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After a broken thumb forced Johnathon Banks to withdraw from his February 16 rematch with Seth Mitchell, Golden Boy Promotions has announced that a pivotal 12-round WBC super middleweight title eliminator between unbeaten number one rated contender Nikola Sjekloca and number two rated contender Sakio “The Scorpion” Bika will move …

A WBA light heavyweight elimination bout featuring two undefeated fighters, Ryan “The Irish Outlaw” Coyne (21-0, 9 KOs), from St. Louis, and Marcus Oliveira (24-0-1, 19 KOs), from Lawrence, Kan., has been added to the March 9 card in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center headlined by future Hall of Famer Bernard “The …

Adrien Broner, WBC Lightweight Champion “What can I say? I’m 23 [years old]. I’m young and I’m getting it. I don’t underestimate him [Rees]. If we stood face-to-face, I probably couldn’t see him, but I respect him as a fighter. “I respect every fighter because only a boxer knows what …

With a cluster of his prospects destined to take huge strides in 2013, Dave Coldwell is eagerly anticipating the remainder of the year as he gets to examine the progress being made by the younger members of his booming Coldwell Boxing stable. Next Friday, Feb 22nd , two of those …

What has been a frustrating few months for Kent’s Leon Senior ended today with the news that he has finally got a shot at the vacant Southern Area light-heavyweight title on Olivia Goodwin’s ‘Collision Course’ show at York Hall on 9 March. Senior had originally been matched with Margate’s Jay …

Gavin Rees is fired up for his WBC lightweight title clash with Adrien Broner in Atlantic City live on Sky Sports on Saturday February 16. Rees came face-to-face with Broner for the first time at a press conference in downtown New York today and the confident American and the pair …

Callum Smith is on a confidence high after earning his maiden stoppage win when a powerful left hook floored Tommy Tolan in the first round of this third professional fight in ‘Unfinished Business’ in Belfast on Saturday, February 9. Tolan got to his feet after hitting the canvas in the …

For many boxers, the prospect of facing an opponent on their own turf can fill them with trepidation. For Anthony Crolla, though, it puts him in his element. The Manchester lightweight, 26, challenges Derry Mathews for the vacant Commonwealth crown at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on March 30.

Matthew Macklin has challenged Irish middleweight rival Andy Lee to put up or shut up following Lee’s claims over the weekend that Macklin would be one of his “easier” fights. Lee made the bizarre claim prior to a points win over Anthony Fitzgerald in Belfast having already called out Macklin …

Carl Frampton propelled himself into World title reckoning, ripping the European super bantamweight title from Kiko Martinez with a ninth round KO in front of a huge crowd at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast live on Sky Sports in ‘Unfinished Business’. Frampton became the first man to stop the Spaniard …

Scott Jenkins will play a lead supporting role when his Hatton Promotions stablemate Adam Etches boxes for his first title this April, but he feels it won’t be long until he’s top of the bill in a championship fight of his own. The exciting lightweight, 21, will look to add …

Irish super bantam phenom Carl Frampton continued his climb to the world stage with a shattering ninth round stoppage of Spain’s Kiko Martinez to annex the European title last night at Odyssey Arena in Belfast. Despite the end result, the bout was difficult, as expected, for the rising Belfast native …