Showtime Sports will offer a blitz of live and documentary programming across multiple platforms this week in advance of the Showtime PPV presentation of “The Moment” Mayweather vs. Maidana†– a four-fight telecast headlined by boxing superstar and No. 1 pound-for-pound titlist Floyd “Money†Mayweather against Marcos Maidana in a 12-round welterweight world championship unification…
Vic Drakulich will be the referee of the international welterweight title fight and World Boxing Association eliminator on Saturday in Las Vegas, between Amir Khan and Luis Collazo. The Nevada Athletic Commission also appointed U.S. judges Adalaide Byrd, Jerry Roth and Cathy Leonard to keep the scores. Collazo, former world champion and current WBA International…
The Irish Amateur Boxing Association have named a five-strong squad for the 2014 European Women’s Elite Championships in Bucharest, Romania in May/June. Boxing at the Championships, the 9th in the edition, begins at the Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest on May 31st. Olympic champion Katie Taylor will be aiming for the sixth successive European gold medal…
Kevin Mitchell will face Ghislain Maduma in a final eliminator for the IBF Lightweight title at Wembley Stadium on May 31, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Mitchell is gunning for a second World title tilt after facing Ricky Burns for the WBO belt in September 2012, and has since bounced back into form with…
Aussie puncher Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne says he’d be prepared to step in against the winner of the upcoming WBC Heavyweight title fight between Chris Arreola and Bermane Stiverne. Browne enhanced his standing with the Mexico City-based sanctioning body in Sheffield, England on Saturday night by blasting out Stiverne’s countryman Eric Martel Bahoeli in five…
Nathan Cleverly will face Sean Corbin in his debut at Cruiserweight at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff on May 17, live on Sky Sports. Cleverly steps up a division and returns to the ring for the first time since August as he aims to get back on the World title trail, this time in the…
British boxing star Amir Khan has vowed to look his best yet, despite spending the past year out of the ring. The former unified Light-welterweight World Champion has endured a frustrating 12 months having seen his chances of fighting Floyd Mayweather disintegrate when the pound-for-pound ace opted to fight Argentine bruiser Marcos Maidana instead. Despite…
Josh Warrington will defend his Commonwealth Featherweight title against Martin Lindsay at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on Wednesday May 17, live on Sky Sports. Warrington makes the second defence of his title after his impressive win over Rendall Munroe in Manchester earlier this month, and the 23 year old faces another stern test…
Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather is refusing to underestimate renowned knockout artist Marcos Maidana ahead of their megafight this weekend. The pair clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday night, live and exclusive on BoxNation, with boxing’s number one superstar adamant that he will need to be at his very best to overcome…
Click the Image for more Photos from the John Quigley Vs Joe Beeden Card At Greenbank Sports Centre, Liverpool, last night – John Quigley made a successful return to British boxing after twelve months in the USA to win the British Masters Super-Featherweight Bronze Title. The Liverpool man defeated Joe Beeden of Swindon on points…
It wasn’t very far away from watching a cat toying with a mouse as heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko defended his four world title belts against mandatory challenger Alex Leapai last night at Koening Pilsner Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. Australia’s Leapai came into the contest confident after a career best win in November, putting the first loss…
On an exciting night when unbeaten WBA Interim Welterweight Champion Keith “One Time†Thurman retained his title with a third-round TKO over former world champion Julio “The Kidd†Diaz and undefeated Omar “Panterita†Figueroa successfully defended his WBC lightweight crown with a 12-round split decision over Jerry Belmontes, Lucas “The Machine†Matthysse stole the show…