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Hennessy Sports are pleased to announce that the Haskins vs. Iwasa undercard on June 13 will be televised live and exclusively on Spike (Sky Channel 160) in the United Kingdom. Saturday’s IBF Interim Bantamweight Title clash between Bristol’s Lee Haskins and Japan’s Ryosuke Iwasa will be screened live on Channel …

Leading bantamweight contenders Lee Haskins and Ryosuke Iwasa both believe their IBF Interim Bantamweight Title fight on Saturday night will be decided within the scheduled distance – by knockout – and aren’t planning on leaving anything in the hands of the judges. The two title challengers met this afternoon at …

Undefeated WBA featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters of Jamaica, and the boxing gem of Puerto Rico, undefeated No. 3 world-rated lightweight contender Felix “El Diamante” Verdejo and their opponents, Top-10 contender Miguel “The Scorpion” Marriaga and Ivan “Bam Bam” Najera, respectively, hosted a media workout in Manhattan today. The …

Boston Boxing Promotions is bringing back professional boxing to Cape Cod for the first time in nine years on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center (HYCC) with a fight card featuring the Northeast Heavyweight Title fight between Hyannis’ own Jesse Barboza (9-1-1, 5 KO’s) and …

Marcelo Sanchez, of leading Nicaraguan-based promoter Pinolero Boxing, and Canadian lawyer Michael J. Schmidt, on behalf of public relations and marketing firm Jensen Strauss Agency Limitée, today jointly announced a strategic alliance to expand the Pinolero brand on an International basis. “Both companies have short and long term goals that …

Former world champions Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran and Felix Sturm are among the special guests at the World Boxing Association directory meeting to be held in Bulgaria from Wednesday, June 10 to Saturday, June 12, 2015. Along with Duran and Sturm will be champions Juergen Braehmer, Fedor Chudinov, interim …

Colombian challenger Miguel Marriaga is already in New York, waiting for the World Boxing Association featherweight super champion, Jamaica’s Nicholas Walters. They are both undefeated and fighting on Saturday, June 13 at the Madison Square Garden. Marriaga (22-0, 19 KO) talked to the Colombian press before leaving for the US …

Cuban boxing star, Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara (20-2-2, 12 KOs), has arrived in Chicago for his upcoming bout with Delvin Rodriguez (28-7-4, 16 KOs) as Premier Boxing Champions returns to Spike this Friday June 12, 2015. This edition of PBC on Spike begins at 9 p.m. ET. Doors at …

North Wales’ newest boxing star, Tom Doran, makes his return to the ring on June 26 at the Liverpool Echo Arena as he aims to build on his devastating Prizefighter display back in February. The Connah Quay youngster was in brilliant form that night as he defied the odds to …

This Saturday, June 13, one of the hottest names in boxing will be back in action as undefeated Jr. Middleweight, Julian “J-Rock” Williams (19-0-1, 11 KO’s) will take on Armen Ovespyan (14-4, 11 KO’s) in a 10 round bout for the WBC Continental Americas Jr. Middleweight title. The bout will …

Rocky Fielding says he will make a big statement at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Friday June 26 – by knocking out Brian Vera live on Sky Sports. Fielding faces the highly-rated Texan on a huge night of action on Merseyside, with the Super Middleweight division firmly in the …

British light-heavyweight champion Bob Ajisafe looks to bag the vacant Commonwealth crown this Saturday night, June 13 in Bristol, when going up against Kenya’s Daniel Wanyonyi, and then intends to gatecrash world-class in the coming months. The skilful 30-year-old is unbeaten in his last seven fights and last year won …