Promoters Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott today announced that they have added two further Female professional bouts, in addition to the one already on the card, to their upcoming “Lords Of The Ring II” event, which takes place at the famous York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Saturday, August 29. Heading up the female…
In front of over 800 people Saturday night at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC), Boston Boxing Promotions brought professional Boxing back to Cape Cod for the first time in nearly a decade, and it was an action packed evening of fights. In the main event of the evening, Hyannis’ Jesse Barboza (10-1-1, 6…
Fighting in his first world title bout on Tuesday September 29, 2015, Puerto Rican super lightweight contender Carlos Velasquez (19-1, 12 KOs) is eager to give undefeated WBA Champion Javier Fortuna (28-0-1, 20 KOs) a first loss. The PBC on Fox Sports 1 will televise the bout starting at 9PM ET Eastern Time/6PM PT. Velasquez,…
This Friday night, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, Heavyweight contender Travis Kauffman (28-1, 20 KO’s) will be back in action for the first time in 19 months when he takes on Richard Carmack (13-6, 11 KO’s) in a bout scheduled for eight rounds. The off-TV bout will take place on a card…
For the past few years, Dmitriy Salita has been putting on action-packed fight cards, featuring evenly-matched bouts which showcase champions, contenders and prospects looking to claw their way up the fistic ladder of success. Now, even more fight fans will get a chance to check out Salita’s “Brooklyn Brawl” fare; The promoter is proud and…
Undefeated middleweight star Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (31-0-1, 22 KOs) will headline in a 12-round middleweight bout against Michael Zerafa (17-1, 9 KOs) while super welterweight world champion Cornelius “K-9” Bundrage (34-5, 19 KOs) defends against undefeated rising star Jermall Charlo (21-0, 16 KOs) on an action-packed edition of Premier Boxing Champions on NBC Saturday,…
Liam Hanrahan, promoted by Coldwell Boxing, makes his long awaited return to the ring on October 24 at Kings Hall in Stoke on a Carl Greaves/Scott Lawton promotion. Hanrahan has his first outing in over a year since losing his undefeated record in shocking fashion against Polish import, Krzysztof Rogowski. The Macclesfield star was pencilled…
At the First Direct Arena in Leeds on September 5, live on Sky Sports, Martin Murray will take part in his first championship bout since facing Gennady Golovkin. The St. Helens star moved up to Super Middleweight in June and has stopped both opponents at the weight following his brave World title challenge against pound-for-pound…
Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne will now face giant American Julius “Towering Inferno” Long on Friday night, August 14, due to Icho Larenas pulling out as a result of legal problems. Larenas was himself a replacement for Gonzalo Basile, but Hatton Promotions’ international matchmaker Philippe Fondu received word late on Thursday that it was unlikely that…
There was only one world title contest this weekend and that clash for the vacant WBO bantam crown occurred on Friday at Central Stadium in Ratchaburi, Thailand with Bangkok’s Pundluang Sor Singyu, 51-3 (35), taking on Ryo Akaho, 26-2-2 (18). Local veteran Singyu won the WBO bantam belt in 2012, only to lose it five…
It was announced this week that WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson will defend his title against challenger Tommy Karpency on September 11 at Toronto’s Richoh Centre. This is a big disappointment to fans that were hoping to see “Superman” face WBA/WBO/IBF kingpin Sergey Kovalev, who in late July destroyed yet another opponent. Obviously, putting…
Tonight at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC), Hyannis’ Jesse Barboza (9-1-1, 5 KO’s) and Pennsylvania’s Jesse Oltmanns (10-5, 7 KO’s) will compete for the Northeast Heavyweight Championship. Also on the card, Harwich’s Paul Gonsalves (7-7-1, 3 KO’s) is scheduled to face off in an eight-round light heavyweight fight against Mexico’s Rafael Valenzuela (8-5,…