This afternoon there were rowdy scenes at Wembley Arena as hundreds of fans watched Carl Froch and George Groves weigh in ahead of their rematch at Wembley Stadium tomorrow night. A Smiling Groves stepped up to the scales first and weighed in at 11st 12lbs 4oz [166.25 lb]. As Froch …
Read More »Vetyeka, Donaire Make Weight for HBO Featherweight Title Fight
WBA featherweight champion Simphiwe “V12” Vetyeka (26-2, 15 KOs), of Mdantsane, South Africa, and 2012 Fighter of the Year Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (32-2, 20 KOs), a native of General Santos City, Philippines, now living in Las Vegas, weighed in at 125.5 and 126 pounds, respectively, on Friday in …
Read More »Harrison vs. McKart Headlines Detroit Show At Cobo Centre
Detroit’s very own Tony Harrison is set for his first taste of Championship boxing this coming Friday, when he takes on the highly experienced, former WBO/UBO/IBA Champion, Bronco McKart for the Interim World Boxing Union Middleweight title, at the Cobo Centre in Downtown Detroit. Harrison, who is unbeaten in seventeen …
Read More »Martin Murray Determined To Be Middleweight Title Mix
England’s Martin Murray won’t be attending this weekend’s superfight in London – he’s too busy focusing on preparation for his June 21 fight that tops the Golden Gloves “KO At The Casino” tournament in Monte Carlo. The smooth-hitting middleweight (27-1-1, 12 KOs) meets Max Bursak (29-2-1, 12 KOs) of the …
Read More »Irish Women’s Squad Touches Down In Bucharest For Tournament
Ireland’s five-strong squad arrived in Bucharest, Romania via Dublin Airport this morning ahead of the opening bell for the 9th EUBC European Women’s Elite Championships on Saturday. Olympic champion Katie Taylor is included in the Irish team. The Bray lightweight will be aiming for her sixth successive 60kg title in …
Read More »Mandatory Challenger Fegatilli Trying To Sort European Title Clash
Ermano Fegatilli made his professional debut in 2005, and has been forced to combat a number of discrepancies in the business of boxing. Not the sport; which has been at the heart of his ambition, but the business, which has abused so many combatants over the years.
Read More »July 12 Lara vs. Alvarez Full Undercard Lineup Announced
The hottest fight of the summer of 2014 deserves a sizzling undercard, and Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime PPV are pleased to announce the three bouts that will support the main event featuring Canelo Alvarez and Erislandy Lara on Saturday, July 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las …
Read More »Make Or Break For DeGale Saturday At Wembley Against Gonzales
James DeGale, MBE, says that he is in the right place physically and mentally as he faces Brandon Gonzales in an IBF Super Middleweight title eliminator on the biggest night of his career on Saturday at Wembley Stadium, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Read More »Furious Groves Slings Mud Back At Froch’s “Awful Technique”
George Groves pulls no punches on tonight’s Behind The Ropes on Sky Sports – describing Carl Froch’s technique as ‘awful’ and rejecting the champion as a fighting man ahead of their clash for Froch’s WBA and IBF Super Middleweight titles on Saturday at Wembley Stadium, live on Sky Sports Box …
Read More »Froch Rubbishes Groves Ahead Of Saturday’s Hotly Awaited Rematch
Carl Froch told Sky Sports’ Behind The Ropes that George Groves has been ‘dining out on his round one knockdown against The Cobra’ and that he won’t let the challenger get under his skin in their rematch for Froch’s WBA and IBF Super Middleweight titles on Saturday at Wembley Stadium, …
Read More »Nonito Donaire Back In Business Facing “V12” Vetyeka
It’s back to the future for four-division world champion and 2012 Fighter of the Year Year Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire as he finishes off a training camp that hasn’t been this rigorous and back to basics since his stellar year in 2012. Donaire is moving up yet another weight …
Read More »Charr, Povetkin Face Off In Moscow Ahead Of Friday’s Clash
This Friday former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin takes on former world title contender Manuel Charr for the vacant WBC international heavyweight championship at Luzhniki-Arena in Moscow. It will be Povetkin’s first fight since his sole career loss to supreme unified titlist Wladimir Klitschko last October. Both men know each …
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