunted Manchester venue in November, folding Darleys Perez in the fifth round of their rematch for the Colombian’s title. The victory capped a fairy tale comeback from the…
Sanigar Events presents ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ Championship Boxing at Action Indoor Sports, Bristol, England April 16. Unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Hasan Karkardi originally from Iran now based out of Bristol will challenge Newcastle’s Scott Westgarth for the International Light Heavyweight Challenge Belt. Westgarth is no stranger to Bristol boxers having stopped…