With just more than a month until the “Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four†boxing tournament in Monaco, the organisers have been swamped for ticket requests and information on the mega-event. “I’ve been in this business a long time and I’ve never known anything like it,†said Rodney Berman, chief executive of Golden Gloves, which…
Jazza Dickens will face Jon Fernandes for the vacant English super bantamweight title on the ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ bill, at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on March 30, live on Sky Sports. The unbeaten Liverpool starlet fights for his first major title on home turf against the Southern Area champ in a battle of…
Undefeated junior middleweight Alantez “Sly as A” Fox (9-0-1 4KOs) will be making his second appearance of 2013 as he steps in the ring with Greg Hackett (2-9) in a 6 round fight. The Maryland born prospect will be on a card that is being held in his backyard of Fort Washington, Maryland at the…
World championship boxing makes its 2013 debut on Epix next month with an exciting quadruple-header! WBO lightweight champion Ricky “Rickster” Burns and IBF titlist Miguel “Titere” Vazquez will collide in a world title unification to determine the division’s top dog in the main event of a blockbuster four-bout card. “Best of Britain” will be televised…
Top welterweight prospect Dusty Hernandez-Harrison of Washington, D.C., kept his undefeated record intact scoring a six-round unanimous decision win over cagey veteran Aaron “Showtime†Anderson in the co-main event Saturday at Resorts Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. Hernandez-Harrison is a fan favorite in the Tunica region since making his pro debut in 2011 at the age…
Olympic Champion Katie Taylor wowed a sold out Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin last night, with a dominant win over two weight German champion Maike Klueners and will now set her focus on the next two steps on the Road to Rio and her ultimate goal of becoming a two time Olympic Champion. The…
Adam Little is confident he’ll be able to make a major impact in the welterweight division when he returns to action this spring. The Ricky Hatton-trained prospect, 22, is currently recovering after having surgery to rectify a persistent hand injury and he feels he’ll show a different side to his game when gets back into…
On Friday, at the Magna Centre, Rotherham, Local Boxer Navid Mansouri outpointed Max Maxwell of Birmingham over eight rounds in their Light Middleweight Contest. The David Coldwell promoted fight-night also featured five undercard bouts all going to points. On Saturday, Liverpool’s David Price suffered a shock defeat at the hands of American Tony Thompson. Heavyweight…
Without a doubt, the Sunday morning headlines heralding Saturday night’s fight results in England contained rather unexpected phrases as Audley Harrison once again managed to pull a Lazarus while David Price proved to be the mountain that couldn’t. Harrison had been selected to participate in the latest Prizefighter heavyweight competition, which was a surprising move…
Last night at the Masonic Temple it was panic in Detroit as hometown hero Cornelius Bundrage lost his IBF light middleweight title to longtime journeyman Ishe Smith in an unexpected result. Smith was awarded two of the scorecards by a margin of 116-111 while Bundrage picked up the third 114-113, resulting in a split decision…
IBF light welter ruler Lamont Peterson managed to put a troubled past behind him on Friday night, retaining his belt at Washington DC’s Armory in an intriguing test against challenger Kendall Holt. It had been 15 months since Peterson had last tread on the canvas under the bright lights, a controversial split decision over Amir…
Frenchman Patrick Bois is the new World Boxing Federation International Light Heavyweight Champion after winning a unanimous decision over tough Ukrainian Serhiy Demchenko Saturday night, February 23. The pair fought on a big card promoted by Driss Khelaffi and his Khelladdi Group at the luxurious Mazagan Beach Resort in El Jadida, Morocco.