Coming off 19 months of inactivity and making his junior middleweight debut last weekend, Randall “KO King” Bailey (45-8, 38 KOs) served notice that he’s making a serious run at yet another world title in a different weight class. Three-time, two-division world champion Bailey stopped veteran Gundrick “Sho-Gun” King (18-15, 11 KOs) in the second…
Rocky Fielding and Brian Vera weighed in at The Dome, Chavasse Park in Liverpool, England yesterday, ahead of their eagerly anticipated clash for the WBC International Super Middleweight title at Liverpool’s Echo Arena on Friday night. Fielding tipped the scales at 167 pounds while Vera weighed in at the divisional limit of 168 pounds.
Nathan Cleverly is set to face Andrzej Fonfara in a huge Light Heavyweight showdown this autumn, live on Sky Sports. Former WBO champion Cleverly stepped back down to 175 lb in London in May after spending 2014 at Cruiserweight, and can take a major step in becoming a two-time Light Heavyweight ruler by beating the…
On Friday July 17, at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, PA, Adam Lopez (12-0, 6 KO’s) of San Antonio, TX, will take on Eliecer Aquino for the WBA Fedelatin and WBC Interim Latino Super Bantamweight Title, which will serve as the second bout of a big quadruple-header that will be televised live on Showtime’s…
Hennessy Sports in association with Mitchell Sports Promotions are pleased to announce that new British middleweight champion Nick Blackwell will defend his title on Saturday, July 25 against challenger Damon Jones at Derby Arena, live on Channel 5. Not only that, the night’s chief support contest sees fast-rising heavyweight prospect Hughie Lewis Fury again step…
Former world champion, “The Fleet Street Fury” Tony DeMarco (58-12-1, 33 KO’s), will be the special guest of honor at the boxing event August 8 at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC) in beautiful Cape Cod. That night’s event will be headlined by the Northeast Heavyweight Championship fight between Hyannis’ Jesse Barboza (9-1-1, 5…
This past Saturday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA, top lightweight prospect Sonny Frederickson (9-0, 6KO’s) had to dig down deep and get up from the canvas on his way to stopping tough 29-fight veteran Juan Santiago in the second round of their scheduled six-round bout, which took place on the Andre Ward vs….
Lucas Browne has laid down the gauntlet to WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, telling the American to name the time and place for a fight. Browne, who remains the mandatory challenger for Ruslan Chagaev’s WBA crown, began goading Wilder following the Alabama-native’s below par performance against Eric Molina earlier this month. And Wilder has, this…
Christopher Rebrasse and Brian Vera are planning to rock the World title ambitions of unbeaten home town favourites Callum Smith and Rocky Fielding on a pivotal night of action in the Super Middleweight division on Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. Frenchman Rebrasse meets Smith for the vacant WBC…
Twelve-time world champion and boxing’s number one attraction Floyd “Money” Mayweather continues to rack up career accolades as it was announced today that he has been nominated for the 2015 ESPY Award for “Best Fighter.” With this nomination, Mayweather has the opportunity to win his seventh “Best Fighter” ESPY and fourth in a row. Mayweather…
Tony Bellew says his ‘Hollywood’ experience has only made his desire to be a World champion even stronger as he returns to the ring on Friday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. Bellew spent time in Philadelphia filming the latest movie in the Rocky series, “Creed”, after he gained sweet…
On Monday, Ruslan Chagaev and Francesco Pianeta, their respective trainers Pedro Diaz and Dirk Dzemski as well as promoter Timur Dugazaev and co-promoter Ulf Steinforth, met for a press conference at Casino Esplanade in Hamburg, Germany. Regular WBA Heavyweight Champion Chagaev and his challenger Pianeta perfectly adjusted to the location. Chagaev and Pianeta made the…