Amir Khan is delighted to announce Virgil Hunter as his new head trainer, who takes charge as Khan faces the undefeated Carlos Molina in his next fight. The highly respected coach, who was last year voted as Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America, will prepare …
Read More »“The Hitman” Ready For Senchenko Comeback Fight
Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton will make his long-awaited comeback to the ring against Vyacheslav Senchenko on November 24. The former two-weight World Champion announced his return to the ring earlier this month and has now booked a matchup with the 35-year-old Ukrainian.
Read More »Povetkin Stops Rahman To Retain WBA Crown In Germany
Last night at Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany, WBA heavyweight titlist Alexander Povetkin rubbed out 39 year old former world champ Hasim Rahman in just two rounds. It’s difficult to see just how Rahman, who weighed in for the bout twenty pounds more than during his prime, earned this title shot, …
Read More »Team Ireland Heads To Russia For Schoolboy Championships
Ireland’s young boxers fly out to Russia this afternoon ahead of the opening bell for the 2012 European Schoolboy Championships. The European Boxing Federation and Boxing Federation of Russia hosted Championships, the 10th in the edition, is scheduled to begin at the Kubanskaya Niva venue in Anapa next Tuesday.
Read More »Juan Carlos Burgos Gets Title Shot At WBO Kingpin Martinez
Juan Carlos Burgos is ready for his mandated challenge against newly crowned WBO Jr. Lightweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez. Burgos of Tijuana, Mexico is promoted by Thompson Boxing and Banner Promotions.
Read More »Trout vs. Cotto Press Tour Hits Puerto Rico
Two days after a press conference in New York to formally announce “Showdown: Cotto vs. Trout,” Miguel Cotto and Austin Trout were in Puerto Rico on Wednesday to discuss their upcoming world title fight on Saturday, December 1, at Madison Square Garden. Speaking outdoors at a public press conference at …
Read More »Barthelemy Gunning For IBF Super Feather Champ Salgado
Recent reports have IBF super featherweight champion, Juan Carlos Salgado (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) looking for an opponent for his scheduled title defense this November. Rances Barthelemy (17-0, 11 KO’s), #6 in the IBF world rankings, says he is ready, willing and able to fight Salgado for his world title.
Read More »Purdy To Take The Jones Test In December
The Essex man claimed the vacant title with a superb fourth round stoppage of previously unbeaten Argentine Gumersindo Carrasco at Alexandra Palace in September, a win that sees him sit just outside the top ten in the IBF rankings. That win capped a brilliant run of form for Purdy who …
Read More »Patrick Majewski decisions Latif Mundy in Middleweight Bloodfest
In one of the bloodiest and exciting ring wars ever fought in the Atlantic City hotel casinos, Polish middleweight Patrick Majewski, fighting nearly blind at times with blood from both eyes fought on with heart and instinct to win a ten round majority decision over Latif Mundy in a rematch …
Read More »An Appreciation Of Former World Champion Corrie Sanders
Within the last 48 hours, reports have emerged from South Africa that 46 year old former WBO Heavyweight Champion Corrie Sanders, one of the most popular sportsmen in the country, has been shot and killed in an armed robbery while celebrating his nephew’s 21st birthday. The South African southpaw, who …
Read More »Irish Joe Smith Jr. Scores Brutal Kayo at Resorts World Casino
In the co-main event at Resorts World Casino of Aqueduct Raceway in Jamaica Queens, New York, promoted by New Legend Boxing, Old World Boxing and WON Promotions, light heavyweight Joe ‘The Irish Bomber’ Smith Jr. scored a brutal third round knockout over Yasin Abdur-Rashid in a bout which featured five …
Read More »What Is On The Horizon For Martinez, Chavez Jnr?
It has now been more than a week since the man regarded many a fight fan around the world as the true King of the Middleweights, Sergio Martinez, successfully regained the WBC title from the Mexican Princling, Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr., in front of a packed Thomas and Mack Centre …
Read More »