Boxing News Boxing News

Undefeated boxing great Joe Calzaghe will kick off ‘Fighting Back’, a hit new series debuting on BoxNation this Friday, ahead of Bernard Hopkins’ world title showdown with German contender Karo Murat. The first installment of the series features the Welsh pugilist as he looks back over his historical victory over …

Samir Mouneimne will challenge Josh Warrington for the vacant Commonwealth Featherweight title at the Hull Ice Arena on November 2, live on Sky Sports. Leeds’ English champ Warrington enters enemy territory against unbeaten Hull star Mouneimne on a bumper bill in East Yorkshire, as Luke Campbell, MBE, fights for the …

Jason Quigley and Joe Ward – the current and 2011 European Elite champions – are two wins away from claiming gold at the AIBA World Men’s Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Finn Valley BC and Moate BC won their quarter-finals contests on unanimous decision in the middleweight and light-heavyweight …

Before the legendary Bernard Hopkins defends his IBF Light Heavyweight Championship against top contender Karo Murat on Saturday, Oct. 26, top talent from the East Coast and Puerto Rico will open the event on Showtime Extreme and put their stellar records on the line against hungry opponents looking to make …

After announcing the welcome return of exciting lightweight, John Murray, to his “Hot Shots” event in Manchester on November 22, Dave Coldwell added further local interest today when he confirmed that hard-hitting middleweight prospect, Mark Heffron, would participate in his eighth professional contest on the bill. Heffron, who had a …

Javier Maciel believes his World title experience will be the key when he takes on Brian Rose in a final eliminator for the WBO Light Middleweight title at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield on Saturday, October 26, live on Sky Sports. Maciel has already boxed for a World title, having …

Three weight World Champion James Toney is among the first names announced for the Britain vs. USA Prizefighter International Heavyweights bill at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, on Thursday November 14, with Anthony Joshua, MBE, topping the bill in his third pro fight live on Sky Sports. Toney joins …

At the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, on Friday night, Freddie Turner of Canning Town won the vacant BBBofC Southern Area Light Middleweight Title on points (93-94) over Nathan Graham of Aylsbury. The Trad TKO event – billed as ‘Brothers in Arms’, featured six undercard bouts. In Denmark, on Saturday …

Last night at Messehalle in Leipzig, Germany, super middleweight Robert Stieglitz kept hold of his WBO title with a wide points decision over visiting Nigerian opponent Isaac Ekpo. Ekpo, 22-2 (16), had previously boxed domestic-level competition and won regional African belts but his distinct lack of world class experience was …

In a classic bout that lived up to it’s billing, Ruslan Provodnikov won the WBO junior welterweight championship when Mike Alvarado did not continue after round ten of a scheduled twelve round bout at the before 7.012 fans at a soldout 1stBank Arena in Denver, CO. The two slugged it …

Belfast’s burgeoning boxing hero Carl Frampton lit up that city’s Odyssey Arena last night by wiping out visiting Frenchman Jeremy Parodi in front of almost 9,000 adoring fans. At stake were Frampton’s European and IBF Intercontinental super bantam belts, but the real prize for the winner is a shot at …

London 2012 bronze medalist Michael Conlan and current European Elite champion Jason Quigley advanced to the last-16 of the AIBA World Men’s Elite Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Saturday. But Tipperary heavyweight Con Sheehan lost out on a unanimous decision to Cuba’s Pan American champion Yohanndi Ortega. Quigley, who boxes …