Amateur sensation Reuben Arrowsmith has signed a long-term professional contract with Hatton Promotions. The hugely talented teenager will be trained in Manchester by four-time world champion Ricky Hatton and is likely to make his debut in the autumn. Arrowsmith, 19, was highly decorated in the unpaid ranks, winning five national titles and representing England on…
By Peter Fury So it’s on – Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko, for the heavyweight championship of the world. It’s nice to be so far out from the fight, with all the politics and business side of it behind us, and know exactly where we stand. We’re absolutely delighted. The business side of making fights…
Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), in association with InterBox, is happy to announce the return to the ring of former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, August 15 at Bell Centre, as part of Premier Boxing Champions series, airing live on NBC Sports. His opponent will be European Union super middleweight champion, Andrea Di Luisa, of…
Former world champion Lucian Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) returns to the ring to face Italy’s Andrea Di Luisa (17-2, 13 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight showdown on Premier Boxing Champions on NBCSN on Saturday, August 15 from the Bell Centre in Montreal with televised coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Another televised…
After overseeing Jamie McDonnell’s Texas triumph back in May, Dave Coldwell is ready to plot Doncaster’s unlikely hero’s next move with a voyage over familiar waters a serious option. Tomoki Kameda has been earmarked as a likely opponent as he guns for revenge over McDonnell following his shocking loss to the Englishman back in the…
Mexican-American heavyweight star Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola, (36-4, 31 KOs) will face “Big” Fred Kassi, (18-3-0, 10 KOs) on Premier Boxing Champions on CBS, Saturday afternoon, July 18 from the Don Haskins Center at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Televised coverage on CBS Sports starts at 4 p.m. ET/2 p.m. MT/1 p.m….
WBC Female Super Middleweight Champion Nikki Adler is back in action after a ten month layoff to defend her crown against Szilvia Szabados from Hungary this Friday, July 17 at MHP Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The unbeaten 28-year-old (13 fights, 13 wins) was originally scheduled to appear on a small club show on July 4,…
Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott are really pulling out all the stops in preparation for their and the Capital city’s new season opener event, Lords Of The Ring II, at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Saturday 29th August. With eighteen bouts already on the card, the show is looking set to be the…
Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions announced that it has joined forces with Arizona-based Iron Boy Promotions to present top-quality boxing events in Arizona, beginning with “Battle of the Unknown”, August 15 at We-Ko-Pa Resort/Conference Center in Scottsdale. “Both Roy and I feel that Iron Boy has built a great foundation for boxing in Phoenix. We…
Darleys Perez says he will destroy the World title dreams of Manchester hero Anthony Crolla when he defends his WBA Lightweight title for the first time at the Manchester Arena on Saturday night, July 18, live on Sky Sports. Perez crosses the Atlantic for the first time in his pro career to face ‘Million Dollar’,…
Busy British middleweight champion Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell is intending to cut challenger Damon Jones down to size on July 25 in Derby and then swiftly book a well-deserved holiday. The talented 24-year-old won the coveted Lonsdale title at the end of May – stopping the favoured John Ryder inside seven rounds at a sold-out…
Irishman Gary Hyde, the manager of unified super bantamweight world champion Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs), has accepted in principal the offer made by Egis Klimas, manager of WBO featherweight champion Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (4-1, 2 KOs), for a super fight. Rigondeaux is the reigning WBA Super and WBO and super bantamweight champion….