A purse bid will take place October 5 at the chief office of the IBF in Springfield, New Jersey, for the IBF light heavyweight elimination fight between the IBF No. 2 and No. 8 contenders, respectively, Montreal’s Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) and Cuban Sullivan Barrera (16-0, 11 KOs). Under IBF rules, the minimum bid…
Luke Campbell will return to action on the undercard of Anthony Joshua MBE and Dillian Whyte’s blockbuster battle for the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles at The O2 on December 12, live on Sky Sports. ‘Cool Hand’ stopped Tommy Coyle in the tenth round to land the vacant WBC International title in a huge fight…
Anthony Upton has been added to the eagerly anticipated Black Country Boxing/ Hatton Promotions show at Banks’s Stadium, Walsall, on October 10. The popular 23-year-old, who is trained by Ricky Hatton, took his unbeaten run to ten this past Saturday, September 19 with a six round points victory over Tottenham’s dangerous Mark McKray and is…
By Peter Fury: You can’t play down the importance of family. Your family’s your family. There’s no changing it. It’s a bond like no other. If any one of your family had their little finger chopped off, it would impact you in some way. You’d feel it. So, to have everybody comfortable and happy is…
The main event of Premier Boxing Champions – The Next Round on Bounce TV delivered a crowd-pleasing unanimous decision win by Jamal James (18-0, 9 KOs) as he outmatched Juan Carlos Abreu (18-2-1, 17 KOs) to stay undefeated. James went down in the fourth round, but battled back to take over the bout, knocking Abreu…
The scintillating showdown between reigning welterweight world champion Timothy Bradley and the all-action Brandon Rios will be screened exclusively live on BoxNation on November 7th. The pair collide at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas in an explosive contest for Bradley’s WBO title that is guaranteed to have fight fans on the edge…
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says his club wouldn’t be best pleased if the former amateur boxer was to lace up the gloves again. The 29-year-old was speaking exclusively to boxing channel BoxNation ahead of his friend and fellow Liverpudlian Liam Smith’s world title showdown next month against John Thompson. The super-welterweight ace is taking…
With the new boxing season back in full swing, Dave Coldwell is a figure within the fight scene who has sported a wide grin since things kicked off again at the month’s start. Residing in Texas for a number of weeks ahead of Jamie McDonnell’s brilliant rematch win over Japanese superstar, Tomoki Kameda, Coldwell was…
Kell Brook has vowed to beat Floyd Mayweather’s 49-0 pro record as he enters the Ring magazine’s top ten pound-for-pound rankings ahead of his IBF Welterweight title defence against Diego Chaves at the Sheffield Arena on October 24, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Brook moved to 35-0 in May with a sixth round stoppage…
Next Saturday night, heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) will make his second world title defense in his home state when he takes on France’s Johann “Reptile” Duhaupas (32-2, 20 KOs) in the feature bout of the evening on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC live from the Legacy Arena…
Tickets for the Heavyweight showdown between Anthony Joshua MBE and Dillian Whyte at The O2 on December 12, sold-out inside six hours. The bitter rivals clash for the vacant British title and the Commonwealth crown Joshua claimed at the Greenwich venue on Saturday night with his 13th straight KO in the paid ranks.
Floyd Mayweather Jr’s final fight, a masterful dismantling of Andre Berto, will premiere on Showtime this Saturday, Sept. 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. “It’s official…You have to know when to hang it up,’’ Mayweather told Showtime Sports reporter Jim Gray after his unanimous decision victory over Berto last Saturday on Showtime PPV from the MGM…