Belfast’s favorite son was back in the ring this evening as super bantamweight Carl Frampton won his biggest fight to date by impressively halting Mexico’s Hugo Fidel Cazares at the Odyssey Arena. Two-time former super flyweight world champion Cazares came into the clash on the strength of five straight wins after losing the WBA super…
This weekend in the UK, sees the next installment of Prizefighter – with the Welterweights taking centre stage at the ‘home’ of British Boxing – The York Hall, Bethnal Green. The Eddie Hearn – Matchroom Boxing Promoted eight-man tournament will also play host to three contests featuring John Ryder v Jez Wilson, Ricky Boylan v…
Rendall Munroe will challenge Josh Warrington for the Commonwealth Featherweight title at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester on April 19, live on Sky Sports. Munroe tackled Lee Selby for the British and European titles in Cardiff in February, losing out to the Welsh stylist via a sixth round stoppage, and the 33 year old…
Belfast’s Paddy Gallagher is rolling the dice by entering the Prizefighter Welterweights 4 at the sold-out York Hall, Bethnal Green – a risk-reward gamble he intends to make pay live on Sky Sports. The Commonwealth Gold medal winner turned pro in September 2012 but has only boxed four times since – with three of those…
Blackpool Cruiserweight Matty Askin believes he should be next in line for a shot at the British title. The 25-year-old retained his English title with a blistering display against Menay Edwards on Saturday night and feels it was a performance that should earn him mandatory status. British champion Jon Lewis Dickinson won the Lonsdale belt…
Paddy Gallagher and Erick Ochieng will kick-off the Prizefighter Welterweights 4 on Saturday night at the sold-out York Hall, Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports. Commonwealth Gold medal winner Gallagher and former English Light Middleweight champion Ochieng were the first names drawn out of the hat by Lightweight favourite Kevin Mitchell and EastEnders actor Danny…
Boxing Channel Media Ltd., owners and operators of BoxNation, the UK-based subscription boxing channel, available on Sky, Virgin Media, online and via mobile apps, provides an update today following its statement to the market on 5 December 2013 regarding its plans to IPO on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. The Board is…
Hatton Promotions is pleased to hear that Menay Edwards has been discharged from hospital. The Crayford cruiserweight had been at Blackpool’s Victoria Hospital since Saturday night due to bleeding on the brain sustained in his English title fight with Matty Askin.
Germany’s Juergen Braehmer will defend his WBA light heavyweight title for the first time on Saturday April 5 against Enzo Maccarinelli. The fight will take place in Germany and the referee will be Giuseppe Quarterone (Ita), while the judges in charge of the score cards will be Jean Legland (Fra), Octavio RodrÃguez (Pan) and Ove…
Dean Byrne believes the big names will no longer run from fighting him after he wins the Prizefighter Welterweights 4 on Saturday night at the sold-out York Hall, Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports. Byrne only boxed once in 2013 after drawing with Carson Jones in December 2012 and the 29 year old has been…
Leading boxing channel BoxNation is packing a real punch this April and May with the fight games top names including Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao set to feature live and exclusive in a jam-packed schedule. ‘The Channel of Champions’ has pulled no punches in its’ attempt to line up the biggest and best names in…
One of British boxing’s best kept secrets, Rotherham’s Chad Gaynor gets a golden opportunity to dent the domestic welterweight rankings next month when he tackles recent British title challenger, Adil Anwar, in a cracking Yorkshire derby at Ice Sheffield on May 9. Gaynor earned wide plaudits when impressing in Prizefighter just over a year ago…