Steve Goodwin is delighted to announce the signing of exciting Edinburgh based boxer, 25 year old – John McCallum. McCallum who was a star amateur, winning over 90% of his fights and representing Scotland on many occasions, has had a very slow start to his professional career – having only four fights in three years.
Carl Froch will defend his WBA and IBF super middleweight titles against George Groves at the Phones 4U Arena, Manchester, on Saturday November 23. Tickets for the blockbuster British showdown will go on sale at midday on September 17, when the champion and challenger go head-to-head at the first press conference for the fight. Full…
Scotty Cardle will face Gary Fox at the SECC in Glasgow, as the Central and Northern Area lightweight champions go head to head on the undercard of Ricky Burns’ WBO lightweight title defence against Raymundo Beltran, live on Sky Sports on September 7. Cardle progressed his record to 11-0 when he beat Maxi Hughes to…
Rocky Fielding will face Mohammed Akrong for the vacant Commonwealth super middleweight title at the sold-out Liverpool Olympia on September 21, live on Sky Sports. Fielding was due to defend his English title against fellow Scouser Tony Dodson but after the former British champion pulled out, Fielding now gets the chance to fight the Ghanaian…
Former British featherweight champion Paul Appleby will return to action on the undercard of Ricky Burns’ WBO lightweight title defence against Raymundo Beltran at the SECC in Glasgow, live on Sky Sports on September 7. Appleby, who became Scotland’s youngest ever British champion when he beat John Simpson in 2008, will contest six rounds at…
David Price has announced that it has been mutually agreed that he and Francis Smith will no longer be working together and have parted on good terms. After a careful review of his Career, David came to the decision that a change was appropriate in order to get where he wants to be. It is…
Very few gave Jhonny Gonzales a chance against WBC featherweight champion Abner Mares but the Mexico City gunslinger upset the odds with a vicious first round destruction last night at the StubHub Center in Carson, CA. Mares had won three world titles in as many weight classes, going 6-0-1 in championship bouts since 2010, but…
Bulgarian heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev stepped up a level last night at the Sport and Congress Center in Schwerin, Germany, defending his IBF International crown by UD over two-time world title challenger Tony Thompson as the headlining bout of a big fight card. Pulev, now 18-0 (9), had been out of the ring for nearly…
After 12 rounds, IBF super feather champ Argenis Mendez and challenger Arash Usmanee were deadlocked on the scorecards Friday night on Mike Tyson’s debut as a promoter at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. Mendez, 21-2-1 (11), was making his initial IBF title defense after winning it with a KO of Juan Carlos Salgado in…
Big show tonight at StubHub Center in Carson, CA where the outdoor venue sees two WBC title fights in the lighter weights. WBC featherweight ruler Abner Mares, 26-0-1 (14), looks to consolidate his hold atop the 126 pound division after winning world title belts as a bantam and super bantam, but the 27 year old…
Without much press, Miguel Angel Cotto has begun to train for his October 5 fight with the help of future hall-of-fame trainer Freddie Roach. The three time champion of the world will face Dominican pugilist Delvin Rodriguez at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Although this news is surprising, it’s not unexpected for those who…
Martin Murray believes a clash with Darren Barker would be one for the ages. Barker won the IBF Middleweight Title at the weekend, with a bruising 12 round decision over Daniel Geale and in the days since, the Barnet man has mentioned Murray as a potential opponent for his first defence.