Last Saturday’s Showtime Championship Boxing tripleheader, highlighted by Future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins,drew the second largest average audience for a live Showtime boxing event this year and ranks as the third-highest average on record for the premium network since 2004 when Nielsen began tracking pay television networks’ individual channels. …
Read More »Banner Promotions Signs Light Heavyweight Michael Seals
Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions is proud to announce the signing of undefeated light heavyweight Michael Seals to an exclusive promotional contract. Seals of Atlanta, Georgia has record of 16-0 with 12 KO’s.
Read More »Donegal’s Hutchinson Successfully Gatecrashes America
Unbeaten Donegal light middleweight boxer ‘the Buncrana Banger’ John Hutchinson continued the flying start to his pro boxing career with a sensational points win over American Robert Brando-Hunt in front of a voiciferous Irish-American crown at the Irish Cultural Center in Canton, Boston on Saturday night. The rugged 26-year-old was …
Read More »Ricky Hatton Tips Towers vs. Browne To Steal The Show
Ricky Hatton says Richard Towers and Lucas Browne’s Heavyweight battle will be a showstopper at the Hull Ice Arena on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports. Towers and Browne clash in an eliminator for the Commonwealth title and, as promoter of both men, ‘The Hitman’ knows exactly what to expect …
Read More »Brandon Rios, Robert Garcia Talk About Manny Pacquiao Fight
From training camp at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, California, we have former world champion Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios and his trainer, “Trainer of the Year” Robert Garcia, and Hall of Fame Promoter Bob Arum. They are here to discuss their upcoming historic battle against Manny Pacquiao and …
Read More »Boxnation To Televise Pacquiao vs. Rios In Great Britain
Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao’s return to the ring against the unyielding Brandon Rios on November 23 will be brought to UK fight fans live and exclusive on BoxNation. The eagerly anticipated matchup, which sees Pacquiao make his first return to the ring since his devastating knockout loss to Juan Manuel …
Read More »Tommy Coyle Over Mathews Nightmare Defeat
Tommy Coyle is aiming to put the disappointment of his heart-breaking defeat to Commonwealth Lightweight champion Derry Mathews behind him when he faces John Simpson on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports from the Hull Ice Arena. Coyle tackles Simpson for the vacant IBF International title after returning to action …
Read More »This Weekend’s UK Fight-Nights
Kell Brook Vs Vyacheslav Senchenko Boxing Results
At the packed Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, last night, local man Kell Brook scored a fourth round stoppage of Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko to win the IBF welterweight title eliminator. Both men got off to a tentative start targeting their opponent with the left, but ‘The Special One’ Brook – picks up …
Read More »Hopkins Retains Against Murat, Quillin, Wilder Win
IBF light heavy champion Bernard Hopkins continued his assault against the aging effects of time, once again turning back the clock to post a victory over a much younger opponent, in this case Karo Murat, last night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. In contrast to the somewhat defensive and reserved …
Read More »The Acid Test: Is It Special K Or Just Ordinary Kell?
Is ‘Special K’ as special as we were once to believe? Welterweight Kell Brook got off to such a great start, and looked like such a prospect. After all , the young lad came from the same gym in Sheffield that made household names of Prince Naseem Hamed, Ryan Rhodes, …
Read More »Bernard Hopkins vs. Karo Murat: A Glorified Tune Up Fight?
The IBF light heavyweight belt is on offer tonight at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall as Karo Murat of Germany challenges Philadelphia based Champion Bernard Hopkins. At first blush Murat, 25-1-1 (15), seems to be unqualified for the task and further review confirms that but a look at the IBF light …
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