Undefeated, 11-time world champion Floyd Mayweather formally announced today the most anticipated boxing match of this generation. Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, a welterweight world championship unification bout, will take place on Saturday, May 2, live on pay-per-view. This event, which holds the promise of breaking every pay-per-view record in history, is …
Read More »Trainer Gallagher Says All Guns Blazing For Paul Smith
Trainer Joe Gallagher says Paul Smith will lay everything on the line tonight to rip the WBO Super Middleweight title from Arthur Abraham at the O2 World in Berlin, live on Sky Sports. Smith is back in Germany for a rematch with Abraham following their controversial first fight in Kiel …
Read More »Boxino 2015 Heavyweight Training Camp Quotes
This Friday night at the Turning Stone Resort Casino, the Boxcino 2015 Heavyweight tournament will begin with four quarterfinal bouts. Former U.S. Olympian, Jason “Big Six” Estrada is a replacement in the tournament for Mario Heredia who bowed out of the tournament for medical reasons. Estrada of Providence, Rhode Island …
Read More »Calm Before The Storm: Murray Ready To Wage War
World middleweight title challenger Martin Murray has heard all about the reputation of Gennady Golovkin, his next opponent, and respects the fact he’s widely considered the hardest puncher in all of boxing right now. But that doesn’t mean the Briton is overawed or fearful of the imposing Kazakh. In fact, …
Read More »Zhakiyanov Hunting Down WBC Bantam Champ Yamanaka
Zhanat Zhakiyanov has WBC Bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka in his sights and is hoping for a showdown in the summer. The dynamite-fisted Kazakhstani has gone from strength to strength since linking up with Ricky Hatton in Hyde and is keen to become the Hitman’s first world champion as a trainer …
Read More »Protocol Sports Broadcasts Golovkin vs. Murray For Global Viewers
Audiences all over the world will be watching the February 21, 2015 Monte Carlo Boxing Bonanza featuring WBA, IBO and interim WBC Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KO) facing his most difficult challenge to date in Martin Murray (29-1, 12 KO). But the exclusive worldwide distributor of the telecast, …
Read More »Golovkin, Murray, Budler Make Weight In Monte Carlo
Amid a raucous atmosphere with the Barmy Army in full voice, WBA and IBO middleweight champion and WBC Interim champion Gennady Golovkin and official challenger Martin Murray both weighed inside the limit at the official weigh-in at Monte-Carlo Casino on Friday afternoon. All the boxers, bar Mexican Jesus Silvestre, were …
Read More »Robert Guerrero Talks About Upcoming Keith Thurman Fight
Media in the Bay Area gathered Wednesday to watch Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero prepare for his headlining welterweight showdown with Keith “One Time” Thurman on the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC taking place Saturday, March 7 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Here is what …
Read More »Paul Smith Claims To Have The Advantage For Abraham Rematch
Paul Smith says that the confidence from his first clash with Arthur Abraham and the improvements in the gym means he will be taking the WBO Super Middleweight title back to Liverpool after the pair rematch on Saturday, February 21 at O2 World in Berlin, live on Sky Sports. Smith …
Read More »Fielding Predicts A Rocky Story For Gym Mate Murray
Super-middleweight Rocky Fielding has watched stablemate Martin Murray prepare for a number of big fights over the years, but never has he seen the St. Helens man look as well-prepared as he is just days before his WBA middleweight super title fight with Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night, February 21, …
Read More »Hughie Fury Heads To Monte Carlo Locked And Loaded
By Peter Fury Fight week is upon us now and I’ll be travelling out to Monte Carlo with Hughie on Thursday. We’ll get there in time for the weigh-in on the Friday and then, of course, the fight with Andriy Rudenko on Saturday night. As you can imagine, Hughie is …
Read More »Can “Funtime” Gavin Knock Off Brit Basher Van Heerden?
Frankie Gavin will challenge Chris van Heerden for the IBF International Welterweight title clash on May 9 at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, live on Sky Sports. Gavin will headline in the second city in Matchroom Sport’s first major show there for 13 years and his first fight in the …
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