The Open Cadet semi-finals are scheduled for Dublin’s National Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The finals will be held Sunday. The Irish Amateur Boxing Association are using the Open as part of their selection process for the European Junior Championships in Russia in June.
The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. will be the site of one of the most intriguing clashes of boxing’s summer season, as Argentinean knockout artist Marcos Maidana faces off against Southern California favorite Josesito Lopez in a 12 round fight for Maidana’s WBA Intercontinental Welterweight Championship in the main event of a Showtime tripleheader…
London 2012 Olympian Cameron Hammond is looking to wow promoter Ricky Hatton this weekend. The stylish Aboriginal boxer faces experienced Kiwi Daniel Roy Maxwell at the Royal International Convention Centre in Brisbane on Saturday night, April 20.
With the Super Welterweight World Championship Unification fight between Canelo Alvarez and Austin Trout coming up this weekend on Saturday, April 20 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, followed by the Unified Super Lightweight World Championship between Danny Garcia and Zab Judah at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, April 27 and…
Gary Buckland wants to secure a place in Welsh boxing history. In recent years a number of boxers from the Principality have followed the examples of greats such as Jimmy Wilde, Percy Jones and Howard Winstone by having success at world level.
Goodwin Promotions are delighted to announce a further addition to their ever expanding team with the signing of a three-year promotional deal with unbeaten middleweight prospect ‘Smoking’ Joe Mullender. 26 year-old Mullender, from Brentwood in Essex, has won all four of his pro contests.
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today that the WBC No.1-rated welterweight contender Carlos “El Potro†Abregu had signed an exclusive contract with Top Rank. Abregu, one of the division’s most exciting fighters, will make his Top Rank and his 2013 debut next Saturday, April 27. He’ll be facing Top-Five contender Antonin Decarie, in…
Brian Rose says he is ‘honoured’ to be the first British boxer to wear the ‘Lonsdale badge’ on their shorts as an outright holder of the Lord Lonsdale belt in his clash with Joachim Alcine. Rose headlines ‘The New Life of Brian’ event live on Sky Sports HD1 from 8pm on Saturday night, from the…
Matty Askin wants to win a British title in memory of his late grandfather. The 24-year-old boxes for the English crown against Leeds’ China Clarke at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool this Saturday night. The victor has been ordered by the British Boxing Board of Control to defend against unbeaten Walsall man Chris Keane, but…
Eighteen year old UK boxing star Junior Saba has arrived in Las Vegas to start a one month training camp at the Mayweather Boxing Club. After an intense gym workout there today, Saba is looking ready to take the American boxing scene by storm. “Junior Saba is looking good in the gym, he is a…
Tickets officially went on sale yesterday for the highly anticipated middleweight championship showdown between defending WBA and IBO champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (26-0, 23KO’s) and Ireland’s top-rated former world title challenger Matthew “Mack The Knife” Macklin (29-4, 20KO’s). Golovkin and Macklin will meet on June 29th at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino…
Brian Rose has vowed to prove he is ready to mix it at World level when he faces former World light middleweight champion Joachim Alcine in ‘The New Life of Brian’ at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, live on Sky Sports on Saturday, April 20. Rose and Alcine clash for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental title…