This afternoon there were rowdy scenes at Wembley Arena as hundreds of fans watched Carl Froch and George Groves weigh in ahead of their rematch at Wembley Stadium tomorrow night. A Smiling Groves stepped up to the scales first and weighed in at 11st 12lbs 4oz [166.25 lb]. As Froch entered the weigh-in area, the…
WBA featherweight champion Simphiwe “V12†Vetyeka (26-2, 15 KOs), of Mdantsane, South Africa, and 2012 Fighter of the Year Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire (32-2, 20 KOs), a native of General Santos City, Philippines, now living in Las Vegas, weighed in at 125.5 and 126 pounds, respectively, on Friday in their final faceoff before their…
Detroit’s very own Tony Harrison is set for his first taste of Championship boxing this coming Friday, when he takes on the highly experienced, former WBO/UBO/IBA Champion, Bronco McKart for the Interim World Boxing Union Middleweight title, at the Cobo Centre in Downtown Detroit. Harrison, who is unbeaten in seventeen bouts, earned his shot at…
England’s Martin Murray won’t be attending this weekend’s superfight in London – he’s too busy focusing on preparation for his June 21 fight that tops the Golden Gloves “KO At The Casino†tournament in Monte Carlo. The smooth-hitting middleweight (27-1-1, 12 KOs) meets Max Bursak (29-2-1, 12 KOs) of the Ukraine in a fight for…
Ireland’s five-strong squad arrived in Bucharest, Romania via Dublin Airport this morning ahead of the opening bell for the 9th EUBC European Women’s Elite Championships on Saturday. Olympic champion Katie Taylor is included in the Irish team. The Bray lightweight will be aiming for her sixth successive 60kg title in the Romanian capital, nine years…
Ermano Fegatilli made his professional debut in 2005, and has been forced to combat a number of discrepancies in the business of boxing. Not the sport; which has been at the heart of his ambition, but the business, which has abused so many combatants over the years.
The hottest fight of the summer of 2014 deserves a sizzling undercard, and Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime PPV are pleased to announce the three bouts that will support the main event featuring Canelo Alvarez and Erislandy Lara on Saturday, July 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-main event,…
James DeGale, MBE, says that he is in the right place physically and mentally as he faces Brandon Gonzales in an IBF Super Middleweight title eliminator on the biggest night of his career on Saturday at Wembley Stadium, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
George Groves pulls no punches on tonight’s Behind The Ropes on Sky Sports – describing Carl Froch’s technique as ‘awful’ and rejecting the champion as a fighting man ahead of their clash for Froch’s WBA and IBF Super Middleweight titles on Saturday at Wembley Stadium, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Carl Froch told Sky Sports’ Behind The Ropes that George Groves has been ‘dining out on his round one knockdown against The Cobra’ and that he won’t let the challenger get under his skin in their rematch for Froch’s WBA and IBF Super Middleweight titles on Saturday at Wembley Stadium, live on Sky Sports Box…
It’s back to the future for four-division world champion and 2012 Fighter of the Year Year Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire as he finishes off a training camp that hasn’t been this rigorous and back to basics since his stellar year in 2012. Donaire is moving up yet another weight division, this time to challenge…
This Friday former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin takes on former world title contender Manuel Charr for the vacant WBC international heavyweight championship at Luzhniki-Arena in Moscow. It will be Povetkin’s first fight since his sole career loss to supreme unified titlist Wladimir Klitschko last October. Both men know each other very well from their…