“There’s nothing at all stopping him from going all the way.†Dave Tonks’ bold prediction about his impressive charge, Robbie Davies Jnr, is one that contains undoubted strength following the Kirkby youngster’s devastating start to his professional career. Two first round wins from his opening pair of contests has seen the Merseyside man installed as…
“The General†Aji Sharif is the latest boxer in the heavier weight categories to sign with the Goodwins. Cruiserweight Sharif’s only loss in a boxing ring came to Anthony Joshua in the ABA’s and he has now decided to turn professional and will make his debut on the “Smokin Joe and the Heavyweights†card, at…
Denver’s only reigning world champion, “Mile High” Mike Alvarado, and his promoter Top Rank, will donate $1.00 from every ticket sold to his homecoming world title defense to The Salvation Army for its emergency disaster services serving Colorado. Alvarado defends his WBO junior welterweight crown against No. 1 contender Ruslan “The Siberian Rocky” Provodinkov, of…
The Full August 22 Brooklyn Brawl boxing show will be broadcast on October 13 at 11pm on The Fight Network. The show took place at the Fight Factory Gym and was promoted by Dmitry Salita’s Star of David Promotions. â€I am very grateful that the NYC fighters will get a chance to get international exposure…
Lee Glover (7-1) will have his eyes firmly on the main event after he competes on the undercard of EJKO Promotions’ ‘Double Trouble 2’ bill at Walsall Town Hall on Saturday, 16th November. Chris Male and Troy James compete in a British Super Featherweight Title Eliminator and the ‘Tipton Slasher’, whose opponent on the evening…
Saturday night at the ABC Sports Complex in Springfield, Virginia, highly regarded Middleweight prospect Antoine “Action†Douglas remained perfect by scoring a six round unanimous decision over Marcus Brooks. Douglas scored knockdowns in round’s three and six and rocked Brooks in round five and won by scores of 60-52 on all cards.
In a now well publicized open letter to USA Boxing, the youngest man to ever win the Heavyweight Championship of the World, Mike Tyson, praised the success of Washington, D.C., welterweight phenom Dusty Hernandez-Harrison (17-0, 10 KOs) as an example of accomplishment for young boxers.
Matchroom Sport and Sky Sports have extended their partnership to offer viewers an unrivalled choice of fights and fighters, with 20 shows a season for two further years.
Touted prospects can be found in abundance throughout the United Kingdom. Many of them will ineluctably trade leather some ways down the road of contention. They route themselves differently. Some brawl in their local clubs — while others look for something much greater. To reach those goals, Horden’s Anthony Hardy (1-0) will prepare for his…
On Friday, Rotherham’s Navid Mansouri retained his English Light Middleweight Title on a Technical Draw. A clash of heads in round one caused a nasty cut to the corner of opponent Matthew Mallin’s right eye and the fight was halted. The Dave Coldwell promoted fight-night featured nine contests in total. On Saturday, at the York…
Matchrooms’ Eddie Hearn hosted another great night of boxing on Saturday night – this time at the O2 Arena, London, which featured four title bouts. Scott Quigg of Bury retained his WBA World Super-Bantamweight Title scoring a Majority Draw against Cuban-born Yoandris Salinas of Miami, Florida. The Judges saw it 114-114; 114-114; 115-113. Lee Selby…
In Moscow last night, Ukrainian Heavyweight – Wladimir Klitschko successfully defended his WBA, IBF and WBO Heavyweight Titles scoring a Unanimous Points victory over Alexander Povetkin of Russia. Povetkin’s tactic seemed to be to launch himself at the torso of the Champion like a bull at a gate (!) with Klitschko then smothering the Russian…