They say it takes a village to raise a child. While the 21 year old Anthony Hardy may be a full-grown man in legal terms; he is still lying out in his nursery through his beloved sport of boxing.
Revel Casino-Hotel, Atlantic City’s newest and largest casino resort, will proudly host the highly anticipated middleweight showdown between IBF titleholder Daniel Geale (29-1, 15KOs) and No. 6 rated contender from the UK Darren Barker (25-1, 16KOs) on August 17. Gary Shaw Productions in association with Grange Old School Boxing, and Matchroom Boxing, will promote the…
Former English Super Featherweight Champion Ryan Barrett makes a most welcome return to the ring following a fifteen month forced sabbatical from the sport, at the Dave Murphy, in association with Acourtier Events, promoted ‘Independence Day’ Extravaganza at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday 5th July 2013.
The most compelling and anticipated fight in boxing is officially set as the sport’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, undefeated Eight-Time, Five-Division World Champion Floyd Mayweather will face undefeated Mexican star and Super Welterweight World Champion Saul Alvarez in “The One: Mayweather vs Canelo” on Saturday, Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las…
Lomax vs Pryce: Former Prizefighter winner and British title challenger Michael Lomax is only six days away from a must-win fight on Saturday when he tackles former Commonwealth Champion Bradley Pryce over eight rounds in a contest labelled “The Rematch†at York Hall Bethnal Green, on the Goodwin Promotions’ Trail of Destruction show.
Tickets for the Saturday, July 27 Fists of Gold II event are on sale now. The exciting, multi-bout event at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena features two-time Olympic gold medallist and three-time Amateur World Champion Zou Shiming returning to the ring in a flyweight matchup against Mexico’s Jesus Ortega. The spectacular fight card also features…
Team GB Olympic star Anthony Ogogo will compete for the third time as a professional on July 13 at the MS3 Craven Park in Hull, live on Sky Sports on “The Homecoming†along with the professional debut of Olympic team-mate Luke Campbell MBE. 2012 Bronze medallist Ogogo, who will face an opponent to be named…
Martin Murray says he’s more than happy to move up a weight division and face fellow Brit Carl Froch. The St. Helens puncher is a career middleweight and has no problems scaling 160lbs, but he feels a clash with Froch is the kind of opportunity every boxer dreams of.
It wasn’t pretty, or even particularly exciting, but challenger Adrien Broner managed to outpoint reigning WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi last night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center by split decision. Broner did appear to be fine operating at 147 pounds after jumping up from the lightweight division, looking to be the stronger man against Malignaggi. One…
“I chose my opponent for September 14,” wrote Floyd “Money” Mayweather, “and it’s Canelo Alvarez. I’m giving the fans what they want. It will be at the MGM Grand.” With that, the biggest fight of 2013 became a reality, as Mayweather, boxing’s reigning pound for pound king, will put his perfect 44-0 record on the…
Newly crowned WBU Lightweight Champion ‘The Rock’ Stephen Ormond makes a welcome return to York Hall in London on Friday 5th July, where he will be boxing against a yet to be named opponent, on the Dave Murphy, in association with Acourtier Events, promoted ‘Independence Day’ mega show.
High drama is on the menu this evening at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY as WBA welter kingpin Paulie Malignaggi meets the challenge of burgeoning star Adrien Broner after a long, grudge filled press build up. Broner, 26-0 (22), is moving up from lightweight where he retained the WBC belt once following three WBO super…