It was a big weekend for British boxers and we kick off this report with results from a massive lineup that occurred at London’s cavernous O2 Arena. IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, 35-0 (24), engaged early on in a test of skills with crafty southpaw challenger Frankie Gavin, 22-2 (13), but the challenger’s landing punches…
Prospect Tramaine Williams capped off a great night of boxing with a sixth round stoppage over Josh Bowles in the final scheduled round of their Featherweight bout at the Danbury Arena last night in Danbury, CT. Tramaine Williams landing on Bowles The show was the inaugural Danbury Fight Night promoted by Prize Promotions. The main…
One-time world title challengers Diego Magdaleno and Jose “Chelo” Gonzalez will battle in a 12-round lightweight bout in the co-main event of an all-action card headlined by the Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez vs. Dereck “The Black Lion” Edwards 12-round WBO International super middleweight title fight on Friday, June 26, at State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, TX….
The biggest bill in British Boxing this year takes place this evening at London’s massive 20,000 seat O2 Arena as three world title bouts are on tap. Headlining the event is the UK’s top boxer, IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, who makes a title defense against domestic rival, ex-British and Commonwealth king Frankie Gavin. Gavin,…
Three-time World Champion, Joseph Agbeko, 29-5 (22 KOs) from Accra, Ghana will return to the ring for the first time in over 13 months to square off against Philippines’ Juanito Rubillar, ex-WBC Continental Americas Light Flyweight Champion, 49-22-7 (24 KOs) in the main event of the card called “The Return”, on Saturday May 30 at…
Former two-division world champion, “Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (32-3-1, 18 KOs) hosted a media workout yesterday at the CrossFit Ranch to shed light on his upcoming fight with Aron Martinez. The 10-round main-event bout will take place at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., June 6, 2015 and will air live on NBC starting at 3:00…
Former four-division world champion and Mexican boxing icon Erik “El Terrible” Morales is the new trainer for undefeated WBA super lightweight champion Jessie Vargas. Morales, who received the call a few days ago, is already in Vargas’ Las Vegas-based training camp preparing him for the biggest fight of his professional career, against former two-division world…
By Lee Haskins I’ve just had the whole weekend off to rest and let my body heal – it felt good. It always does, in fact. All my weekends have felt good lately. But then I hit it hard on the Monday and the pain begins all over again. Ahead of my fight on June…
Memorial Day weekend started out with a bang as Andrey Fedosov and John Thompson were crowned Boxcino 2015 champions in the Heavyweight and Jr. Middleweight divisions with stoppage wins over Donovan Dennis and Brandon Adams this past Friday night at the Omega Products Outdoor Arena. The Boxcino Tournament was promoted by Banner Promotions, while Friday’s…
By Nick Blackwell For the last two months I’ve been based in Cardiff, training with Gary Lockett, and adding more and more strings to my bow ahead of my British title fight this Saturday, May 30 with John Ryder. To begin with I was there sparring two times a week and, while there, Gary would…
Harwich, Massachusetts Light-Heavyweight Paul Gonsalves (7-7-1, 3 KO’s) will meet tough Mexican veteran Rafael Valenzuela (8-5, 1 KO) in an eight-round co-feature Saturday, August 8 at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC) in Hyannis, MA. This is in addition to the previously announced main event featuring Jesse Barboza (9-1-1) versus Jesse Oltmanns (10-5) in…
After a successful show on February 27 at the Fauldhouse Miners Welfare in Fauldhouse, Scotland, Prospect Boxing are making a return to the local venue with a four fight card on June 5. The February 27 bill marked the first professional Boxing card in the West Lothian town’s history, and sold out the popular venue….