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 the MaxiNutrition Knockout Tournament with…
The new 5th St. Gym is carrying on the rich boxing history established there in 1950 by the famed Dundee brothers, Chris and Angelo. Known throughout boxing as the world’s most famous gym, 5th St. Gym became a major attraction for boxers, international celebrities and tourists alike, originally due to presence of a rising star…
There are only five days left before Bristol Boy Lee Haskins gets his shot at the World title! Tickets are still available for Lee Haskins World Title fight at the Action Indoor Sports Arena in Whitchurch, Bristol on Saturday June 13. Haskins’ opponent Ryosuke Iwasa landed in the UK on Saturday and is putting his…
A month before America’s explosive Independence Day celebrations, there were fireworks on both coasts of the US as world champions Miguel Cotto and Jesus Cuellar each retained their respective world titles with a bang. Cotto, 40-4 (33), gunned down challenger Daniel Geale, 31-4 (16), shortly after poleaxing the Australian with a pinpoint left hook in…
Jamaica’s Nicholas Walters received his World Boxing Association featherweight super championship belt that he will defend at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. Walters, accompanied by his representative Patrick Buteau, received the belt from the hands of the WBA representatives Gustavo Padilla and Julio Thyme during a private ceremony held at…
Former two-division world champion and highly-rated pound for pound fighter Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley Jr., deep in training for his upcoming clash with undefeated WBA super lightweight champion Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9 KOs), from Las Vegas, NV, for the vacant WBO welterweight title, hosted a workout today that was open to hundreds of fans who…
With a shot at a lightweight world title on the line, undefeated world-ranked contenders Ivan “El Terrible†Redkach and Dejan “El Dinamita†Zlaticanin will square off in a 12-round eliminator Saturday, June 13, in the main event of Showtime Boxing on SHO Extreme at 7 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast at Bartow Arena…
The Golden Gloves ABC in Liverpool is the first boxing club to benefit from the launch of the Matchroom Boxing Foundation. Promoter Eddie Hearn has launched the foundation to support grassroots boxing clubs and gyms across Britain and, ahead of the bumper bill in Liverpool on Friday June 26, the Foundation has already saved a…
Martin Murray has signed a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing and will make his debut for his new promoter at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Friday June 26, live on Sky Sports. Murray will be officially unveiled at a press conference in London on Wednesday where he will discuss his future…
Undefeated superstar Keith “One Time” Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) returns to the ring in his home state to face former world champion Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 KOs) on Saturday, July 11, in the main event of the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN show live at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT from the USF Sun…
Lee Selby will be treated to a hero’s welcome in his hometown of Barry today to celebrate his tremendous performance in London last weekend in winning the IBF Featherweight title. Selby ripped the belt from IBF boxer of the year Evgeny Gradovich at The O2, dominating the Russian from the opening bell until the fight…
Alexander “The Great” Johnson (16-2, 7 KOs) will replace Doudou Ngumbu as the opponent for Artur Beterbiev (8-0, 8 KOs) on the Friday, June 12 edition of Premier Boxing Champions on Spike event taking place at UIC Pavilion in Chicago with coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This fight precedes the evening’s headlining bout that…