On Saturday night in the great fighting city of Liverpool here in the United Kingdom, local heavyweight hope and current British and Commonwealth champion David Price aims for redemption in front of his adoring public at the Echo Arena against his conqueror Tony Thompson. The first fight, which also took place at the Echo Arena,…
Ireland won seven of thirteen bouts at the European Union Women’s Senior, Youth and Junior Championships in Keszthely, Hungary today. Amy Broadhurst, Ciara Ginty, Kristina O’Hara, Christine Desmond, Cathy Higgins and Christine Gargan claimed quarter-finals wins. All six are now guaranteed to be taking home at least bronze from the 23-nation tournament.
Fans remained the biggest winners as “The One: Mayweather vs. Canelo†press tour continued Monday with two stops in Texas. In Housto , a couple hundred fans began lining up at 3:00 a.m. for a press conference that started at 1:00 p.m. By the time the press conference officially commenced at Union Station At Minute…
On Thursday night July 11, world renown cutman and boxing promoter Joey “Eye†Intrieri will be taping the pilot of his new talk show, “The Joey Eye Show†in Philadelphia.
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.