NABO and WBC International Heavyweight Champion Johnathon Banks hosted a media workout at Bad Boy Gym in Detroit on Tuesday, January 22 in preparation for his upcoming rematch against Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell on Saturday, February 16 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The contest will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at…
Chicago’s “Merciless” Mike Mollo (20-3-1, 12 KOs) knows what the script says: Even though he’s in his own hometown, he’s being brought into to lose to fast-rising Polish heavyweight prospect Artur “The Pin” Szpilka. However, Mollo says that’s not the way it’s going to go.
Brian Vera threw his name in the middleweight title mix by scoring an entertaining tenth round stoppage over former Jr. Middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk to retain his NABO Middleweight title at the Turning Stone Resort Casino. The card was promoted by Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions and Greg Cohen Promotions and was televised Live on ESPN…
Heavyweight prospect Joey DaWejko (7-1-2, 3 KOs) makes a quick return to the ring as he will face another undefeated fighter in Didier Bence (6-0, 2 KOs). The six round bout promoted by Yvon Michel’s GYM Promotions in association with Boxing 360, will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on February…
Kiko Martinez has vowed to pour the pressure on Carl Frampton when the pair meet on February 9 in ‘Unfinished Business’, and the Spaniard says he will KO the Belfast star live on Sky Sports. Martinez defends his European super bantamweight title against The Jackal on a great night of action that the Belfast fight…
After weeks of major organisation, Coldwell Boxing can now confirm that the benefit dinner for Kieran Farrell will take place on April 12that Manchester’s Renaissance Hotel. Farrell’s boxing career was dramatically cut short earlier this month when doctors confirmed that injuries suffered in his gruelling tussle with Anthony Crolla last month were irreparable.
Don’t miss championship boxing’s return to Washington, DC as IBF Junior Welterweight Champion and DC’s own Lamont Peterson makes his first ring appearance in fourteen months and title defense against former world champion Kendall Holt at The DC Armory on February 22nd Tickets for “Redemption: Peterson vs. Holt” go on sale today, Monday, January 28th…
Undefeated Jr. Welterweight, Chris Algieri (15-0 7 KOs), is preparing to face off against Jose Peralta (10-1 6 KOs) in a junior welterweight showdown on February 23rd live from The Paramount Theater in Algieri’s hometown of Huntington, NY. The bout, scheduled for 10 rounds, will be the televised main event on NBC Sports Network’s Fight…
Top Rank’s ultra-talented stable ran the table in 2012, winning all the major awards from the Boxing Writers Association of America. The BWAA announced on Sunday that World Boxing Organization junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire was the recipient of its Sugar Ray Robinson “Fighter of the Year” award.
Unbeaten Australian banger Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne believes he’s on course to challenge British heavyweight hope David Price for his Commonwealth title at some stage this year. Price’s promoter Frank Maloney recently claimed that the world’s big men are running from the 6ft 8in Liverpudlian, but Lucas says he’ll be more than happy to face…
Lucas Matthysse was expected to win against Mike Dallas Jr., but last night the Argentine slugger proved that to be a dramatic understatement. Matthysse was complaining pre-fight that a flaw inside his game was starting too late in the fight, but his swarming approach that eventually flattened Dallas Jr shut out that thought. Dallas Jr…
Friday night at The Paramount in Huntington, New York, a sold out crowd was treated to a sensational night of professional boxing highlighted by career best victories from 2008 Olympian Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade and Long Island fan favorite Cletus “The Hebrew Hammer” Seldin. The event was promoted by Star Boxing, and Banner Promotions. Said…