Undefeated heavyweight Deontay Wilder, most would agree, is a work in progress. He’s not your typical work in progress, however, unless you consider his record of 28-0 with 28 knockouts run of the mill. Still, the question on most everyone’s mind: Does the former amateur standout and the last male American to medal in the…
Ruslan Provodnikov has landed in Los Angeles to begin training camp for his much anticipated showdown with WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Mike Alvarado that will take place on Saturday, October 19th at First Bank Arena in Denver, Colorado. The bout will be live on HBO’s Championship boxing and is promoted by Top Rank and Banner…
On Saturday night August 24, former world title challenger Teon Kennedy returns to the ring when he takes on upset minded Joselito Collado in a ten round Super Featherweight bout that will originate from Ballys Atlantic City. Kennedy of Philadelphia has a record of 18-2-2 with seven knockouts and will be looking for his seciond…
Australian Olympic sensation Damien Hooper took his perfect professional record to four wins when he knocked out Togasilimai Letoa in Southport, Queensland, on Thursday night, August 8. Hooper, who represented his country at London 2012, dropped the Samoan southpaw in the fourth before putting him down for the full ten count a round later.
Rocky Fielding will defend his English super middleweight title against Tony Dodson at the Liverpool Olympia on September 21, live on Sky Sports, part of a bumper Merseyside bill in association with Coldwell Boxing. The all-Merseyside affair marks the second defence of the belt that Fielding won at the same venue against another Liverpool rival…
Anthony Crolla certainly knows a thing or two about the domestic lightweight division. The Manchester entertainer has compiled a superb ledger containing excellent names such as Willie Limond, Kieran Farrell and Gavin Rees. Perhaps the name Crolla is fondly remembered for is his Liverpool rival, Derry Mathews, as the pair shared two fantastic brawls in…
Forget David Haye v Tyson Fury for the time being, another massive heavyweight clash takes place on 7th September at York Hall – where Ian Lewison takes on Tom Dallas for the Southern Area title.
In a few weeks from now, IBF middleweight boss Daniel Geale faces the challenge of Darren Barker in Atlantic City. Why Barker and not unification matches against the likes of WBA champion Gennady Golovkin, WBO titlist Peter Quillin or WBC kingpin Sergio Martinez? Could it be that Team Geale are stringing out their run as…
This past Friday night, Welterweight Ray Robinson (16-2, 7 KO’s) made an emphatic statement as he scored a spectacular seventh round stoppage over Ray Narh to capture the USBA Welterweight title. The fight was the featured bout of a six fight card that was streamed live to the entire world as the inaugural fight card
The highly anticipated light heavyweight clash between “Chicago’s Polish Prince” Andrzej Fonfara and former world champion Gabriel “El Chico Guapo” Campillo set for Friday, August 16 has now been declared an IBF World Title Eliminator. The winner will be ranked #1 by the sanctioning body. The Fonfara/Campillo 12-round clash headlines “The Big Fight 2,” the…
WBA bantamweight champion, the Japanese Koki Kameda, celebrates today the seventh anniversary of his triumph over the Venezuelan Juan José Landaeta, to win his first championship belt. It was the mÃnimum title. Kameda defeated Landaeta by split decision in Yokohama, Japan. The scores were 115-113 and 114-113 for Kameda, while one favored the Venezuelan 113-112.
Acquinity Sports, under CEO Garry Jonas, has partnered with Hall of Famer Mike Tyson to form Iron Mike Productions, which makes its promotional debut August 23 with the presentation of the “Tyson Is Back!” event, in association with Greg Cohen Promotions, at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.