March 1 will be the most important day in the career of two-weight world champion Ricky Burns as the Scot meets the challenge of America’s Terence Crawford at Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition Centre in defense of the WBO lightweight title. Burns, 36-2-1 (11), did a genuine tightrope act in 2013, when the level of competition he…
Matchroom Sport have parted company with Tom Stalker following the expiration of his promotional agreement. The Liverpool man had five fights after turning pro in January before suffering an arm injury in July that required surgery and led to an extended period on the side-lines. “It has been great working with Tom and we wish…
Chris Algieri, “The Pride of Huntington”, returns to action on Friday, February 14 challenging world ranked Baltimore native Emanuel “The Tranzformer” Taylor in the ten round junior welterweight main event live on ESPN Friday Night Fights at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. Joe DeGuardia, President and Founder of Star Boxing announced that tickets go…
Last year former WBC cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez successfully returned to his old weight division at 200 lbs. after campaigning at heavyweight for more than 10 years. Now “The Black Panther” is eyeing another world title shot for 2014. “I would love to fight against Marco Huck because I think he is the best…
Highly regarded, undefeated welterweight prospect Dusty Hernandez-Harrison (19-0, 11KOs), from Southeast Washington, D.C., will be making his 2014 and National TV debut when he faces “Terrible” Tim Witherspoon Jr. (10-3-1, 2KOs) in an eight-round bout on Jan. 31 live on ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights from West Orange, N.J. Hernandez-Harrison, 19, is coming off a…
‘Pretty’ Ricky Boylan has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Sport. The unbeaten Light Welterweight starlet claimed the Southern Area title on Eddie Hearn’s bumper Christmas bill at the ExCeL Arena with a fourth round stoppage of fellow Carshalton fighter Tony Owen, moving to 10-0 in the process with his fourth win inside the distance….
Following a rib injury suffered in training, former three-division world champion Abner Mares has been forced to withdraw from his Saturday, Feb. 15 rematch with WBC Featherweight Champion Jhonny Gonzalez, causing a postponement of the entire Showtime televised event at Staples Center in Los Angeles. A new date for the rematch will be announced once…
Fast rising superstar Gennady “GGG†Golovkin has been honored with numerous year-end awards capping an extraordinary year of achievement for the WBA and IBO Middleweight Champion, which saw four knockout performances in the ring and tremendous growth in his TV ratings. Among the many awards honoring his 2013 calendar were USA Today’s “Fighter of the…
Tickets are on sale now for the bumper bill at the Hull Ice Arena on February 22, featuring Luke Campbell, MBE, Tommy Coyle and Darren Hamilton vs.Curtis Woodhouse for the British Light Welterweight title, all live on Sky Sports. Olympic Gold medal hero Campbell fights on home turf for the third time in his blossoming…
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.