Gary Shaw Productions, in association with Javier Bustillo, have recently signed two of Puerto Rico’s top amateur boxers, Luis Paredes and Jean Rivera. Both fighters are scheduled to make their pro debuts on March 22 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on the undercard of Jose Pedraza (15-0, 10 KOs) vs. Alberto Garza (26-6-1, 21 KOs).
British Heavyweights Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury had a successful night on Saturday at the Copper Box Arena, London. Londoner – ‘DelBoy’ Chisora, successfully defended his WBO and WBA International Heavyweight Titles by Unanimous Points victory (118-109; 118-109; 118-110) over Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson of Atlanta, Georgia. Chisora landed a big right to the top of…
Finals tickets are now on sale for the 2014 National Elite Championships. Over 100 male and female boxers have entered for the tournament which begins at the National Stadium in Dublin this Friday. Olympic champion Katie Taylor and Alanna Murphy have entered in the women’s lightweight class.
Bristol Boxing Star Lee Haskins will box for the WBC International Title on the March 1 show at the City Academy, Bristol. Haskins, who is rated #5 by the WBC, will box Elton Dharry, ranked #23, who is based at the prestigious Gleason’s Gym in New York. This is a fight that will secure Haskins…
Darren Hamilton says Curtis Woodhouse is ‘an excellent salesman’ but won’t take his British Light Welterweight title away on February 22 at the Hull Ice Arena live on Sky Sports. Hamilton can claim the Lord Lonsdale belt outright with victory over Woodhouse, who fights for the British title for the first time in his career….
Fast-rising bantamweight star Ryan Burnett will return to his home city of Belfast on April 4. The unbeaten prospect was due to appear in Dublin this weekend until a hand injury unfortunately forced him to withdraw. But Barry McGuigan’s Cyclone Promotions have given him the opportunity to appear on the undercard of his friend and…
Luke Campbell, MBE, is back in action on Saturday night live on Sky Sports, and the Olympic Gold medal hero says he knows he is a marked man as he steps up to eight-round action. Campbell raced to 4-0 with three stoppage wins after turning pro in July, and he faces Scott Moises in his…
Team Puerto Rico’s undefeated pride and joy, Jose “Sniper” Pedraza (15-0, 10 KOs), will make his way back to the ring on March 22nd, at the auditorium Juan Pachin Vicens in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The unbeaten star will battle Mexico’s, Alberto “Kichis” Garza (26-1-1, 21 KOs), for the vacant IBO super featherweight title. The 12-round…
Lucas Browne will face Canada’s hard-hitting Eric Martel Bahoeli for the vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight Title at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield on April 26. The Perth puncher aims to become the first Australian to hold the title in well over a century before targeting showdowns with either Tyson Fury or Dereck Chisora.
Most of the action across the globe this weekend took place on Saturday, but there was one important result occurring on Friday. For that, we head to Salle Calypso in Calais, France where the European super featherweight title changed hands for the first time since 2012. Reigning champion Devis Boschiero, 34-2-1 (16), was putting his…
Friday night in front of a standing room only crowd at The Paramount and a nationally televised ESPN Friday Night Fights audience, “The Fighting Pride of Huntington”, Chris Algieri won a dominant ten round unanimous decision over world ranked junior welterweight Emanuel Taylor of Baltimore, Maryland by scores of 98-92, and 97-93 twice. The ESPN…
A big event on the British heavyweight scene takes place this evening at London’s Copper Box Arena as both Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury lace up the gloves. But, not against each other, but rather a pair of Americans. Which could be a good thing as Fury had zero problems when he did fight Chisora…