Light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins finally ran into a problem he couldn’t solve on Saturday night as the ageless master lost his IBF and WBA titles to WBO champion Sergey Kovalev at Boardwalk Hall in America’s Atlantic City, NJ. The extensive bag of techniques that the 49 year old has used to great effect to neutralize…
Ermano Fegatilli has had a lengthy gap between fights in 2014. His only fight this year was a lopsided stoppage win against an overmatched Hungarian, Csaba Toth, in June. Before then, Fegatilli hadn’t fought since August of 2013. Activity hasn’t been on his side, even though the motivation and hunger has remained with all of…
Marco Antonio Periban has warned James DeGale MBE that he will show that he has operated at a higher level when they meet at the sold-out Echo Arena in Liverpool on November 22, live on Sky Sports Box Office. The Super Middleweights clash on Merseyside with DeGale looking to impress as he hunts for a…
On Friday night, January 16, 2015, the two champions from the Boxcino 2014 tournament will be featured in co-main events as part of an ESPN Friday Night Fights telecast at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. In one main event, middleweight Willie Monroe Jr. will making his first appearance since capturing the…
Exciting Welterweight prospect Matt McCarthy, from Tilbury in Essex, is the latest up and coming prospect to put pen to paper and sign a three year promotional deal with Goodwin Promotions. Twenty one year old Matt has won 9 from 10 contests and, after teaming up with manager Terry Coulter, felt that signing with the…
WBO junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri made his final appearance in Los Angeles before heading off to The Venetian Macao to challenge reigning WBO welterweight champion Manny “Pacman†Pacquiao. Algieri (20-0, 8 KOs), from Huntington, NY on Long Island, who has Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Management and a Masters degree in Clinical…
When undefeated WBA super lightweight champion Jessie Vargas makes his second title defense, against former world champion Antonio DeMarco, on the Manny “Pacman†Pacquiao vs. Chris Algieri WBO Welterweight Championship pay-per-view undercard, it will be more than a battle between two Mexican warriors, it will be the first time Freddie Roach and four-division world champion…
Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan has vowed to KO Anthony Fitzgerald in front of his bitter rivals’ own fans when they clash at The 3Arena in Dublin on November 15, live on Sky Sports. O’Sullivan and Fitzgerald finally get the chance to settle a rivalry that has been brewing for years and, after Fitzgerald told O’Sullivan he’d…
Kal Yafai will defend his IBF Inter-Continental Super Flyweight title against former two-time World title challenger Everth Briceno at The 3Arena in Dublin on November 15, live on Sky Sports. Yafai defends the belt for the first time against the Nicaraguan who took both Fernando Montiel and Omar Andres Narvaez the distance for the WBO…
Proud new dad Sergey Kovalev isn’t in the mood for any niceties after vowing to ‘kick ass’ when he faces Bernard Hopkins this weekend. The pair clash in what is one of the most eagerly anticipated fights of the year, with both men putting their world titles on the line when they lock horns in…
Gary Shaw Productions Jr. Welterweight contender, Puerto Rico’s Thomas Dulorme (21-1, 14 KOs), has arrived in Oxnard, California to train with boxing coach Robert Garcia. Dulorme will battle Philadelphia native Hank Lundy (25-3-1, 12 KOs) on a special triple-header edition of HBO Boxing After Dark on Saturday, December 6, 2014 headlined by David Lemieux vs….
Tony Bellew’s trainer Dave Coldwell says that when the Liverpool man detonates on Nathan Cleverly’s chin, the fight will be over. Cleverly and Bellew meet in a rematch at the sold-out Echo Arena in Liverpool on November 22, live on Sky Sports, and after bitter exchanges on Ringside last Thursday and The Gloves Are Off,…