On Thursday night July 11, world renown cutman and boxing promoter Joey “Eye” Intrieri will be taping the pilot of his new talk show, “The Joey Eye Show” in Philadelphia.
Read More »Battle Of The Nearly Men: Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Daulis Prescott
It will be a battle of former world title challengers on July 26 as Juan Carlos Burgos will square off with Daulis Prescott in a twelve round bout for the WBO Intercontinental Jr. Lightweight title that will be held at the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Sacramento, California. The …
Read More »Wladimir Klitschko vs. Alexander Povetkin In Moscow October 5
IBF/IBO/WBO/WBA Heavyweight Champion – Wladimir Klitschko, will meet with WBA “regular” Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin at the SC Olimpiyskiy arena in Moscow on October 5. After extended negotiations, an agreement for one of the most eagerly awaited world boxing bouts between two Olympic and reigning heavyweight champions has finally been …
Read More »Will It Be Froch vs. Groves In Massive British Earner This Fall?
Eddie Hearn says that a huge all-British super middleweight World title showdown between IBF and WBA champion Carl Froch and unbeaten Commonwealth champion George Groves could happen later this year. Reacting to reports this morning that the IBF have ordered Froch to face mandatory challenger Groves, Hearn, who promotes both …
Read More »Christopher Martin KO’s Raul Hidalgo With Body Shot On Ontario Show
This past Friday June 28, Thompson Boxing Promotions “Path to Glory” card at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, California was another great success. In the main event, super bantamweight Christopher Martin (27-2-3, 9 KOs) continued his march toward his goal of fighting for a world title with a hard …
Read More »Welter Prospect Dusty Hernandez-Harrison Handles Veteran Ankrah
Washington, D.C., welterweight Dusty Hernandez-Harrison, 19, kept his undefeated record intact with a six-round unanimous decision victory over 32-fight veteran Ben Ankrah of Accra, Ghana.
Read More »Business As Usual For Hammer-Fisted Gennady Golovkin
There are certain things in life that are as predictable as the sunset and the sunrise that mark the beginning and end of each day. The sport of Boxing isn’t one of those things, as unpredictability is actually normal. However, one man is bucking the tend. On Saturday night at …
Read More »Macklin’s Hopes Gunned Down By A Merciless Golovkin
Matthew Macklin’s dream of winning the WBA and IBO Middleweight Titles on Saturday night came to an end when the Birmingham man suffered a third round knockdown at the hands of champion – Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin of Kazakhstan. Golovkin came out of his corner looking like he ‘meant business’ – …
Read More »“The Tiger” Looks To Repeat Price Victory This Saturday
On Saturday afternoon July 6, former two-time Heavyweight championship challenger, Tony Thompson will try to make it two for two when he takes on 2008 Olympic Bronze Medal Winner David Price in the most anticipated heavyweight rematch of the year.
Read More »Mayweather, Alvarez Draw 32,000 Fans In Mexico City
“The One: Mayweather vs. Canelo” press tour continued on a beautiful summer Sunday in Mexico’s capital city where local police estimated that 32,000 excitable fans turned out at Monumento de los Niños Heroes to greet pound-for-pound boxing king Floyd Mayweather and national hero Canelo Alvarez.
Read More »Veteran M’Baye Gets One More Crack At World Title
Well-travelled former world champion Souleymane M’baye (40-4-1, 22 KOs) has promised Khabib Allakhverdiev (18-0, 8 KOs) the fight of his life when they contest the WBA and IBO light welterweight title in Monte Carlo on July 13. The fight is the co-feature on the “Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four” …
Read More »Son Of “Celtic Warrior” Steve Collins To Turn Pro
‘Celtic Warrior’ calls on Irish boxing fans to get behind Steve Collins Jr. on his pro debut, at York Hall this Friday. Over the past few months legendary two time, two division World Champion, Steve Collins, has been receiving some serious column inches in the press, due to his proposed …
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