Long Island fan favorite and perrienal contender Vinny Maddalone is in final preparations for his scheduled ten round heavyweight clash on Saturday, May 11 against undefeated prospect Richard Carmack of Kansas City, Missouri in the main event of “Rockin Fights 8” at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. “This is a terrific opportunity for me,…
Australian boxing trainer Gareth Williams believes his charge Damien Hooper can go on to become one of the country’s greatest ever fighters. Hooper, a 2012 Olympian, entered the professional ranks in a blaze of glory last month, stopping the experienced Garth Murray inside five rounds.
Heavyweight contender David Haye gym doors open to Hollywood this week, yet insists his mind remains focused on a June 29 clash with Manuel Charr in Manchester. Actresses Michelle Rodriguez and Gina Carano, stars of Fast & Furious 6, visited the Vauxhall-based gymnasium while on a promotional tour and offered Haye a sample of an…
Next Friday, May 17, sees Driffield’s Curtis Woodhouse make his first in-ring appearance since controversially losing his English light-welterweight title to Shayne Singleton back in March. The oft-exciting Woodhouse has been kept busy since the crushing setback as his online altercation with a Twitter troll became global news and has seen the Yorkshire man’s profile…
Fast-rising Liverpool super-bantamweight James “Jazza” Dickens says he isn’t too bothered about not being able to defend his English title on May 24 as he’s got the opportunity to win another belt. Manager Steve Wood has searched high and low for a suitable opponent for the St George’s belt but could not find anyone willing…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event The main event saw Steven Pearce face Sam Eggington in a Midlands Area Welterweight Clash. Pearce won the vacant Title in March when he scored a fifth round TKO over Luke Gallear. Steven Pearce (Stourbridge) v Sam Eggington (Stourbridge) BBBofC Midlands Area Welterweight Title (10…
Last night, in Mannheim, Germany, Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko retained his four Heavyweight titles by scoring a sixth round TKO over Italian Francesco Pianeta of Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Pianeta found himself on the canvas three times during the contest at the packed out SAP Arena. Knockdown number one came in round four when the Champion landed a…
It was skill against will, brain vs. brawn, strategy contending with game; the rapier meets the cutlass. Floyd Mayweather Jr delivered a superb performance last night, taking away any advantage Robert Guerrero may have brought to the table at Mayweather’s home away from home, the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, while maximizing the…
Heavyweight boxing’s top man was in fantastic form earlier tonight at SAP Arena in Mannheim, with Wladimir Klitschko bashing up challenger Francesco Pianeta enroute to producing a stoppage at 2:52 of the sixth frame. Putting the WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO titles on the line, Klitschko was facing his second consecutive undefeated opponent, Italian southpaw Pianeta, who had previously…
Ireland recorded a shut out 10-0 victory over France in Friday night’s Elite international at the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork. Paddy Barnes, Michael Conlan, John Joe Nevin, who won silver and two bronze medals at the London Olympics, Sean McComb, David Oliver Joyce, Adam Nolan, Jason Quigley, Joe Ward, Jimmy Sweeney and Con Sheehan…
This Saturday night, Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather looks to increase his unbeaten record to 44-0 against Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero. As much as Mayweather would have you believe that it will be an easy night’s work for him, the general consensus is that Guerrero is not going to be a push over. ‘The Ghost’ has not…
The world’s top heavyweight returns to the ring tonight at SAP Arena in Manheim, Germany as Wladimir Klitschko seeks to defend every belt of note, except the WBC, against the challenger of opponent Francesco Pianeta of Italy. Poor Wladimir. He must envy fighters in lighter divisions; they can move up if they clean out their…