Former world heavyweight title challenger Manuel Charr returns to action on February 22nd in Galati, Romania. The “Diamond Boy“ will defend his WBC Silver International Championship against 35-year old Turk Yakup Saglam. Saglam was scheduled to fight former world champion Ruslan Chagaev on December 1st in Dusseldorf but Chagaev didn’t show up for the weigh-in.
On the heels of Saturday night’s controversial WBO Super Featherweight title bout that saw defending champion Roman Martinez receive a gift draw against Juan Carlos Burgos, Burgos promoters Banner Promotions and Thompson Boxing are filing a request to the WBO for an immediate rematch. The bout saw Burgos batter and get the better of Martinez…
Highly touted undefeated super-featherweight prospect, Joel Diaz Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) will make his well anticipated return to the ring on February 8, 2013, against Canada’s Tyler Asselstine (12-0, 7 KOs). The 10-round co-feature bout takes place at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” will televise the show which is…
Amongst Joe Gallagher’s stable of champions and former belt-holders is Manchester prospect, Hosea Burton, who has amassed a perfect five fight ledger since signing professional terms with Coldwell Boxing early last year. After displaying dominance in all his fights thus far, Burton takes a significant leap in class next time out when he tackles Northwest…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Sunderland’s Glenn Foot is the newest boxer to win Prizefighter after successfully defeating Welshman Dale Evans by split decision in the final of the eight-man tournament Saturday night. Foot had stopped local man, Steven Pearce of Stourbridge, in his quarter-final and won on points against…
An old warrior has fallen while a young gun has risen to stardom as WBO Featherweight king Orlando “Siri” Salido (39-12-2 27 KO’s) dropped an eighth round technical decision to challenger Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia (31-0-0 26 KO’s) in the main event of an action packed HBO Boxing After Dark showdown. This ballistic brawl was…
Promotional rivalries have scrapped some of the biggest fights in recent history of the Sweet Science, making this card so unique and intriguing. On tap is Mexican warrior Orlando Salido and energetic powerhouse Mikey Garcia facing off in the main event, powerful Kazakh Gennady Golovkin facing Gabriel Rosado and entertaining volume puncher Roman Martinez facing…
Professional boxer Mickey Bey (18-0, 9 KO’s) has signed with Floyd Mayweather’s very own Mayweather Promotions, “The Money Team”. The two have known each other for over a decade, in which a strong friendship formed between them. Mayweather’s father, Floyd Sr, was Mickey’s first trainer as a professional, and the two still currently train together.
Manager Philippe Fondu believes European light-middleweight champion Sergey Rabchenko could soon earn the right to box for a world title. The European Boxing Union has this week nominated Italy’s Emanuele Della Rosa to face the Ricky Hatton-trained Belarussian within the next six months.
Welterweight World title challenger Kell Brook performed the draw for Prizefighter Welterweights III at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton on Saturday January 19, with Mark Thompson and Rob Hunt kicking off the action live on Sky Sports. The Special One challenges Devon Alexander for the IBF crown in Detroit on February 23 and took time…
After the seemingly indestructible Manny Pacquiao was gunned down by long-time rival Juan Manuel Marquez this past December, Floyd Mayweather Jr is now alone atop the mythical pound-for-pound mountain, but is “Money May” headed for a similar fate? For years, Mayweather and Pacquiao shared the spotlight on their multi-division parallel journey, picking spots and winning…
World ranked and undefeated heavyweight Joe “The Future” Hanks suffered a hand injury in training yesterday causing the cancellation of his February 2 main event showdown with Richard Carmack, which had been set for the Times Union Center in Albany, NY, it was announced today by Star Boxing.