Fight fans and fitness fanatics will get a rare chance to be put through their paces by four-time world boxing champion Ricky Hatton next month, when he hosts his Hatton Academy workshop on the Emerald Isle for the first time. During the three hour course at the City Centre Gym in Belfast on October 17,…
This past weekend in Montreal, Canada, Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, (22 wins, 1 loss and 19 knockouts) defeated Tavoris Cloud in his first WBC Light Heavyweight title defence. This overpowering victory was broadcasted by HBO, who seem to have found in Stevenson a marquee name that they can promote. Even if he is Canadian, eh! There…
Click the Image for more Gavin McDonnell Vs Josh Wale Photos At the Doncaster Dome Saturday night, local man Gavin McDonnell won the British Super-Bantamweight Title final eliminator by Unanimous Points Decision over Josh Wale of Barnsley. The Stefy Bull promoted fight-night also featured Barnsley’s Andy Townend v Rendall Munroe of Leicester for the English…
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…