Once beaten Welterweight contender Steve Upsher Chambers Is seeking an opportunity to take on undefeated Welterweight Keith Thurman for a potential fight on October 6th in Atlantic City. Chambers, 24-1-1 with six knockouts of Philadelphia was offered a fight with Thurman just two weeks before the July 21st scheduled fight.
Read More »John Joe Nevin Gets Into London Olympic Quarter Finals
John Joe Nevin scored five points in every round to book his ticket into the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games with an accomplished performance over Kazakhstan’s Kanat Abutalipov in London this afternoon. The Cavan BC stand out, a two-time AIBA World bronze medalist, took the first frame 5-2, the second …
Read More »Cleverly, Calzaghe: Potent Welsh Combination For A Cause
At last year’s Trad TKO Boxing Gym’s Boxers & Celebrities Charity Football Tournament, in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, so many big names turned out to entertain the fans, amongst them a couple of chart toppers, a brace of Soap Opera stars but there can be no surprise that …
Read More »Russian Contender Provodnikov Gunning For World Class
WBO number-two ranked Jr. Welterweight contender Ruslan Provodnikov is looking to take on any of the champions or top contenders in his next bout and feels he is just an opportunity away from becoming a world champion. Provodnikov (22-1, 15 KO’s) of Beryozovo, Russia has won five fights in a …
Read More »African Opponents Named For Irish Olympians Barnes, Conlan
Paddy Barnes will open his account at the 2012 Olympics versus the experienced Thomas Essomba of the Cameroon on Saturday. Essomba beat (13-10) Abdelali Darra of Morocco this afternoon to set up the weekend’s last-16 clash with the Belfast light-flyweight.
Read More »Argentina’s Rodriguez Calls Upon Irish Admiral For Coyle Clash
Argentina’s Marcelo Rodriguez has promised to embody the fighting spirit of Mayo native Admiral Brown when he travels to Ireland to challenge Henry Coyle for his WBF Light Middleweight title on August 17th. The two men clash at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar and Rodriquez is clearly aware of the connection …
Read More »Crolla Added To “Rocky And The Prizefighters” Line-up
Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla has taken the final spot in the Betfair Prizefighter Lightweights line-up to complete a fantastic list of boxers in action live on Sky Sports on October 6 at Liverpool Olympia. The Manchester man will be gunning for revenge against local favourite Derry Mathews who ripped his …
Read More »Golovkin Congratulates Kazakhstan Gold Medallist
While intense training continues ahead of his world title fight on Saturday, September 1st, WBA and IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady Golovkin was thrilled to watch as his friend Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan won the first Gold Medal of the 2012 Summer Olympics this past Saturday in the men’s 150-mile …
Read More »Star Boxing President Joe DeGuardia Survives Tragic Crash
© Tara Dellavecchia.WPIX 11 Star Boxing’s President Joe DeGuardia has survived a horrific and tragic fatal car accident while on his way home from “Rockin’ Fights 4,” a sold-out event at The Paramount in Huntington, New York, DeGuardia was on the Long Island Expressway in his new Mercedes Benz, when …
Read More »Former Double Champion Napa In Charitable Football Event
One of the sport of Boxing’s true characters, former British and European Bantamweight Champion, Ian ‘Dappa’ Napa is the latest star to sign up for the Trad TKO Boxing Gym organised 3rd Annual Boxers & Celebrities Charity Football Tournament, which takes place at the Concord Rangers FC stadium in Canvey …
Read More »Aydin Gains Respect In America Following Guerrero Loss
Turkish welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin failed to knock out Robert “The Ghost“ Guerrero but surprised and impressed most spectators with a great performance in an action-packed WBC interim championship fight on Saturday night at HP Pavilion in San Jose.
Read More »Prizefighter KO King Fielding Lands First Title Fight
Rocky Fielding will challenge Wayne Reed for the Central Area super middleweight title at Liverpool Olympia on October 6 on a bumper night of boxing on Merseyside as Derry Mathews and Gary Sykes lead the line-up in Prizefighter Lightweights II, all live on Sky Sports.
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