At the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, last night, Lee Selby of Barry, Wales, won the vacant EBU (European) Featherweight Title and successfully defended his BBBofC British Featherweight Title by stopping Leicester’s Rendall Munroe in the sixth round. After losing to Bury Boxer – Scott Quigg in November 2012, likeable Munroe retired from the sport briefly…
It was over the moment Gennady Golovkin threw the first punch against Osumanu Adama last night at Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo. It was just a jab, but Adama didn’t react to the punch until after he was hit. He wasn’t able to slip the punch, or duck it, or even pull back from…
The middleweight division’s ruler makes another appearance in Monaco as Gennady Golovkin puts his WBA crown at risk tonight against the challenge of Osumanu Adama at Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo. Golovkin, 28-0 (25), returns to the same arena where he belted out Nobuhiro Ishida in three rounds just ten months ago on the…
Since Rendall Munroe’s very brief retirement after losing to Scott Quigg for the WBA Interim super bantam title, the comeback trail has been as expected. He’s recorded two points decisions and a TKO over opponents who were there to lose. I’m not knocking the way such comebacks are done in the sport; a fighter needs…
World Boxing Associationn Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin passed the test of the scales and only awaits the opening bell of his title fight on Saturday against the African Osamanu Adama in Monte Carlo. Both boxers complied with the weigh-in ceremony and scaled 159.2 pounds.
The World Boxing Association family congratulates Stanley Christodoulou, who celebrates today his 70th birthday, as well as to former WBA champion Felix Sturm, who celebrates his 35th birthday. Christodoulou is a member of the WBA International Officials Committee, where he fulfills his duties as judge and referee, besides being a member of the Directorate of…
The 2nd Elite Schoolboy Awards Night will take place on Friday, February 14, in the Hamlet Court Hotel, Johnstownbridge, Enfield, Co. Kildare. All 2013 Irish Champions at Boy 1, Boy 2, Boy 3, Boy 4 and Cadet Champions at these age groups will receive awards. Boxers who partook in the Elite Schoolboy Summer Training Camp…
Promoter Dave Murphy announced today that he has signed the highly entertaining ‘Rocking’ Robin Deakin to his Acourtier Events promotional outfit, also stating that Robin will be making his first appearance under the Acourtier banner on the double WBU Europe Championship headed “Warzone”, at York Hall on Saturday 1st March, 2014.
After a stellar 2013 that included impressive wins over Zab Judah and Lucas Matthysse, WBC/WBA Super Lightweight Champion Danny “Swift” Garcia will kickoff his 2014 campaign with one of the most important fights of his career as he pays homage to his Puerto Rican heritage on Saturday, March 15, live on Showtime. Garcia will face…
Gennady Golovkin is hoping his outstanding 2013 can push him to even greater heights in the new year by beating the biggest names in the middleweight division. The unbeaten Kazakhstani assassin has become one of boxing’s most feared punchers after brutally blasting his way past all four challengers last year to amass a record of…
Hall of Famer “Iron” Mike Tyson is the youngest World Heavyweight Champion of all-time and in 1987 he was voted “World’s Most Popular Athlete.” The living legend became a boxing promoter last year, partnering with Garry Jonas to form Iron Mike Productions, which has announced its new monthly boxing series, “KO Kings of Tomorrow,” starting…
BoxNation subscribers get a chance to assess whether Kazakh crusher Gennady Golovkin is the most explosive puncher presently active in boxing – as many experts are suggesting – when he makes a ninth defence of his WBA Middleweight crown live on the Channel of Champions this Saturday evening. ‘Golden Gennady’, 31, has knocked-out 25 of…