Martin Murray, Anthony Ogogo and Kal Yafai have all been added to the star-studded line-up of Matchroom Sport’s Christmas bumper fight night at the ExCeL in London on December 14, live on Sky Sports. World Middleweight contender Murray is in ten-round action against Sergey Khomitsky, Ogogo returns to the scene of his Olympic success for…
The Carl Froch v George Groves fight on Saturday night is sure to be debated for a long time in terms of it’s ‘edge of the seat’ drama. ‘The Cobra’ was defending his WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles against undefeated ‘Saint George’. It was an enthralling contest which saw the Champion on the canvas in…
Australian Anthony Mundine won the World Boxing Association 154 pound International title on Wednesday after defeating American Shane Mosley at Allphanes Arena Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia. Mosley could not answer the bell for round seven, and Mundine was declared the winner, improving his record to 45-5 with 27 KO’s.
Promoter Don King, representing Panamanian Guillermo “Felino” Jones, and Russian Vladimir Hrunov, representing World Boxing Association cruiserweight champion Dennis Lebedev, recently met in Panama. WBA World Championships Committee president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza acted as mediator. The only point discussed on meeting was Lebedev vs Jones rematch.
Former Venezuelan champion Johan Perez is already in the United States to fight Paul Spadafora on Saturday for the 140 pound interim belt of the World Boxing Association. Both fighters are waiting for the weighing ceremony and for the opening bell of the fight in West Virginia.
Ireland and Poland will meet in an historic international next month. The St Brigid’s BC in Edenderry, Co. Offaly, who are celebrating heir 80th anniversary this year, will host the first ever women’s boxing international in Ireland at the Hamlet Court Hotel in Kildare on December 8. Forty eight hours before the Kildare clash, a…
Chicago’s Round 3 Productions announced today that an agreement for a financial interest with number one world-ranked, light-heavyweight professional boxer Andrzej Fonfara has been signed. “I have been promoting Fonfara for the last two years†said Frank Mugnolo, President of Round 3 Productions. Round 3 Productions promoted the Fonfara vs Karpency fightâ€on Nov 16, 2012…
Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Tommy Coyle and Darren Hamilton have both signed promotional deals with Eddie Hearn. Promising Lightweight talent Coyle became a notable player in the thriving domestic scene with his impressive display in his Commonwealth title clash against Derry Mathews in Hull in July and followed that in November with…
Mayweather Promotions is pleased to announce the near completion of the”The Little Creek Brawl” fight card headlined by middleweight contender J’Leon Love (15-0, 8 KO’s) against Philadelphia’s LaJuan Simon (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) on Friday, Dec. 6 from Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Wash., live on ShoBox: The New Generation. The night will feature Mayweather…
Twenty nine year old Philip “Quicksilver†Bowes has made a fine start to his career with six unbeaten appearances, but now takes a massive step up in class when he takes on former British Champion Paul Appleby as a special feature in the “Lionheart and Braveheart†show promoted by Steve Goodwin of Goodwin Promotions, at…
With a hectic weekend now a fond memory, Dave Coldwell ditches the promoter tag for the next few days as he wraps up warm to brave the freezing Quebec conditions that await him this Thursday. After surviving numerous niggles at his “Hot Shots†event on Friday evening which saw the return of Manchester’s John Murray,…
In a Fight of the Year brawl, super middleweights George Groves and Carl Froch tangled spectacularly for the latter’s IBF and WBA super titles last night at Manchester’s Phones 4u Arena. The media build up to the bout had been long and full of bad blood with Groves incensing Froch by not paying the champion…