Hatton Promotions’ young Irish sensations Ryan Burnett and Sonny Upton will look to increase their already sizable fan-bases when they return to the Emerald Isle next month. The Belfast pair, who are trained by four-time world champion Ricky Hatton, will appear on Nowhere to Hide Promotions’ stacked card at the …
Read More »Iron Mike Tyson Thrills PAL Youngsters In Las Vegas
Hall of Famer Mike Tyson had a brilliant amateur career in the 1980’s. Now a professional boxing promoter for Iron Mike Productions (IMP), the youngest world heavyweight champion of all-time still has a burning passion for amateur boxing. Tyson thought it would be fun to workout with kids from the …
Read More »Tyner Guns Down Hernandez In Furious Detroit Firefight
Detroit born Lanardo Tyner made a victorious homecoming on Friday night, by dramatically stopping Angel Hernandez in the tenth round, to become crowned the new WBU Welterweight Champion at the Naser Beydoun’s Darkside Productions promoted “Rumble On The River” event, which took place at the Masonic Temple in Detroit. Tyner …
Read More »Hatton Promotions On WBC Title Rumours, Alvarez vs. Angulo
Hatton Promotions would like to address rumours suggesting that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s March 8 clash with fellow Mexican Alfredo Angulo has been made for the vacant WBC Light-middleweight title. At the present time, undefeated Sergey Rabchenko is the WBC’s number one ranked contender and holds the sanctioning body’s prestigious Silver …
Read More »Cruiserweight Showdown Added To Burns vs. Crawford Fight Card
Stephen Simmons will defend his WBC International Silver Cruiserweight title against Wadi Camacho, at the SECC in Glasgow on March 1, live on Sky Sports. Simmons claimed the vacant strap in September at the same venue with a comprehensive points win over unbeaten German David Graf and the 29 year …
Read More »Gonzalez vs. Gonzalez Headlines February 7 ESPN Fight Card
On Friday, February 7, 2014, Mike Tyson and Garry Jonas of Iron Mike Productions, Dominic Pesoli of 8 Count Productions and Leon Margules of Warriors Boxing will proudly present another installment of Friday Night Fights at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, and televised worldwide on ESPN Friday Night Fights. In …
Read More »Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield Evicted
Former Undisputed boxing World Cruiserweight and Heavyweight Champion – Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield was the first person to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother House last night. After just one week of the reality show – the ‘Champ’ walked out of the ‘house’ to a fantastic reception from the …
Read More »Is The “Luck” Of WBO Champ Ricky Burns About To Run Out?
March 1 will be the most important day in the career of two-weight world champion Ricky Burns as the Scot meets the challenge of America’s Terence Crawford at Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition Centre in defense of the WBO lightweight title. Burns, 36-2-1 (11), did a genuine tightrope act in 2013, when …
Read More »Matchroom Teams Up With Coldwell On Davies But Lose Stalker
Matchroom Sport have parted company with Tom Stalker following the expiration of his promotional agreement. The Liverpool man had five fights after turning pro in January before suffering an arm injury in July that required surgery and led to an extended period on the side-lines. “It has been great working …
Read More »Ticket Seller Algieri Gets Tough Test Against Taylor
Chris Algieri, “The Pride of Huntington”, returns to action on Friday, February 14 challenging world ranked Baltimore native Emanuel “The Tranzformer” Taylor in the ten round junior welterweight main event live on ESPN Friday Night Fights at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. Joe DeGuardia, President and Founder of Star …
Read More »“The Black Panther” Calls Out IBF Titlist Yoan Pablo Hernandez
Last year former WBC cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez successfully returned to his old weight division at 200 lbs. after campaigning at heavyweight for more than 10 years. Now “The Black Panther” is eyeing another world title shot for 2014. “I would love to fight against Marco Huck because I …
Read More »Washington DC Prospect Hernandez-Harrison To Make National TV Debut
Highly regarded, undefeated welterweight prospect Dusty Hernandez-Harrison (19-0, 11KOs), from Southeast Washington, D.C., will be making his 2014 and National TV debut when he faces “Terrible” Tim Witherspoon Jr. (10-3-1, 2KOs) in an eight-round bout on Jan. 31 live on ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights from West Orange, N.J. Hernandez-Harrison, …
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