Top bantamweight prospect Ryan Burnett will have his toughest test to date when he appears on TKO Events’ stacked card at the Troxy in London’s East End on June 14. The Ricky Hatton-trained Irishman will face Ukrainian veteran Gennadiy Delisandru and he’s keen to put on another stunning performance.
Since its inception in July 2001, ShoBox: The New Generation has produced 54 world champions, an average of more than one every four telecasts. The critically acclaimed, prospect-orientated series is also a testing ground for undefeated fighters, who frequently are matched against their toughest foes to date. Friday on Showtime from Fantasy Springs Resort Casino…
Irish light middleweight fighter Andy Lee, currently ranked WBC # 6, will be in action again against John Jackson, ranked WBC #4, for the vacant NABF light middleweight title this Saturday evening at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The scheduled 10 rounds bout will open the HBO PPV broadcast, supporting the main event of…
The regular WBA heavyweight championship bout between Ruslan Chagaev and Fres Oquendo will now take place on July 6 in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. Promoter Timur Dugazaev decided to move the date for four weeks to give all parties involved more time to get ready for this big event. The new date will be on a…
Marc Abrams: The “Siberian Rocky” Ruslan Provodnikov will defend his WBO Junior Welterweight Championship against undefeated New Yorker Chris Algieri Saturday night, June 14, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and it will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark. The card is being promoted by Banner Promotions and Top Rank, in association with Star…
Freddie Roach: “Winning this fight will be bout ring generalship. Miguel must keep himself in good position and control the ring. This is what we have worked on for nine weeks in training camp. Miguel never knew how to do this before we began working on it. “Miguel will have to cut the ring off,…
Gary Shaw Productions, Universal Promotions and DiBella Entertainment’s undefeated super-featherweight champion, Jose “Sniper” Pedraza (16-0, 10 KOs), is excited to be fighting on the undercard of Miguel Cotto vs. Sergio Martinez, taking place at the Madison Square Garden in New York on June 7, 2014. Pedraza will battle Arturo Uruzquieta (15-6, 5 KOs) in a…
World champion Sergio Martinez believes the only reason Miguel Cotto has chosen to fight him is because he thinks he is over the hill. The WBC Middleweight kingpin puts his title on the line against the Puerto Rican legend at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on BoxNation this Saturday night, with Martinez of…
The CrossFit nation is introducing its latest athlete, three-time and two-division world champion boxer Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KOs), who is returning to the ring on June 21 at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. against Yoshihiro Kamegai (24-1-1, 21 KOs), and on display will be a physique molded by intense CrossFit training. The…
Australian stylist Cameron “The Hammer†Hammond believes he’s ready for the deep end of the welterweight waters and aims to prove it against highly regarded Roman Zhailauov on July 5. Zhailauov is rated in the top 15 by the WBA and has an unblemished 12 fight record, but Hammond says he’s more than up for…
British world title hopeful Martin Murray will be back in action, live and exclusive on BoxNation, when he takes on Max Bursak for the vacant WBC Silver Middleweight Title on June 21 from Monte Carlo. The 30-year-old ace, who is ranked amongst the best 160 pounders around, returns to the ‘Channel of Champions’ for the…
Welterweight contenders, Emmanuel “Ice Cold†Lartey (15-2-1, 7 KOs), and the Northwest’s own former IBF super featherweight champion, Stevie “ Two Pound†Forbes (35-12, 11 KOs), are headed to Tacoma, WA this weekend where they will headline Halquist Productions’ Battle at the Boat 96 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. Six undercard fights…