IBF/WBA/WBO/IBO World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his titles against Francesco Pianeta at the SAP arena Mannheim, Germany on May 4. Francesco Pianeta was born in Cosenza, Italy and moved with his parents to Gelsenkirchen, Germany at the age of 6. He is 28 years old, undefeated and 6´3â€.
Hatton Promotions are delighted to announce the signing of 2012 London Olympian Damien Hooper. The 22-year-old Australian light-heavyweight, who is from a proud aboriginal heritage, defeated Marcus Browne of the United States last summer prior to being edged out by Russia’s eventual gold medallist Egor Mekhontcev.
The fight business may not have been buzzing, but ultra-competitive roughhouse bouts between contenders Richar Abril and Sharif Bogere, Billy Dib and Evgeny Gradovich and Chris Van Heerden facing Matthew Hatton kept the hardcore fan on his or her feet. Here’s our roundup. On Friday evening,Dibella Entertainment and 50 Cent’s SMS promotions brought a stacked…
World championship boxing returns to Epix this month. Two- division world champion “King” Arthur Abraham will defend his WBO super middleweight crown against the former champion he dethroned, Robert Stieglitz, in a rematch of their “Fight of The Yearâ€-contender of last summer.
Former junior welterweight world titlist Kendall Holt will be moving up to 147lbs after spending the majority of his career at or around the 140lb weight limit. The move to welterweight is coming at a time in Holt’s career where he is in search for the biggest fights he can possibly get. With a division…
Gary Buckland has been handed a major opportunity on the undercard of Martin Murray’s fight with Sergio Martinez in Argentina on April 27. The Welsh warrior, 26, will take on Fernando David Saucedo in a clash which should put the victor close to a world title fight.
Unbeaten British and WBA-interim super-bantamweight champion Scott Quigg hosted the first ever Hatton Academy workshop on Saturday afternoon and it was an event enjoyed by all. The Bury ace, 24, demonstrated the skills which have helped get him to the top and then handed out tips to individual participants. Such was the response that many…
George Groves has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing. The unbeaten Commonwealth super middleweight star will box for the first time under his new promoter Eddie Hearn on the ‘London’s Finest’ bill at the Wembley Arena on London, live on Sky Sports.
In Sheffield on Friday night, Jez Wilson won the vacant British Masters Gold Middleweight Title by first round TKO. Wilson of Sheffield defeated Taz Jones of Abercynon, Wales in one and a half minutes. The ‘Fire on Ice’ fight-night promoted by Glyn Rhodes featured seven undercard bouts. At Burton-on-Trent, Steven Pearce of Stourbridge won the…
Matthew Hatton suffered defeat at the hands of Chris Van Heerden in South Africa on Saturday night. Van Heerden retained his IBO Welterweight Title by Unanimous Points Decision 118-110, 117-112, 116-112. ‘Magic’ got off to a confident start against the Champion and Referee Howard Foster warned Van Heerden for use of the elbow mid-way through…
Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins faces Tavoris ‘Thunder’ Cloud next Saturday, 9th March, for the IBF Light Heavyweight Championship at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York. During a media conference call this week – Hopkins was asked about Welshman Nathan Cleverly, who defends his WBO Light-Heavyweight title against Robin Krasniqi on March 16th at Wembley, UK….
World Boxing Federation Women’s Super Featherweight Champion Ramona “The Dragon†Kuehne returned to the ring after a fourteen month injury lay-off to successfully defend her title on Saturday night, March 2, at the MBS Arena in Potsdam, Germany.