Waterford’s Rohan Date bowed out of the European U/23 Championships following a narrow loss to Oleg Nekludov of the Ukraine in Russia today. The 2010 and 2009 AIBA World Youth and Junior champion edged the three-rounder 10-9 to deny Date a place in Friday’s quarter-finals at the Sports Palace in …
Read More »De La Hoya, Khan, Angulo, Santa Cruz In LA
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya, former Unified Super Lightweight Champion Amir “King” Khan, his opponent, unbeaten Carlos Molina and the four other pugilists fighting this Saturday, December 15, live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena …
Read More »Ex-Heavyweight Champ Witherspoon Joins Malta Boxing Commission
One of boxing’s greatest ambassadors, two time Heavyweight Champion of the World ‘Terrible’ Tim Witherspoon, becomes the latest big name to join the board of the newly revitalised Malta Boxing Commission. The American superstar, who has been appointed Honorary Vice President, joins fellow legend, two time, two division Champion of …
Read More »Ex-Champ Haye Announces Workout DVD Release Date
Fresh from a stint in the Australian jungle, former world boxing champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye returned to English soil last week having bared his soul, and various other parts, to the nation on ITV1 show ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!’. He returned a changed man, six kilograms …
Read More »Golden Boy Promotions Gives Back To LA Fans
Golden Boy Promotions comes home for the holiday on Saturday, December 15 with an extravagant gift-basket filled with boxing presents for Los Angeles area fight fans and an unprecedented event at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena headlined by British superstar Amir “King” Khan making his ring return against Carlos Molina …
Read More »Barker Keeps World Title Dream Alive With Hope Defeat
Darren Barker reignited his World title ambitions with a brutal four round demolition job on Kerry Hope in the Betfair ‘Christmas Cracker’ at the London Olympia on Saturday night. Barker was boxing for the first time in 14 months since bravely challenging Sergio Martinez in Atlantic City and against fellow …
Read More »Extravagant Triple Header Opens HBO 2013 Boxing Season
Over the last few days, an exciting HBO Boxing After Dark triple header was announced for January 19th. Opening HBO’s 2013 boxing calender are top Featherweights Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia (30-0-0 26 KO’s) and battle-hardened WBO titleholder Orlando “Siri” Salido (39-11-2 27 KO’s), who face off in an intriguing 12 …
Read More »Santa Cruz, Guevera Ready For Saturday’s Big CBS Showdown
Three of the fighters who’ll be fighting on CBS Television Network’s portion of an unprecedented boxing marathon on CBS and Showtime this Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena participated in a media workout Monday at the Ponce De Leon Boxing Gym in Montebello, Calif. The three …
Read More »Malta Calling: Smith To Prepare Martin For Title Shot
Trad TKO coach Barry Smith has left the cold of London behind, for the much warmer and sunnier climes of Malta, where he will undertake the final preparations of Steve Martin, ahead of the twenty five year old from Pieta’s first tilt at Championship honours this coming Friday. Barry, whose …
Read More »Pascal vs. Kuziemski December 14 In Montreal
Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KOs), the proven WBC Light Heavyweight champion from 2009 to 2011, is returning to the ring to battle former Olympian and two-time WBO world challenger Aleksy Kuziemski, live and exclusively on WealthTV Friday, December 14 at 7 PM EST from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. …
Read More »Ringside Boxing: Luke Blackledge Vs Nathan King
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event At the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, yesterday, Luke Blackledge of Accrington won the International Masters Super-Middleweight Title by Unanimous Points decision over Nathan King of Mountain Ash, Wales. The Steve Wood Promoted Boxing afternoon began with a live screening of the …
Read More »Marquez Crushes Pacquiao With Sixth Round KO
The boxing world has been turned upside down as Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1 40 KO’s) has defeated the multiple division champion known as “Pacman”, Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2 38 KO’s). But no one, including myself, could have possibly expected something of this nature to happen to either one of these adversaries. …
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