On Independence Day in the USA, Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara is grateful to be an American as he celebrated the Fourth of July in Las Vegas in anticipation of his showdown with Canelo Alvarez.
Noe Gonzalez says there will be no repeat of the mistake he made against George Groves when he tackles Rocky Fielding for the WBA Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on July 12, live on Sky Sports. The Argentinian-based Uruguayan travelled to London in May 2013 to face Groves on the…
BoxNation’s stacked summer schedule is set to get even hotter this July with heavyweight hitters Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora’s world title eliminator headlining a sizzling set of fights, live and exclusive on ‘The Channel of Champions’. The mammoth showdown between two of the world’s best heavyweights, taking place at the Phones4U Arena in Manchester…
Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne will take on unbeaten Ukrainian puncher Andriy Rudenko at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England on August 1. The heavyweight pair will contest the vacant WBA Inter-Continental title as well as Browne’s WBC EPBC crown.
Aussie Olympic sensation Cameron “The Hammer†Hammond will now face Argentinian Alfredo Rodolfo Blanco in Moree, New South Wales on July 5. Hammond, 9-0 (4 KOs), was due to fight for the vacant WBC Eurasia Pacific title on that date, but clashes with China’s Yang Xin Xing, world ranked Roman Zhailauov and Matthew Lytwynenko have…
Sheffield’s Dave Coldwell is a boxing trainer. In fact, he’s a very good one. A bulging client list that once included Sheffield pair, Ryan Rhodes and Kell Brook, Coldwell’s window for preparation opportunities has been a small one in recent times with the Yorkshire man dedicating a vast amount of his hectic schedule to promoting…
Rocky Fielding insists that making weight will not be a problem ahead of his WBA Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title clash with Noe Gonzalez Alcoba at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on July 12, live on Sky Sports. Fielding failed to make the weight for his Commonwealth title battle with Charles Adamu in March, and the…
Callum Smith says he can handle the pressure of being called the ‘hottest young prospect’ in World boxing as he faces Vladine Biosse at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on July 12, live on Sky Sports. Smith has raced to 11-0 in with nine stoppage wins and claimed the WBC International Super Middleweight title in…
Anthony Joshua, MBE, expects the toughest test of his professional career on July 12 when he faces Matt Skelton at the Echo Arena in Liverpool live on Sky Sports. Joshua has raced to 6-0 with all six wins coming inside the first two rounds and now the Olympic gold medal star steps into his first…
Tony Bellew insists he is not thinking about Nathan Cleverly as the pair share top billing on July 12 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. Promoter Eddie Hearn has billed the night ‘Collision Course’ as Bellew and Cleverly look set to renew their bitter rivalry later in the year, and they…
With consecutive victories over Ricky Burns and Yuriorkis Gamboa, is America’s Terence Crawford now the top man in the lightweight division? Crawford, 24-0 (17), fresh off Saturday night’s dismantling of Gamboa in a homecoming clash at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, burst onto the world stage this past March after six years of toiling on…
Most eyes will, of course, be on Ruslan Chagaev and Fres Oquendo on July 6 in Grozny when the two ring veterans meet for the vacant WBA world heayvweight championship. But there is another big name in the co-feature who wants to get back to old stardom: “The Black Panther” Juan Carlos Gomez faces unbeaten…