Christina Desmond, Jacqui Lynch and Ciara Ginty guaranteed Ireland at least three bronze medals following quarter-final wins at the AIBA World Youth and Junior Championships in Albena, Bulgaria this afternoon and evening. Desmond, Macroom BC, beat Chinese welter Shi Yazhuo on a unanimous decision to advance to Friday’s 69kg Youth semi-final.
Australian prospect Cameron Hammond couldn’t have hoped for better sparring ahead of Friday night’s clash with Jody Allen at the RSL Club in Dubbo, New South Wales. The 24-year-old, who represented his country at the London 2012 Olympics, has been sharing the ring with former world super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine as he prepares for…
Rotherham’s Nav Mansouri, who was due to step up against former British title contender, Mark Thompson, on October 4, was today left “majorly disappointed†as the Heywood man withdrew from the clash after suffering a cut in training. Promoter Dave Coldwell has acted immediately though and has brought in Barnsley prospect, Matthew Mallin (9-1), for…
Anthony Joshua will face unbeaten Italian Emanuele Leo when he makes his professional boxing debut at the The O2 on Saturday October 5, live on Sky Sports. The 32 year old from Southern Italy has won all eight of his pro bouts including three by knockout and will meet the Olympic Super Heavyweight gold medallist…
Twenty eight year old professional boxer, Daley “Star†Ojuederie, has returned from his stint in the Big Brother house ready to launch a serious assault on the Super-Middleweight division. After meeting with trainer Don Charles and Promoter/Manager – Steve Goodwin, Daley signed a three year deal with Goodwin and is ready to launch his career…
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today the signing of undefeated WBA featherweight champion Nicholas “The Axe Man” Walters to a promotional contract. Top Rank will be promoting Walters in association with Warriors Boxing and Premium Boxing Promotions. Walters (22-0, 18 KOs), of Montego Bay, Jamaica, will make his Top Rank and U.S. debut…
Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye will now face unbeaten Tyson Fury on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Manchester’s Phones 4u Arena, following the postponement of their original date in September. The outspoken heavyweight pair were scheduled to box at the same venue this Saturday in what was billed as the British fight of the…
World-ranked super-middleweight contender ‘Saint’ George Groves is delighted to announce that Ireland’s Paddy Fitzpatrick will take over training duties ahead of his WBA and IBF title tilt against Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch on November 23. The announcement comes days after Groves and trainer Adam Booth parted ways following a five-year working relationship and marks the…
Ryan Burnett is almost having to pinch himself. The Ricky Hatton-trained prospect is only two fights into his professional career and already he’s preparing to box at Belfast’s biggest indoor venue. The 21-year-old bantamweight will feature against a soon to be confirmed opponent on the undercard of Carl Frampton’s European and IBF Intercontinental title defence…
Scott Quigg’s WBA Super Bantamweight title clash with Yoandris Salinas will now take place at The O2 on Saturday October 5, live on Sky Sports, with two Gold medal heroes now in action in Anthony Joshua, MBE, and Luke Campbell, MBE. Quigg and Salinas were due to meet as the chief support to David Haye’s…
The big news this week has obviously been about the cancelled David Haye v Tyson Fury fight scheduled for this coming Saturday in Manchester. Haye sustained a nasty cut above the left eyebrow in sparring on Friday night. Rumours are rife as to whether the fight will be rescheduled or not. Carl Froch has bowed…
Just a year ago today London based heavyweight Dereck Chisora had lost four of his previous five bouts, including three straight, the last of which was a shattering knockout at the hands of ex-WBA champion David Haye. But this past Saturday night saw the 29 year old “Del Boy”, 18-4 (12), claim his third consecutive…