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…
John Ryder says he will prove he has come back a better fighter from his agonising defeat against Billy Joe Saunders when he takes on Jez Wilson in a British Middleweight Title eliminator this Saturday at the sold-out York Hall, Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports. Ryder challenged Saunders for the British and Commonwealth titles…
Matty Askin has visited Menay Edwards in hospital today and despite ‘The Emperor’ having had a bad night – he was in good spirits for his visitors and was walking and talking. Edwards was stretchered out of the ring in Blackpool on Saturday night following a ninth round knockdown by the Champion – Askins. It…
Click the Image for more Photos from Menay Edwards Vs Matty Askin It was a sad end to the boxing in Blackpool last night, when Menay ‘Emperor’ Edwards was stretchered out of the ring following a ninth round knockdown by local man Matty Askin. Askin of Blackpool was defending his English Cruiserweight Title against Londoner…
Last night in Atlantic City, WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev lit up The Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall with a dominate victory over little known challenger Cedric Agnew. Kovlev, 24-0-1 (22), started off in customary fashion by pressuring the challenger but southpaw Agnew, 26-1 (13), showed he wasn’t just there to be a punching bag,…
The World Boxing Association family is on holiday today for the birthday celebration of our President, Gilberto Mendoza, and we join the celebration and send him our best wishes of health, success and happiness. Mr. Mendoza is known for his conciliatory speech, his practice of loyalty and friendship values, for promoting friendship among boxing organizations….