With the highly-anticipated Derry Mathews v Curtis Woodhouse epic set to take place at the Liverpool Olympia on September 21, boxing fans across the country are set for a fantastic tussle between two of boxing’s most outstanding warriors. Here are six gruelling battles that have given both these fighters the fearless reputation that they fully…
Darren Barker flies to America today to finish preparations for his IBF middleweight title clash with Daniel Geale, on August 17 at the Revel Hotel-Casino in Atlantic City, live on Sky Sports. The Londoner fights for a World crown for the second time in Atlantic City after taking on Sergio Martinez in October 2011. Since…
Asif Vali, who recently ended an eight year relationship as Business Manager for former unified light welterweight world champion Amir Khan has joined Team Fury as a Business Advisor.
Gary Shaw Productions in association with Lucas Oil look to put on a stellar edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, August 9 at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, Calif. In action that night, rising lightweight Rustum Nugaev (24-6, 14 KOs) squares off against Jose Hernandez (14-6-1, 6 KOs) in the evening’s main…
The mid-summer doldrums are upon the boxing world in full force, as evidenced by an underwhelming card at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT as main event of the weekend. The show was headlined by former light heavyweight and cruiserweight world champ Tomasz Adamek, 49-2 (29), who continued on his quest to repeat that…
Rico Muller successfully defended his IBO intercontinental welterweight championship after an exciting twelve-round battle Saturday night in Eberswalde, Germany. The local hero scored a unanimous decision against late sub Ramhadani Shauri from Tanzania even though Shauri made Muller work hard for his first title defense.
Irish captain Aaron McKenna and Jordan Myers claimed double gold for Ireland on Saturday at the EUBC European Schoolboy Championships finals at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin. The Monaghan (Old School BC) and Sligo (Inishfree BC) pair beat Russia’s Kirill Shchukarev and Denys Levenchenko of Ukraine in the 46kg and 59kg finals.
The fans have spoken and round three is the overwhelming favorite from Saturday’s classic slugfest between Omar Figueroa and Nihito Arakawa. During re-airings of this past Saturday’s Showtime Championship Boxing telecast, fans were encouraged to Tweet their favorite round of the tripleheader.
Seven Irish boxers will be aiming for gold in Saturday’s EUBC European Schoolboy Championships finals at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Team captain Aaron McKenna, twin brothers Jason and Jamie Harty, Barry McReynolds, Paul Ryan, Sean Whelan and Jordan Myres all won their semi-finals today.
Detroit was the historical battle site for Thomas Hearns and José “Pipino†Cuevas 30 years ago and where Hearns became the welterweight world champion of the World Boxing Association. The fan expectation was all over Hearns, who had the power to finish his opponent very fast. The Mexican was facing his 12th defense after four…
Geir Inge Jorgensen from Norway pulled out of his IBO Intercontinental welterweight Championship bout against Rico Muller scheduled tonight in Eberswalde, Germany. It is already the second time that the Norwegian canceld a fight against Muller on short notice. Luckily, Muller’s management was prepared this time and has an equally strong opponent for the 25-year-old…
Matty Askin believes Hatton Promotion’s deal with specialist broadcaster BoxNation puts him closer to a return with British cruiserweight champion Jon-Lewis Dickinson. The Blackpool ace lost a ten round decision to Dickinson in an English title clash last year, but is confident it’ll be a different story if they meet again.