Geir Inge Jorgensen from Norway pulled out of his IBO Intercontinental welterweight Championship bout against Rico Muller scheduled tonight in Eberswalde, Germany. It is already the second time that the Norwegian canceld a fight against Muller on short notice. Luckily, Muller’s management was prepared this time and has an equally …
Read More »Matty Askin Moves Closer To Jon-Lewis Dickinson Rematch
Matty Askin believes Hatton Promotion’s deal with specialist broadcaster BoxNation puts him closer to a return with British cruiserweight champion Jon-Lewis Dickinson. The Blackpool ace lost a ten round decision to Dickinson in an English title clash last year, but is confident it’ll be a different story if they meet …
Read More »Coldwell Boxing Signs Birmingham Middleweight Tommy Langford
In a week when Coldwell Boxing announced the mouth-watering lightweight clash between Derry Mathews and Curtis Woodhouse, promoter Dave Coldwell has also been busy bolstering his booming stable by completing the signing of highly-talented Birmingham middleweight Tommy Langford. A star amateur who had the prestigious honour of captaining his nation …
Read More »WBA Update: Japan’s Kameda Brothers Get World Title Trifecta
On Thursday the Kameda brothers made history in the boxing world when the youngest brother won the world championship. Tomoki Kameda became the new Bantamweight champion of the WBO. Tomoki equals the accomplishment of his brother Koki who recently defended his WBA bantamweight title.
Read More »Sugar Ray Leonard To Attend Own Vegas Induction Ceremony
Sugar Ray Leonard, a 1976 Olympic gold medalist who won world titles in five weight classes as one of the great fighters in the 1980s, has announced that he will attend the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame’s inaugural induction gala on Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Monte Carlo Resort in …
Read More »Larry Ekundayo: I’ll Stick The Boot Into Glenn Foot
Larry Ekundayo and Glenn Foot meet in the battle of the unbeaten Prizefighter champions at The O2 on October 5, live on Sky Sports – and Ekundayo hopes their battle can be made an eliminator for the British welterweight title.
Read More »“The Hitman” Taking Hatton Academy Across The Irish Sea
Four-time world champion Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton is taking his popular Hatton Academy to Ireland. Launched earlier this year, the academy aims to teach fitness instructors, personal trainers and boxing coaches on ways they can improve their teaching methods and skills.
Read More »Will October 5 Herald A New Force In British Boxing?
Following months of continuous speculation over whether or not Anthony Joshua, the Olympic Super Heavyweight Gold Medallist at the London Olympics, would follow the example of his teammates Hull’s Luke Campbell the Bantamweight Gold Medalist, Lowestoft Middleweight Anthony Ogogo, who collected a bronze medal, and Thomas Stalker, in joining the …
Read More »Canadian Amateur Kareem Hackett Set For Pro Debut August 10
Kareem Hackett’s professional debut is in less than two weeks; but it’s a moment he has anxiously waited for during the 22 years of his life. The 6’1 Ontario, Canada local is currently going through vigorous preparations to face a to-be-named opponent at the Powerade Center in Brampton on August …
Read More »Harty, McDonagh Win In Euro Schoolboy Championships
Jamie Harty and Martin McDonagh both won as Ireland posted two wins from two bouts on Day 1 of the 2013 EUBC European Schoolboy Championships at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland today.
Read More »“Big Fight 2” Boxers Bring Downtown Chicago To A Halt
This past Tuesday at Chicago’s world-renowned Magnificent Mile, an open workout was held for many of the fighters appearing on the “Big Fight 2”, ESPN Friday Night Fights boxing event at U.S. Cellular Field on Friday, August 16.
Read More »Daniel Geale Vs Darren Barker August 17 In Atlantic City
Ever since Daniel Geale (29-1, 15 KOs) pulled off the unthinkable by defeating Felix Sturm on Sturm’s home turf of Germany in September of last year, Geale has essentially cemented himself as one of the elite 160 pounders in boxing. With the prestige and pageantry associated with such esteem comes …
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