It’s official, the fight to determine Canada’s elite fighter will take place on January 18 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Following the announcement in late winter last year that the mega fight to determine the best Canadian fighter between Jean Pascal (28-2-1) and Lucian Bute (31-1) on May 25 would be rescheduled, some of…
Sergey Rabchenko has no intention of leaving his rematch with Cedric Vitu in the hands of the judges. Their first encounter, which came on the undercard of Ricky Hatton’s comeback clash with Vyacheslav Senchenko last year, ended with Rabchenko winning by a split decision.
Coldwell Boxing star prospect Robbie Davies Jnr will endure a busy winter period this year as the Kirkby youngster fights twice in three weeks with promoter Dave Coldwell desperate to provide his impressive charge with much needed rounds. Davies Jnr has excelled in the pro game thus far, with two successive opening round blowouts and…
Undefeated lightweight contender Jose RamÃrez returns home to the Central Valley, headlining a sold-out boxing event, “Fight for Water“, Saturday, November 9. The 11-time National Champion, 2012 U.S. Olympian and all-time USA Boxing lightweight record holder will be battling Erick Hernandez Perez (4-4-1, 2 KOs), of Batesville, AK.
With the hard work of international promoter Gary Shaw, highly touted heavyweight contender Bryant Jennings (18-0, 11 KOs) is now currently ranked top 5 by three of the major sanctioning organizations. The undefeated Philadelphia standout Jennings, who’s promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, Antonio Leonard Promotions and managed by James Prince is rated WBC #4, IBF…
Anthony Joshua, Kevin Mitchell, Lee Purdy, Jamie McDonnell and John Ryder are all in action on a packed end of year Matchroom Sport show at the ExCeL London on December 14, live on Sky Sports. London Olympic gold medallist Joshua will return to the scene of his incredible triumph when he meets Wales’ “Dangerous†Dorian…
One of Boxing’s most exciting fighters was back in action last night at New York’s Madison Square Garden as middleweight Gennady Golovkin retained his WBA and IBO belts with an eight round throttling of local man Curtis Stevens. But it wasn’t all Golovkin all the time as the challenger proved to have quicker hands and…
Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing presented another top night of boxing action last night at the Hull Ice Arena. Australian – Lucas Browne stopped Richard Towers of Sheffield in the fifth round of their Commonwealth Heavyweight title final eliminator. Taller Towers kept Browne at bay with his long-reaching jab in round one, but Browne was…
So, Curtis Stevens is the next victim for Gennady Golovkin then…sorry, I meant opponent. The pair clash tonight at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden Theater. In a conversation about this upcoming fight on Sky Sports, Darren Barker, the IBF middleweight champion, recently said ‘Let’s not get carried away here, as good as Golovkin is,…
Juan Carlos Gomez kept his word when returning to the cruiserweight division with a bang on Friday night in Dachau, Germany. “The Black Panther” seemed to feel very comfortable back at 200 lb. landing nice combinations at will against an overmatched Adnan Buharalija from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gomez dropped his opponent with a nice left…
World Boxing Union President Don ‘Moose’ Lewis today officially announced that Roy Jones Jr. will face Bobby Gunn, at the National Guard Armory in North Philadelphia, PA on Wednesday 4th December 2013 for the WBU Cruiserweight title.
The Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) have confirmed that Fergal Carruth has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of that organization. Dublin-born Mr Carruth, a brother of 1992 Olympic champion Michael, was appointed following an extensive interviewing process.