The IBF have ruled that Shawn Porter may risk his IBF Welterweight Title against Paul Malignaggi on the condition that the winner must make his next defence against mandatory challenger Kell Brook this Summer. Both men must confirm in writing that whomever emerges as champion has the obligation to face Brook next. Porter vs. Malignaggi…
Due to circumstances beyond the control of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association, Friday’s Elite international with Kazakhstan has been cancelled. Both nations were due to meet at Dublin’s National Stadium, but the Kazakhstan team are unable to travel because of visa issues.
IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins and WBA Super Champion Beibut Shumenov continued their media tour on Wednesday at Lucille’s Bar & Grill inside B.B. King’s Blues Club in New York to formally announce their world championship unification on Saturday, April 19, live on Showtime from the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. At 49-years-old, “The…
Rocky Fielding believes a big win over Charles Adamu on Saturday night live on Sky Sports at the Echo Arena in Liverpool will show he’s ready to move into the World scene. Fielding defends his Commonwealth Super Middleweight title against the Ghanaian, who replaced Liverpool’s Tony Dodson for the contest. Rocky believes any future bout…
Tony Bellew says his move to Cruiserweight means he no longer has to fight the scales and his opponent, as he makes his bow at the weight against Valery Brudov at the Echo Arena on Saturday, live on Sky Sports for the vacant WBO International title. Bellew steps up from Light Heavyweight after he travelled…
In a perfect world, I would be writing this article about Floyd Mayweather Jr. taking on Manny Pacquiao in the next big pay-per-view showcase this spring. Instead, I am here trying to convince myself and you, the adoring boxing public, that you should care about this match-up that Mayweather Promotions has set up. Now, some…
The officials were announced for the bout between the 140 lb super champion of the World Boxing Association, Danny “Swift” Garcia and Challenger Mauricio Herrera, to be held on Saturday at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Team Ireland is gearing itself up for the visit of the No. 1 ranked boxing nation in the world at the National Stadium in Dublin on Friday. Ireland and Kazakhstan are slated to go head-to-head on March 14 at the home of Irish boxing. The international is being held to mark the 75th anniversary of…
IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins and WBA Super Champion Beibut Shumenov held a press conference on Tuesday at The W Hotel in Washington, D.C., to formally announce their world championship unification on Saturday, April 19, live on Showtime from the DC Armory. At 49-years-old, “The Alien” Hopkins (54-6-2, 32 KOs), of Philadelphia, is looking…
Kell Brook has promised there will be no slip-ups in his clash with dangerous Mexican puncher Alvaro Robles as they meet at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports. The unbeaten Welterweight sensation has his sights set on a World title clash with IBF champion Shawn Porter in the Summer,…
Carl Froch and George Groves renewed their rivalry today at the first press conference for their rematch at Wembley on May 31, live on Sky Sports Box Office. 60,000 tickets for the fight were sold within the opening hour of going on sale at midday, the same time that Froch and Groves came face-to-face at…
Personal legacies and boxing history converge in a battle for one of boxing’s most hallowed titles, the Middleweight Championship of the world. Three-division world champion and the Pride of Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto will challenge WBC middleweight champion and Argentina’s favorite son Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, Saturday, June 7, at the “Mecca of Boxing,†Madison Square…