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.
Luke Campbell, MBE, is back in action against Lee Connelly in his hometown tomorrow night – and the Olympic hero is hoping for more rounds to showcase his skills, live on Sky Sports. Campbell takes on the Chesterfield man at the Hull Ice Arena and after two first round KO wins in his first two…
Liam Hanrahan’s opportunity to add more substance to his impressive ledger was today dealt a blow with the announcement that upcoming foe, Jamie Speight, had to withdraw from their November 22 bout due to work commitments. The Devon super-bantamweight, who has recently given superb accounts of himself in title clashes with Jon Fernandes, Josh Warrington…
Manager Matt Clark says Lucas Browne will attempt to end an Aussie jinx if he beats Richard Towers this Saturday. The unbeaten heavyweight punchers clash in an eliminator for David Price’s Commonwealth strap in Hull and Clark believes his charge has the tools to end 121 years of hurt for the men from down under….
Jamie McDonnell will set out on a new path to a World title shot on the undercard of Carl Froch’s mammoth WBA and IBF Super Middleweight title defence against George Groves, at the sold-out Phones 4u Arena in Manchester, on November 23, live on Sky Sports Box Office. The Doncaster boxer will be in action…
Former world champion Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios (31-1-1, 22 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., and reigning Trainer of the Year Robert Garcia hosted their only U.S. Media Workout today at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard. Kevin Hart, who stars as a savvy boxing promoter in the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures movie “Grudge Match,” was…
BoxNation are delighted to announce two live back-to-back Golden Boy Promotions’ blockbuster events on Saturday 7th December and Saturday 14th December. Both events will be quadruple-headers featuring six world championship fights including the most exciting and dynamic champions and challengers in the welterweight, light-middleweight and super-bantamweight divisions.
BoxNation’s knockout November is set to pack even more of a punch with the channel adding super-middleweight supremo Andre Ward’s crunch world title clash with undefeated Edwin Rodriguez to its star studded lineup. The encounter sees the world’s best 168-pounder, Ward, defend his WBA super-middleweight title on November 16 in Ontario, California against the ferocious…
Hot prospect Haroon Khan (2-0, 1 KO) will step back into the ring in Blackpool on Friday, November 15 against 20-year-old Bulgarian, Stefan Slavchev (3-8, 1 KO), as he continues his march towards the top. The 2010 Commonwealth Games Bronze medalist has made a blazing start to his professional career after making the leap into…
Within the past two weeks, American two weight world champion Timothy Bradley successfully retained his WBO Welterweight title against the Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez at the Thomas and Mack Centre in Las Vegas. It was second time Bradley defended his title, the first being against the Freddie Roach trained Russian crowd pleaser Ruslan Provodkinov….
On Saturday night, November 30, at the Santander Arena, King’s Boxing presents at gigantic night of boxing that will feature two title bouts. In the main event, Harry Joe Yorgey will take on Irishman Lee Murtagh in a bout scheduled for 12 rounds for the WBU Middleweight championship. In the 10 round co-feature, Travis Kauffman…
WBA Middleweight champ, Gennady Golovkin, is already installed in New York, and is waiting for the weigh-in on Friday for his fight with Curtis Stevens on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden. Golovkin, who has retired 13 opponents in a row, says he is ready to have his hand raised in his next defense…