The biggest fight in the world this weekend takes place at the Cotai Arena in Macao, China and marks the much awaited return of Boxing’s former top man, Manny Pacquiao, who meets brash American brawler Brandon Rios over 12 scheduled rounds for the vacant WBO International welterweight strap. Both Pacquiao, 54-5-2 (38), and Rios, 31-1-1…
Tonight in front of a sold out Phones 4U Arena (formerly known as the Manchester Evening News Arena) in Manchester, at the top of a stacked Matchroom Sports card, one of the most eagerly anticipated match ups in British boxing will take place between two of the best Super-Middleweights, not just in Britain, but in…
Manny Pacquiao has revealed speed will be the key in overcoming Brandon Rios in his welterweight clash live this weekend on BoxNation. The fighters weighed in yesterday with Pacquiao tipping the beam at 145 lb and Rios coming in heavier at 146.5 lb for their welterweight battle.
David Beckham has flown into Macau to take up his ringside seat to show his support for the ‘inspirational’ Manny Pacquiao ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated fights of the year. The global icon has admitted that he is a ‘huge fan’ of the boxing superstar and has backed him to give the…
Carl Froch and George Groves had to be separated at today’s weigh-in for their World title clash at the Phones4u Arena in Manchester tomorrow night, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Froch tipped the scales the heavier man at 11st 13lbs 12oz [167.75 lb], with Groves over a pound lighter at 11st 12lbs 6oz [166.5…
Credit to George Groves for managing to get himself into mandatory position for the IBF super middle title that Carl Froch has or we would not be seeing this fight between the two boxers, which takes place this Saturday night in Manchester, England. Froch would have done exactly what Joe Calzaghe did to him years…
Earlier this week it was announced that rising British Heavyweight star Anthony Joshua has been forced to pull out of his forthcoming contest against Argentine journeyman Hector Alfredo Avila with a torn bicep. The match up, which would have been over six rounds on the bill of Carl Froch’s grudge match against fellow British Super…
Manny Pacquiao is coming off two straight losses at the hands of Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez, however, the Filipino fighter has said in the press that he has moved on from those defeats and he is looking forward to a new chapter in his boxing career. His upcoming fight against Brandon Rios on…
The Final Press Conference for Star Boxing’s”Rockin Fights 11″ was held this afternoon at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. The show is headlined by a heavyweight battle between New York City fan favorite Vinny Maddalone, 37-8-0 (28KO’s) and hard-hitting Houston veteran Maurenzo Smith, 12-7-2 (9KO’s). Also featured on the card in separate bouts are…
Unbeaten Anthony “The Dog†Dirrell, who is no stranger to overcoming adversity, finally gets his crack at a world title when he challenges defending champion Sakio Bika for the WBC Super Middleweight Championship on Saturday, Dec. 7, live on Showtime at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The quadrupleheader, headlined…
Ricky Hatton thinks this weekend’s derby match-up between Stephen Foster Jnr and Anthony Crolla will be a cracker. Salford’s Foster Jnr has been handed the chance to appear on the undercard of the big Froch v Groves bill after Crolla’s original opponent, British lightweight champion Martin Gethin, was forced to pull out.
Carl Froch and George Groves lit the blue touch paper ahead of their World title battle on Saturday night, at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Froch defends his WBA and IBF belts against Groves, and their simmering war of words boiled over in Manchester as they came face-to-face…