It will be a battle of former world title challengers on July 26 as Juan Carlos Burgos will square off with Daulis Prescott in a twelve round bout for the WBO Intercontinental Jr. Lightweight title that will be held at the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Sacramento, California. The fight is promoted by Banner…
IBF/IBO/WBO/WBA Heavyweight Champion – Wladimir Klitschko, will meet with WBA “regular†Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin at the SC Olimpiyskiy arena in Moscow on October 5. After extended negotiations, an agreement for one of the most eagerly awaited world boxing bouts between two Olympic and reigning heavyweight champions has finally been reached.
Eddie Hearn says that a huge all-British super middleweight World title showdown between IBF and WBA champion Carl Froch and unbeaten Commonwealth champion George Groves could happen later this year. Reacting to reports this morning that the IBF have ordered Froch to face mandatory challenger Groves, Hearn, who promotes both fighters, clarified the position on…
This past Friday June 28, Thompson Boxing Promotions “Path to Glory” card at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, California was another great success. In the main event, super bantamweight Christopher Martin (27-2-3, 9 KOs) continued his march toward his goal of fighting for a world title with a hard fought KO win against Raul…
Washington, D.C., welterweight Dusty Hernandez-Harrison, 19, kept his undefeated record intact with a six-round unanimous decision victory over 32-fight veteran Ben Ankrah of Accra, Ghana.
There are certain things in life that are as predictable as the sunset and the sunrise that mark the beginning and end of each day. The sport of Boxing isn’t one of those things, as unpredictability is actually normal. However, one man is bucking the tend. On Saturday night at Foxwoods Resort in Connecticut, the…
Matthew Macklin’s dream of winning the WBA and IBO Middleweight Titles on Saturday night came to an end when the Birmingham man suffered a third round knockdown at the hands of champion – Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin of Kazakhstan. Golovkin came out of his corner looking like he ‘meant business’ – forcing Macklin on the back-foot…
On Saturday afternoon July 6, former two-time Heavyweight championship challenger, Tony Thompson will try to make it two for two when he takes on 2008 Olympic Bronze Medal Winner David Price in the most anticipated heavyweight rematch of the year.
“The One: Mayweather vs. Canelo†press tour continued on a beautiful summer Sunday in Mexico’s capital city where local police estimated that 32,000 excitable fans turned out at Monumento de los Niños Heroes to greet pound-for-pound boxing king Floyd Mayweather and national hero Canelo Alvarez.
Well-travelled former world champion Souleymane M’baye (40-4-1, 22 KOs) has promised Khabib Allakhverdiev (18-0, 8 KOs) the fight of his life when they contest the WBA and IBO light welterweight title in Monte Carlo on July 13. The fight is the co-feature on the “Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four†final bill, taking place in…
‘Celtic Warrior’ calls on Irish boxing fans to get behind Steve Collins Jr. on his pro debut, at York Hall this Friday. Over the past few months legendary two time, two division World Champion, Steve Collins, has been receiving some serious column inches in the press, due to his proposed return to action against Roy…
On Friday night, Ruthless Frankie Gavin ended Denton Vassell’s unbeaten record in brutal fashion, leaving him with a suspected broken jaw following a seventh-round stoppage. Brummie Gavin, who by securing victory preserved his own unbeaten run, was good value for the triumph after putting his Mancunian counterpart on the back foot for much of this…