For the third time, Rob Frankel will be the main event on Halquist Productions’ Battle at the Boat, scheduled for January 5 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. Frankel will take on welterweight, Jermaine White, in a 10 round thriller. After an up and down 2012, Frankel will look to gain momentum to…
World ranked challenger “King†Gabriel Rosado was incredulous when he discovered that his world championship bout against WBA/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady “GGG†Golovkin set for January 19 at Madison Square Garden in New York City would be fought at a catch weight of 158. “The first I heard about the catch weight was at…
On Saturday night, February 2, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing will return to the Times Union Center in Albany, NY with “Battle Of The Undefeated Heavyweights” featuring a ten round Championship showdown between Newark’s’ Joe “The Future” Hanks and Richard “Silverback” Carmack of Kansas City, Missouri for the vacant NABA Heavyweight Title. “The fans in the…
Sergio Martinez says Kiko Martinez will beat Carl Frampton inside the distance when the pair clash in ‘Unfinished Business’ on February 9 at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, live on Sky Sports. The middleweight king manages the European super bantamweight champion who defends his title against unbeaten star Frampton, who happens to be managed by…
After thrilling the domestic boxing audience last spring in a titanic six round struggle, Liverpool’s Derry Mathews and Manchester rival, Anthony Crolla, put it all on the line again as they battle it out for the vacant Commonwealth lightweight title on March 30th at Liverpool’s Echo Arena. Mathews’ promoter, Dave Coldwell was ringside for the…
Derry Mathews will challenge Anthony Crolla for the vacant Commonwealth lightweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on March 30 in ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ live on Sky Sports, an action-packed bill topped by Tony Bellew, who continues his march towards a light heavyweight World title shot. Mathews and Crolla met in one of…
Let’s welcome in 2013 with a look at what is coming down the pike during this month of January. This Friday, January 4 sees a pair of unbeaten super featherweights who clash for the #2 spot in the IBF rankings at Magic City Casino in Miami, FL. Towering Cuban Rances Barthelemy, 17-0 (11), meets Montreal…
As 2012 draws to a close, it is time once again to reflect back over the eventful year that has passed, as well as look ahead to what is in store for the boxing world in 2013. As always, the World Boxing Association plans to be at the forefront of developments for the betterment of…
Promoter, Brian Halquist, thought his days as a boxing promoter were going to slow down now that Joe Hipp had been taken to his shot at the Heavyweight Title and Greg Haugen had been promoted to his 4th world title. That thought has now been changed.
2012 has been a remarkable year for Coldwell Boxing as we have delivered a vast number of high-quality events. In the last twelve months, Coldwell Boxing have taken massive strides both in and out of the ring and we feel it is necessary to provide a series of awards to a collection of gutsy entertainers…
As a boxing writer, you often look at boxing in a more complex, analytical way than just about anyone else. The most simple example would be that a “punch” by a fighter isn’t just a punch. It may be a chopping short right-uppercut to the body, or maybe a sharp left jab that gouges his…
On Saturday night January 26th, boxing returns to Harrahs Philadelphia as Joey Eye Boxing and David Feldman present a big show to kick off the new year. In the main event, fan favorite Victor Vasquez will take on Esteban Rodriguez in a Lightweight bout scheduled for six rounds. Vasquez of Philadelphia has a record of…