Hundreds of fans turned out on a Tuesday afternoon to witness up close and personal Mexican boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez, fan favorite Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo and four other world-class action fighters for a jam-packed press conference hosted by Golden Boy Promotions to formally announce “Toe To Toe: Canelo vs. Angulo,” a fantastic four-fight telecast…
Thirteen finals will be decided at the Open Youth Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium on Friday night. Ten male finals are pencilled in for decision, along three female finals in the three Olympic women’s weight categories of flyweight, lightweight and middleweight. Liam Callaghan and Brendan Irvine get proceedings underway in the light-flyweight class, while Lauren…
People serious about getting in shape this year will be given the chance to eat and train like a boxer when Fight Camp returns to Hatton Health and Fitness in Hyde, Greater Manchester next month. Led by former unbeaten professional and 2009 ABA finalist Blain Younis, the programme runs for six weeks and aims to…
Ricky Hatton is helping the homeless get a roof over their heads by cycling to the roof of Europe. The four-time world boxing champion will take part in the 140km La Mont Blanc cycle on July 20 in order to raise money for Manchester-based charity Barnabus. Founded 23 years ago, Barnabus supports the homeless through…
Tony Bellew will face former World Cruiserweight title challenger Valery Brudov in his first fight at the weight, at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on March 15, live on Sky Sports, on a massive night for the city’s boxing stars. Stephen Smith is lining up a massive night and is expected to challenge Fernando David…
The impending WBC heavyweight championship fight to determine the successor of recently retired Vitali Klitschko, between WBC Silver champion Bermane “B. Ware” Stiverne (23-1, 20 KOs) and Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (36-3, 31 KOs), is extra special for Stiverne’s veteran head trainer, Don House. “First,” House explained, “I’ve been with Bermane since the first day…
The fight that was to be the biggest in the history of Canada was somewhat overshadowed by Lucian Bute’s inability to get anything going through most of the contest last night against Jean Pascal at Montreal’s Bell Centre. It was literally as if the entire game plan for Bute hinged on getting to the 12th…
The World Boxing Association sanctioned a total of 31 female fights during the year 2013, and already has scheduled two to start on the right foot this 2014. As for the fights sanctioned last year, 26 of them were title defenses, two of them were mandatory fights, one was international title, one Interim title and…
Current AIBA World Junior male and female champions Willie Donoghue and Ciara Ginty advanced to next Friday’s Open Youth Championships finals following semi-final wins at Dublin’s National Stadium today. Donoghue saw off the challenge of Thomas Mongan and Ginty edged out current European Union junior champion Amy Broadhurst on a split decision in a very…
Current IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins turned 49-years-of age this week. As the oldest champion in any major sport and one year shy of 50, Hopkins makes his own birthday wish, and provides some sage advice for his sport, young fighters coming up and the 40 and over crowd, a particular group of fans…
Personal Trainers and group exercise instructors can get a feel for what the Hatton Academy has to offer by taking part in a free 30 minute taster session with Ricky Hatton himself, at this year’s BodyPower Expo. The four-time world boxing champion has been involved at the three-day event for the past few years, but…
The Bell Centre in Montreal will host the biggest all-Canadian fight in years as light heavyweights Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal clash for Bute’s NABF title tonight on a fight card that also includes one of the top heavyweight prospects in the world, Mike Perez. Bute vs. Pascal was originally scheduled to take place in…