The Year of the Snake will also be known as the beginning of the era of Zou Shiming. The two-time Olympic gold medal winner and three-time World Amateur Champion will make his professional debut, headlining a brilliant boxing card, Saturday, April 6, at the CotaiArena, The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel. Presented by Top Rank and Sands China…
Liverpool’s James ‘Jazza’ Dickens has been left flummoxed by Kid Galahad’s decision to turn down a fight with him. The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) had ordered the pair to meet for the vacant English super-bantamweight title. But Kid Galahad’s team took the decision to withdraw their fighter from yesterday’s scheduled purse bid.
‘Dazzling’ Darren Barker has become engaged to long-term girlfriend Gemma Kao after proposing on the pitch at Wembley Stadium, one month before topping the bill in ‘London’s Finest’ show at the Wembley Arena on March 9, live on Sky Sports. The middleweight star was at the national stadium on Tuesday for a publicity shoot ahead…
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 into the HBO World Championship…
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 Executioner†Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KOs),…
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 we go through once we…
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 stars kick off a hectic…
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 Morris for the vacant title…
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 traded insults before they were…
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 opening exchanges of the Odyssey…
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 in a recent radio interview…