Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBA super welterweight champion and WBA/WBC welterweight champion celebrates a new birthdate. The WBA family sends its most affectionate greetings and wishes the best for this new year of life.
Click the Photos for more Images from this Event ‘Triple Threat’ – a three fight dinner show hosted by Errol Johnson of EJKO Promotions, took place at Banks’s Stadium, home to Walsall F.C. last night. The event featured three contests – two of which were for Titles. The ‘suite’ was packed out and, despite there…
Boxing came back to life a bit this weekend with world champs Gennady Golovkin and Arthur Abraham winning tough fights on Saturday evening in Europe. Fighting at Le Casino in Monaco, Monte Carlo for the third time in as many years, WBA middleweight “super” champ Golovkin defeated challenger Martin Murray in the 11th frame. While…
Josh Warrington warmed up for his WBC International Featherweight title clash with a dominant fifth round stoppage of Edwin Tellez at the O2 World in Berlin last night. Warrington met the Nicaraguan over a scheduled eight-rounds in Germany, with the Leeds star out to get crucial rounds under his belt ahead of his meeting with…
Tonight, Brits Paul Smith and Martin Murray will be fighting abroad for the world middleweight and super middle weight titles, respectively, with Smith in Germany and Murray in Monaco. For Smith, this is the well-deserved rematch after he was robbed on the scorecards back in September of last year. Smith put in a remarkable effort,…
Promoter/Manager Steve Goodwin has been a busy man of late and today reveals his latest signing – Light Welterweight Prospect Andrew Joicey. Joicey hails from Hayes in Middlesex and was amateur at Dale Youth. Now being trained by Rod Julian at the ever expanding RJ’s Gym in Chingford, Joicey will be making his debut on…
Over the past several years, heavyweight Paul Koon (2-0, 1 KO) has been rumored to turn professional on various cards in the Philadelphia area. Finally last October 4, Koon turned professional with a one stoppage win over Hector Hodge and on November 20, Koon followed that up with a four round unanimous decision over Yohan…
Undefeated, 11-time world champion Floyd Mayweather formally announced today the most anticipated boxing match of this generation. Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, a welterweight world championship unification bout, will take place on Saturday, May 2, live on pay-per-view. This event, which holds the promise of breaking every pay-per-view record in history, is being promoted by Mayweather Promotions…
Trainer Joe Gallagher says Paul Smith will lay everything on the line tonight to rip the WBO Super Middleweight title from Arthur Abraham at the O2 World in Berlin, live on Sky Sports. Smith is back in Germany for a rematch with Abraham following their controversial first fight in Kiel in September, where lopsided scorecards…
This Friday night at the Turning Stone Resort Casino, the Boxcino 2015 Heavyweight tournament will begin with four quarterfinal bouts. Former U.S. Olympian, Jason “Big Six” Estrada is a replacement in the tournament for Mario Heredia who bowed out of the tournament for medical reasons. Estrada of Providence, Rhode Island was a member of 2004…
World middleweight title challenger Martin Murray has heard all about the reputation of Gennady Golovkin, his next opponent, and respects the fact he’s widely considered the hardest puncher in all of boxing right now. But that doesn’t mean the Briton is overawed or fearful of the imposing Kazakh. In fact, rather than hide from the…
Zhanat Zhakiyanov has WBC Bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka in his sights and is hoping for a showdown in the summer. The dynamite-fisted Kazakhstani has gone from strength to strength since linking up with Ricky Hatton in Hyde and is keen to become the Hitman’s first world champion as a trainer and promoter.