Gavin Rees says that defeat against Gary Buckland at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, on Saturday would spell the end of his career. The former WBA Light Welterweight champion was stopped by Adrien Broner in Atlantic City for ‘The Problem’s’ WBC Lightweight crown in February and followed that with a slender defeat to Anthony Crolla…
World Boxing Association International welterweight champion, Luis Collazo, is ready to defend his belt before VÃctor OrtÃz on January 30, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Collazo and Ortiz passed the weigh-in held on Wednesday, when they both marked 146,6 pounds to be ready and wait for the opening bell. WBA Supervisor is…
More than thirty professional boxers gathered before a lively crowd on Saturday for the fourth annual “Boxing Superstars†meet-and-greet event presented by Heroes Boxing Sponsorship Agency. Hundreds of excited fans enjoyed the rare opportunity to see their favorite fighters, get autographs and pose for photos. The free public event, hosted by the city of Pico…
For the past few years, the Trad TKO Boxing Gym has held an annual Boxers & Celebrities Charity Football Tournament, in Aid of the Indee Rose Trust, however, due to being let down on a venue in 2013, the illustrious team at East London fight factory had to rethink their fund raising efforts for this…
On Thursday March 6, the FDNY Bravest Boxing Team will host the Garda Boxing Club from Dublin in the “Downtown Donnybrook” at Webster Hall in NYC. The Garda Boxing Club is made up of members of the National Irish Police Force. This event will feature 12 bouts of exciting amateur boxing between the two clubs….
The WBA congratulates its champions Takashi Uchiyama, Kazuto Ioka and the female champion Naoko Fujioka, who were all awarded among the best of the year in Japan. Uchiyama received the Technique Award in the ceremony that took place last Friday at the Tokyo Dome Hotel in Tokyo. The WBA Super-Featherweight champion also received the Fight…
Promoter Dave Murphy today announced that he has signed former amateur European Union Bronze medalist Sarah Knight to his ever growing stable of boxers. Mr. Murphy also took the opportunity to announce that Sarah will be making her professional debut on the upcoming Acourtier Events promoted “Warzone” event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London…
At the Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley, Scotland, on Saturday night, Craig Kelly of Paisley won the vacant BBBofC Scottish Area Welterweight Title on points over Billy Campbell of New Cummock. And, Jordan McCorry of Cambuslang won the vacant BBBofC Scottish Area Lightweight Title on points over Richard Barclay of Bearsden. The Iain Wilson (for Saltire…
It wasn’t a typical shock and awe performance that Mikey Garcia fans have come to expect from the WBO super feather ruler but the hard-punching Californian got the job done last night against challenger Juan Carlos Burgos at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Garcia came into the contest on the heels of 12 consecutive victories…
WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck bounced back from a horrible performance against Firat Arslan in their first fight to stop the challenger last night at Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, Germany. Former WBA titlist Arslan had battered an exhausted Huck in November, 2012 but shockingly lost a unanimous decision when the scorecards were read….
Lamont Peterson dazzled in front of his hometown crowd on Saturday night scoring a unanimous decision victory over Dierry Jean to retain his IBF Junior Welterweight Championship from the DC Armory in Washington, D.C., live on showtime Championship Boxing. In the co-main event, 23-year-old top junior middleweight prospect Jermell Charlo remained undefeated in a unanimous…
Tonight Gary Shaw Productions and Antonio Leonard Promotions Bryant “By-By” Jennings (18-0, 10 KOs) remained undefeated in his HBO debut with a 10-round TKO victory over Poland’s Artur Szpilka (16-1, 12 KOs). From the opening round Jennings controlled the action with his superior boxing skills and eventually landed a body shot in round six to…