After today’s awful news regarding the passing of the much-loved Dean Powell, I’d like to offer my sincere condolences to all of Dean’s family. Also, my best wishes are with Frank Warren and everybody else at Queensberry Promotions who I know were extremely close to Dean and appreciated the magnificent job that he did for…
Brian Rose will face Javier Maciel in a final eliminator for the WBO Light Middleweight title at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield on October 26, live on Sky Sports. Rose and Maciel provide the chief support to Kell Brook’s blockbuster Welterweight clash with Vyacheslav Senchenko. The Blackpool man steps into the contest on the back…
The boxing community is still reeling from the sad news yesterday that respected Manager, Promoter, Trainer and Matchmaker – Dean Powell, has tragically passed away. Dean had worked in boxing for 25 years and was regularly seen at boxing shows around the country, his last – at York Hall, Bethnal Green, on Saturday night. Frank…
It was a great start to the new boxing season at Walsall Town Hall Saturday night, as Errol Johnson (EJKO) promoted a nine-card show which headlined the vacant British Masters Light-Middleweight Title fight between Tividale’s Jason Welborn and Max Maxwell of Birmingham. An exciting fight between these two men saw Welborn get off to the…
After weeks of bad mouthing opponent Seth Mitchell during the pre-fight build up, heavyweight Chris Arreola backed up his words by crushing Mitchell in the very first round of their bout for the WBC International crown last night at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, CA. Initially, Mitchell had success with a nice right hand and…
Ricky Burns was fortunate to keep his WBO Lightweight championship with a twelve round split draw with Raymundo Beltran at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, Scotland The fight was televised live in the United States on AWE (formerly Wealth TV). Burns controlled the first round and a he as he jabbed and worked the…
Someone’s ‘0’ must go at the ‘Celtic Clash’, but stylish switch hitting former Irish amateur champion Declan Trainor is determined that he will maintain his clean slate when he faces fellow unbeaten Sligo fighter Stephen ‘Block’ Reynolds for the Celtic Nations cruiserweight title on a bumper bill at the Devenish Complex in Belfast on Saturday,…
Tonight, we get to see another test for WBO Lightweight Champion Ricky Burns. Ricky is a good fighter and a very proud, professional world champion, and it isn’t a test really, it’s a defence of his world championship belt, but it feels like another test. Whether that is because I feel like there is more…
Martin Collins and Sean Conroy will be the first two Irish boxers in action at the AIBA World Junior Championships in Kiev, Ukraine this weekend.
Veteran heavyweight Chris Arreola and up and coming contender Seth Mitchell faced both each other and the scales yesterday as they weighed in for tonight’s 12 rounder at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, CA.
Chris “The Nightmare†Arreola (35-3, 30 KO’s) and Seth “Mayhem†Mitchell (26-1-1, 19 KO’s) along with Rafael Marquez (41-8, 37 KO’s), Efrain Esquivias (16-2-1, 9 KO’s), Angel Osuna and Ryan Caballero participated in a media workout at the Boys and Girls Boxing Club just two days before their respective bouts this Saturday, Sept. 7, at…
Ricky Burns says fatherhood is going to make him even hungrier to stay a World champion, starting with a defence of his WBO Lightweight title against Raymundo Beltran tonight live on Sky Sports 2 HD from the SECC in Glasgow. The Coatbridge star became a father for the first time when his wife Amanda gave…