Montreal’s Bell Centre will be the scene of tonight’s WBC light heavyweight title contest as reigning champion Adonis Stevenson faces the challenge posed by former IBF champion Tavoris Cloud. Cloud, 24-1 (19), comes in with a massive edge in big fight experience, having held the IBF strap for four defenses over a three and a…
In what was one of the most anticipated weigh-ins in a long time, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. weighed in at 172.4 pounds while WBO #1 ranked Middleweight Bryan Vera checked in at 171.2 pounds for Saturday night’s ten round bout at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Chavez Jr. is coming off a WBC middleweight…
Cork’s Christina Desmond and Mayo’s Ciara Ginty are guaranteed at least two silver medals at the 2nd AIBA Women’s World Youth and Junior Championships in Albena, Bulgaria. Desmond, who boxes out of the Macroom BC, completed the double tonight with a unanimous decision over Turkey’s Sema Caliskan in the welterweight class.
Ghost Town Promotions is headed to their third sell out Saturday night in Longmont, Colorado with “Warrior’s Conquest III”, an exceptional evening of action packed professional boxing at the Longmont Athletic Club.
Drama for Trad TKO Gym’s Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston, ahead of her heavily publicized York Hall showdown with Bosnia and Herzegovina #1 ranked Masa Bacanov, following her team receiving news that Masa badly damaged her hand during a sparring session earlier today.
London based Turkish teen sensation Shiya Ozgul is set to make his professional debut, on the Dave Murphy, Acourtier Events promoted “Night Of Champions” extravaganza at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday 4th October. Just nineteen years of age, Shiya has already fought competitively over eighty times as an amateur, during which he…
Below are quotes from Wednesday’s press conference in advance of Saturday’s Super Middleweight showdown between former WBC Middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and WBO #1 ranked Middleweight Bryan Vera that will take place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The show is promoted by Top Rank and Banner Promotions and will be televised…
José Alfredo ‘’Little Devil’’ Zuniga, Mexican challenger for the WBA Interim champion Alberto ‘’Chiquito’’ Rossel from Peru, is already in Peruvian land, and he is determined to take the belt home. Ricardo Aguilar and Nicolas A. Rangel, who will be responsible to assist in this important battle, traveled with him. After a long journey from…
Over the past few years, former Big Brother star Angel ‘The Entertainer’ McKenzie has had a couple of title shots, unfortunately all were abroad and on very short notice, but now this is about to change. The Brixton based pugilist is in the last stages of her preparations to challenge Germany’s Jennifer Retzke for the…
Christina Desmond, Jacqui Lynch and Ciara Ginty guaranteed Ireland at least three bronze medals following quarter-final wins at the AIBA World Youth and Junior Championships in Albena, Bulgaria this afternoon and evening. Desmond, Macroom BC, beat Chinese welter Shi Yazhuo on a unanimous decision to advance to Friday’s 69kg Youth semi-final.
Australian prospect Cameron Hammond couldn’t have hoped for better sparring ahead of Friday night’s clash with Jody Allen at the RSL Club in Dubbo, New South Wales. The 24-year-old, who represented his country at the London 2012 Olympics, has been sharing the ring with former world super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine as he prepares for…
Rotherham’s Nav Mansouri, who was due to step up against former British title contender, Mark Thompson, on October 4, was today left “majorly disappointed†as the Heywood man withdrew from the clash after suffering a cut in training. Promoter Dave Coldwell has acted immediately though and has brought in Barnsley prospect, Matthew Mallin (9-1), for…