The penultimate weekend of the Irish Daily Star sponsored Elite National Championships yielded a third successive Joe Ward versus Ken Egan light-heavyweight final. Egan, who was beaten by Ward in the 2011 and 2012 deciders, beat Davey Joe Joyce 13-7 last night to book his ticket into an unprecedented 13th final since 2001.
Fight fans in San Antonio, Texas will be treated to an explosive night of boxing action featuring Texas’ top prospects on Saturday, March 2, when Weslaco’s Omar “Panterita” Figueroa steps into the ring for the first time in 2013 against Colombia’s Henry Aurad in the eight-round junior welterweight main event at the Our Lady of…
Claus Bertino, Timo Hoffmann, Derric Rossy and Albert Sosnowski are the final four names added to the line-up for the sold out Prizefighter International Heavyweights III, live on Sky Sports from the York Hall, Bethnal Green on February 23. The quartet join London fighter Ian Lewison (6-1-1), American KO king Travis Walker (39-8-1) and previous…
The vacant WBA Lightweight Championship between Richar Abril and Sharif “The Lion” Bogere has been elevated to the main event on Saturday, March 2 and will now be held at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas live on Showtime at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.
Darren Barker will fight Italian champion Simone Rotolo for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental middleweight title at the top of the bill of the ‘London’s Finest’ show at Wembley Arena on March 9, live on Sky Sports. Rotolo (35-3), who hasn’t tasted defeat since a 2007 European title fight against former World champion German Sebastian Sylvester,…
Top Rank and Zanfer Promotions announced the signing of undefeated Top-Five middleweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez today. RamÃrez (24-0, 19 KOs), from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, captured the WBC Youth middleweight title in 2010 and has successfully defended it six times throughout his three-year reign.
When Gavin Rees takes on Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner this Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he really will have a hard night’s work ahead of him. Rees, 37-1-1 with 18 KO’s, is older, by nine years at 32. He is slower than Broner, both of hand and foot, the numbers say he doesn’t hit…
This Saturday night at the Gran Arena in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, undefeated Super Bantamweight prospect Juan “Baby Tito†Dominguez will compete for his professional title when he takes on Geyci Lorenzo for the WBA Fedecentro championship. The scheduled nine round bout will be part of a big night of boxing in the…
Adrien Broner, WBC Lightweight Champion “It’s not a gimmick. It’s not fake. It’s not a game. I don’t put on a show for the cameras. You might take it as an act, but this is just me. “Antonio DeMarco is a hell of a guy. He has a nice spirit. When we fought, there wasn’t…
Gavin Rees has the backing of his Matchroom Boxing stable mates as he prepares to face Adrien Broner for the WBC lightweight title in Atlantic City on Saturday February 16, live on Sky Sports. Rees is gunning to be crowned a two-weight World champion against the unbeaten Cincinnati star, and three-time World super middleweight champion…
Ricky Hatton might be best known for using his firsts, but this Saturday night he’ll be showing off his dancing feet as he takes part in ‘Let’s Dance for Comic Relief’, live on BBC One at 6.50pm. The Hitman will join comedians Tim Vine and Olivia Lee plus two other star acts in the first…
Gary Lockett believes Gavin Rees has won the first battle with Adrien Broner – dominating the fast-talking champ in the trash talk stakes ahead of their WBC lightweight title clash in Atlantic City on Saturday February 16, live on Sky Sports. Lockett has lent his words of wisdom to Rees in their extensive New York…