Matchroom Sport in association with Orion Sport can announce that Steve Molitor has replaced Kiko Martinez for Betfair’s Judgement Day fight night at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on Saturday September 22, live on Sky Sports. The two-time World super bantamweight champion takes the place of the injured Spaniard and …
Read More »Holyfield Wants The Klitschkos, But Who Is Hatton In Shape For?
© Paul Speak Evander Holyfield called into the Hatton Health and Fitness gym 2 days ago on the 14th August to enlist Ricky Hatton for the Merseyside Anti Gun Campaign. The two champs shared a few stories and seemed to hit it off. Holyfield talked about challenging one of the …
Read More »“Mack The Knife” Savoring Las Vegas Debut Against Alcine
Middleweight contender Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin is gearing up for his Las Vegas debut on September 15th where he will take on former World Champ, Joachim Alcine on a card headlined by the eagerly awaited World Middleweight title clash between Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez. Macklin pushed Martinez …
Read More »Matchroom Sport Prepares Major Announcement For New Season
Matchroom Sport will make a huge announcement for British boxing on August 28 at a media day at their headquarters in Essex. Hearn’s stable of exciting British stars and future talent will assemble in front of the media in Brentwood as they all stand on the cusp of huge fights …
Read More »Cape Town Show Highlights Local South African Boxers
One of the youngest and most promising promoters in Cape Town, Charles Mijikela of Amandla Boxing Promotions, has put together an exciting card for his show in Lwandle Township in Strand, Cape Town on 26 August. The main fight on this six fight card will showcase one of the top …
Read More »Donaire vs. Nishioka, Rios vs. Alvarado Tickets On Sale
The Super Powers of the junior featherweight and the junior welterweight divisions will do more than flex their muscles when they battle for supremacy, mano a mano, in a sensational night of championship boxing. Top-Five pound for pound fighter and four-division world champion Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire (29-1, 18 KOs), …
Read More »Pedraza Ready To Dazzle On Puerto Rico Fight Card
Universal Promotions, Gary Shaw Productions and Dibella Entertainment will be presenting ‘Night of Champions’, a card to be held on Friday, August 31 at the Guillermo Angulo Coliseum in Carolina, Puerto Rico. In the co-feature bout, ambidextrous boxer, José ‘Sniper’ Pedraza (9-0, 6 KOs), will be facing off against José …
Read More »Ronnie Heffron In British Eliminator Against David Barnes
Today is has been announced that Welterweight prospect and former ABA champion Ronnie “Babe” Heffron faces the toughest test of his professional career to date in a British Welterweight eliminator shot against former British champion David Barnes on the 12th October at the Bowler Exhibition Centre. The 22 year old …
Read More »Undefeated Super Bantam Quigg Joins Wild Card Gym In LA
Super Bantamweight contender Scott Quigg arrived in Los Angeles today, where he is training at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym, home to Manny Pacquiao and many of the best boxers in the world. Currently undefeated, British and WBA Inter-Continental Champion Quigg will be staying in Hollywood, where his trainer Joe …
Read More »Irish Boxing Squad Celebrate Olympic Homecoming In Dublin
The Irish Olympic boxing squad will join their Team Ireland team-mates at an official London 2012 Olympics homecoming reception in Dublin tomorrow, August 15th. An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will host a Government reception for the athletes in the Phoenix Park tomorrow afternoon. The Irish Amateur Boxing Squad will host a …
Read More »High Profile On Sky, Irish TV For “Western Warrior” Coyle
Henry “The Western Warrior” Coyle believes that the phenomenal success of the Irish boxers at the Olympics can inspire him to victory at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar this Friday night when he makes the first defence of his WBF Light Middleweight title against Marcelo Rodriquez. The two men will come …
Read More »Former World Champ Juan Diaz Will Guest On ShoBox
Former world lightweight champion Juan Diaz will join Steve Farhood and Barry Tompkins as a special guest analyst on ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, August 24. Diaz, who retired in July 2010, will join the telecast team for a quintessential ShoBox doubleheader headlined by unbeaten bantamweight rising star Randy …
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