Fast-rising bantamweight star Ryan Burnett will return to his home city of Belfast on April 4. The unbeaten prospect was due to appear in Dublin this weekend until a hand injury unfortunately forced him to withdraw. But Barry McGuigan’s Cyclone Promotions have given him the opportunity to appear on the undercard of his friend and…
Luke Campbell, MBE, is back in action on Saturday night live on Sky Sports, and the Olympic Gold medal hero says he knows he is a marked man as he steps up to eight-round action. Campbell raced to 4-0 with three stoppage wins after turning pro in July, and he faces Scott Moises in his…
Team Puerto Rico’s undefeated pride and joy, Jose “Sniper” Pedraza (15-0, 10 KOs), will make his way back to the ring on March 22nd, at the auditorium Juan Pachin Vicens in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The unbeaten star will battle Mexico’s, Alberto “Kichis” Garza (26-1-1, 21 KOs), for the vacant IBO super featherweight title. The 12-round…
Lucas Browne will face Canada’s hard-hitting Eric Martel Bahoeli for the vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight Title at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield on April 26. The Perth puncher aims to become the first Australian to hold the title in well over a century before targeting showdowns with either Tyson Fury or Dereck Chisora.
Most of the action across the globe this weekend took place on Saturday, but there was one important result occurring on Friday. For that, we head to Salle Calypso in Calais, France where the European super featherweight title changed hands for the first time since 2012. Reigning champion Devis Boschiero, 34-2-1 (16), was putting his…
Friday night in front of a standing room only crowd at The Paramount and a nationally televised ESPN Friday Night Fights audience, “The Fighting Pride of Huntington”, Chris Algieri won a dominant ten round unanimous decision over world ranked junior welterweight Emanuel Taylor of Baltimore, Maryland by scores of 98-92, and 97-93 twice. The ESPN…
A big event on the British heavyweight scene takes place this evening at London’s Copper Box Arena as both Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury lace up the gloves. But, not against each other, but rather a pair of Americans. Which could be a good thing as Fury had zero problems when he did fight Chisora…
Tickets for Elite finals nights at Dublin’s National Stadium on March 7/8 are now on sale. March 7 ticket holders will receive a discount for March 8 finals.
Mayweather Promotions will bring some heat to the chilly East Coast with a full fight card of top talent on Friday, Feb. 28 from Turning Stone Resort Casino Event Center in Verona, NY, live on ShoBox: The New Generation. Headlining the show will be undefeated super middleweight contender J’Leon Love against Providence’s Vladine Biosse. In…
Showtime Sports is offering full-length replays of two of the most memorable ShoBox fights on the SHO Sports website in advance of the highly anticipated ShoBox: The New Generation doubleheader featuring Angelo Santana and Amir Imam on Friday, Feb. 21 live on Showtime at 10:45 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Santana’s brutal knockout…
In front of his hometown crowd, famed boxing impresario Don King will pay tribute to America’s great military, our fighting men and women, wounded warriors and veterans who have served as our nation’s vanguards in the protection of our liberties and freedom.
Top Rank has announced the signing of yet another nonpareil 2012 Olympian; light heavyweight bronze medalist Alexander Gvozdyk of Ukraine. He will make his professional debut in the spring of 2014. Gvozdyk narrowly missed advancing to the gold medal round, losing a controversial 13-13 semifinal decision on countback to Adilbek Niyazymbetov of Kazakhstan.