Last night San Antonio’s undefeated super bantamweight standout Mario Barrios (2-0, 1 KO) marched forward with an impressive four round unanimous decision victory. The 18-year old phenom dropped against Manuel Rubalcava (1-7) twice before the bout ended at the Cowboys Dance Hall, San Antonio, Texas.
Like many boxing promoters in North America, Hall of Famer “Iron” Mike Tyson’s stable of Iron Mike Productions (IMP) fighters are predominately Latino. Many of his top Latino fighters will be in action February 22 as IMP launches its new monthly boxing series, “KO Kings of Tomorrow,” at Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Gavin McDonnell says he will win the battle of the unbeaten Super Bantamweights against Leigh Wood and win the British title at the Hull Ice Arena on February 22, live on Sky Sports. The Doncaster man faces Nottingham’s Wood for the vacant crown with both men putting their ‘0’s’ on the line to land the…
Anthony Joshua, MBE, had a blast with some young boxing stars of the future on Sky Sports Game Changers – and urged schools to start using boxing to help pupils learn about discipline and stay fit. The Olympic Gold medal hero met a group of 12 year olds in the gym to put them through…
Boxing’s modern day ‘Cinderella Man’ Stuart Hall makes the first defence of his IBF Bantamweight title in a North East derby against Martin Ward. The diamond of Darlington steps back into the ring for the first time since his unforgettable crowning when he overcame Vusi Malinga in an enthralling 12-round, toe-to-toe clash, to win the…
Anthony Crolla will meet John Simpson at the SECC in Glasgow on March 1, live on Sky Sports. Manchester contender Crolla is hunting a World title shot this Summer and will face Greenock’s Simpson on the undercard of Ricky Burns’ WBO Lightweight title defence against unbeaten American Terence Crawford. Crolla claimed the vacant WBO Inter-Continental…
Trainer Gareth Williams has predicted that Aussie light-middleweight sensation Cameron “The Hammer” Hammond will be at world level within two years. The 2012 Olympian had former IBF Super-featherweight champion Barry Michael raving about his technique when he defeated Thailand’s Pramool Boonpok on the undercard of Mundine vs. Jackson recently.
In a fight of the year contender, ‘Stuey’ performed heroics in December to claim the IBF bantamweight title against South Africa’s Vusi Malinga, and now the Darlington man has just claimed another coveted award. On February 5, at the Billingham Forum, Hall picked up the North East Sports Personality of the Year trophy. The region’s…
Rising star Haroon Khan got 2014 off to a great start after a dazzling points victory in his fourth professional bout. The Bolton starlet had too much for his Yorkshire opponent, Francis Croes, on Friday night’s Sheffield bill, as he put on his best performance since turning professional last year. From the get-go Khan dominated…
Click the image for more Photos of Navid Mansoori Vs Matthew Mallin At IceSheffield Arena last night, Rotherham’s Nav Mansoori successfully defended his English Light Middleweight Title by forcing a fifth round stoppage of Matthew Mallin of Barnsley. This was Mansoori’s second defence against Mallin after the pair met in October last year. On that…
While his elder brother and retired former WBC title holder Vitali Klitschko campaigns for political change in their native Ukraine, younger Klitschko brother Wladimir, who holds the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF Heavyweight belts, has announced that he will return to the ring on the 26th April in Oberhausen, Germany’s against the World Boxing Organisation…
Later this month, former British and European Bantamweight Champion Ian ‘Dappa’ Napa is set to make a most welcome return to the fray, well sort of, when he takes part in the Trad TKO Boxing Gym Charity Spar-Boxing Tournament, in association with the World Boxing Union and in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, takes…