Super featherweight Rances Barthelemy knocked out reigning IBF titlist Argenis Mendez on Friday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN, but the victory was not without controversy. Both fighters are towering for the weight, and at 5’11, Barthelemy is an inch taller than Mendez but also has the greater reach, and perhaps this convinced…
The World Boxing Association Championships Committee received the request to postpone the purse bid between Russian Denis Lebedev, Cruiserweight absolute champion and the Panamanian Guillermo “Felino” Jones, champion in recess.
The New Year starts with good news for fans of world class heavyweight boxing. 2004 Olympic gold medallist Odlanier Solis (20-1) will face Tony Thompson (38-4) on March 22 in Turkey. “All contracts are signed, the fight is on”, confirmed promoter Ahmet Oner, who is planning to stage the fight in Kusadasi, Turkey.
Coldwell Boxing’s maiden show of 2014, scheduled for February 7 at the fantastic Ice Sheffield, received a significant boost today as Bolton’s Haroon Khan was added to the card as he looks to add another victory to his flawless ledger. The 2010 Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist returns to the city where he made his professional…
Former Undisputed boxing World Cruiserweight and Heavyweight Champion – Evander ‘Real Deal’ Holyfield, entered the Celebrity Big Brother house tonight shackled to Luisa Zissman who came second in ‘The Apprentice, UK, 2013.’ Holyfield said he was confident of winning the UK Reality show – despite not really knowing what the programme was about, but didn’t…
Japan, Land of the Rising Sun and a country where they like big fights in the middle of the week, saw three world title contests take place on Tuesday, two at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo and one at the remarkably named Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka. Osaka saw a clash of unbeaten fighters as WBA…
The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association has ruled that Gennady Golovkin keeps his champion status. The request made by the middleweight champion was denied for the moment due to the fact he was already granted a special permission for a fight prior to his mandatory commitment. However, even thought he was denied the…
Ricky Burns will defend his WBO Lightweight title against Terence Crawford, at the SECC in Glasgow, on March 1, live on Sky Sports. Burns makes the fifth defence of his crown against American hotshot Crawford, the unbeaten Omaha star with 16 KO wins from his 22 bouts. Tickets for the event will go on sale…
Hammer-fisted Aussie contender, Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne, is happy to step up to the challenge offered by Tyson Fury on Twitter. The giant Englishman recently used the micro blogging site to set out the names on his wish list for 2014. Browne was mentioned alongside Deontay Wilder, Dereck Chisora and Roy Jones Jnr and says…
Boxing superstar Amir ‘King’ Khan and former WBO Heavyweight champion – Shannon ‘The Cannon’ Briggs, were honoured guests for the official grand opening of Dubai’s most outstanding fitness and boxing facility – EMD Fitness. The centre of excellence, located in Sunset Mall, is the brainchild of the UAE’s leading professional boxer Eisa Al Dah hosted…
The middleweight division could be the best weight class in the sport today, featuring a talented cast of characters from nearly every continent on the globe but will the titles ever be unified? Just who is top man at 160 pounds? That’s impossible to determine until the major players face each other, as the super…
The super flyweight elimination bout between Denkaosen Kaovichit and Kohei Kono will take place March 26, 2014. Both parties reached an agreement and signed the contracts for the vacant title of the 115 pounds and the fight is scheduled to be staged in Tokyo. The Committee of Championships of the World Boxing Association ordered negotiations…