“This is his Cup Final and it’s going to end in tears.†The grand showpiece that Liverpool warrior Derry Mathews refers to is his much-anticipated Commonwealth conflict with Driffield’s Curtis Woodhouse on September 21. With battle just over two weeks away, Mathews maintains his amazing sequence of brutal encounters as he tackles the former 147lb…
Ricky Burns and Raymundo Beltran came face-to-face for the first time at a press conference today ahead of their WBO Lightweight title clash at the SECC in Glasgow on Saturday night (September 7), live on Sky Sports. Burns defends his title for the fourth time against the Mexican and hot off the back of his…
Ricky Hatton believes James “Jazza” Dickens can beat Kid Galahad at his own game when they clash at the Magna Centre in Rotherham, on September 14. The pair meet to contest the vacant British super-bantamweight crown and ‘The Hitman’ feels Dickens has what it takes to become the latest boxer to take a Lonsdale belt…
Canadian southpaw Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (21-1-0 with 18 KOs) will put his World Boxing Council (WBC), Ring Magazine and linear world light heavyweight title on the line against American Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud (24-1-0 with 19 KOs). Stevenson, a native of Haiti who lives in Quebec and who is a rapidly growing attraction there, will be…
If Canelo Alvarez is awestruck by the prospect of trying to do something that no one else has done – defeat pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather – he doesn’t show it. Canelo maintained the same cool, calm expression throughout a nine-city press tour to promote “The One: Mayweather vs. Canelo” – the highly anticipated, super welterweight…
Chris Arreola calls it a “must-win” and may retire if he loses. Seth Mitchell calls it “do-or-die” and a “crossroads fight for both of us.” This Saturday, Sept. 7, former world title challenger Arreola (35-3, 30 KO’s), of Riverside, Calif., meets former college football star Mitchell (26-1-1, 19 KO’s), of Brandywine, Md., in a 12-rounder…
On Saturday, September 21, the Whippany Athletic Club on Algonquin Parkway will be hosting an all-day open house open to the public, featuring a variety of events, including a meet and greet with Hall-of-Fame heavyweight knockout artist Lou Esa. The Whippany Athletic Club is a state-of-the-art facility featuring a brand new boxing ring, several heavy…
On Friday night, September 13 at Harrahs Philadelphia, Eric Hunter will headline a big night of boxing promoted by Joey Eye Boxing. Hunter, of Philadelphia, will take on an opponent to be named for the vacant NABA United States Featherweight title in a bout scheduled for ten rounds. Hunter has a record of 17-2 with…
This Saturday afternoon Ray Beltran (28-6, 17 KO’s) will take on Ricky Burns for Burns’ WBO Lightweight championship on AWE beginning at 3pm eastern time. To say Beltran earned this opportunity is an understatement as the native of Phoenix, Arizona via Los Mochis, Mexico has had to fight his way to this opportunity.
Manchester’s former European champion and world title challenger, Matthew Hatton, has today announced his retirement from boxing after enjoying a highly successful career which began 13 years ago. After missing out on the IBO welterweight strap against highly-rated South African, Chris Van Heerden, in March, the oft-entertaining Hatton has thought long and hard about his…
The clash between Carl Froch and George Groves on 23 November, joins a schedule of live boxing on Sky Sports that already includes six world title fights in the first eight weeks of the new season. The new season of live boxing on Sky Sports gets underway with a mouth-watering selection of international bills during…
Last night, WBA and IBF Super Middleweight Champion – Carl Froch, made his debut on the dancing scene in ITV’s new ‘Stepping Out’ programme. The programme features six celebrity couples who spend time at home learning a dance ready for the Saturday Show. Carl and partner Rachael Cordingly had to learn the Cha-Cha this week…