Rendall Munroe will challenge Josh Warrington for the Commonwealth Featherweight title at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester on April 19, live on Sky Sports. Munroe tackled Lee Selby for the British and European titles in Cardiff in February, losing out to the Welsh stylist via a sixth round stoppage, …
Read More »Commonwealth Gold Medallist Gallagher Ready To Roll The Dice
Belfast’s Paddy Gallagher is rolling the dice by entering the Prizefighter Welterweights 4 at the sold-out York Hall, Bethnal Green – a risk-reward gamble he intends to make pay live on Sky Sports. The Commonwealth Gold medal winner turned pro in September 2012 but has only boxed four times since …
Read More »Blackpool Hopeful Askin Targeting British Title Shot
Blackpool Cruiserweight Matty Askin believes he should be next in line for a shot at the British title. The 25-year-old retained his English title with a blistering display against Menay Edwards on Saturday night and feels it was a performance that should earn him mandatory status. British champion Jon Lewis …
Read More »Gallagher vs. Ochieng Kicks Off Prizefighter Welterweights 4
Paddy Gallagher and Erick Ochieng will kick-off the Prizefighter Welterweights 4 on Saturday night at the sold-out York Hall, Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports. Commonwealth Gold medal winner Gallagher and former English Light Middleweight champion Ochieng were the first names drawn out of the hat by Lightweight favourite Kevin …
Read More »Update Regarding IPO, Strategic Review, Board Appointments
Boxing Channel Media Ltd., owners and operators of BoxNation, the UK-based subscription boxing channel, available on Sky, Virgin Media, online and via mobile apps, provides an update today following its statement to the market on 5 December 2013 regarding its plans to IPO on the AIM market of the London …
Read More »Hatton Promotions Sends Best Wishes To Menay Edwards
Hatton Promotions is pleased to hear that Menay Edwards has been discharged from hospital. The Crayford cruiserweight had been at Blackpool’s Victoria Hospital since Saturday night due to bleeding on the brain sustained in his English title fight with Matty Askin.
Read More »WBA Update: Braehmer vs. Maccarinelli In Home Stretch
Germany’s Juergen Braehmer will defend his WBA light heavyweight title for the first time on Saturday April 5 against Enzo Maccarinelli. The fight will take place in Germany and the referee will be Giuseppe Quarterone (Ita), while the judges in charge of the score cards will be Jean Legland (Fra), …
Read More »Irish Veteran Looking For World Stage After Prizefighter
Dean Byrne believes the big names will no longer run from fighting him after he wins the Prizefighter Welterweights 4 on Saturday night at the sold-out York Hall, Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports. Byrne only boxed once in 2013 after drawing with Carson Jones in December 2012 and the …
Read More »BoxNation Spring Schedule Packs Superstar Punch
Leading boxing channel BoxNation is packing a real punch this April and May with the fight games top names including Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao set to feature live and exclusive in a jam-packed schedule. ‘The Channel of Champions’ has pulled no punches in its’ attempt to line up the …
Read More »Gaynor Ready For Anwar Welterweight Challenge May 9
One of British boxing’s best kept secrets, Rotherham’s Chad Gaynor gets a golden opportunity to dent the domestic welterweight rankings next month when he tackles recent British title challenger, Adil Anwar, in a cracking Yorkshire derby at Ice Sheffield on May 9. Gaynor earned wide plaudits when impressing in Prizefighter …
Read More »British Middleweight John Ryder Gunning Lonsdale Belt
John Ryder says he will prove he has come back a better fighter from his agonising defeat against Billy Joe Saunders when he takes on Jez Wilson in a British Middleweight Title eliminator this Saturday at the sold-out York Hall, Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports. Ryder challenged Saunders for …
Read More »Askin Visits Edwards In Hospital
Matty Askin has visited Menay Edwards in hospital today and despite ‘The Emperor’ having had a bad night – he was in good spirits for his visitors and was walking and talking. Edwards was stretchered out of the ring in Blackpool on Saturday night following a ninth round knockdown by …
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