The undercard press conference for Saturday’s sell-out Manchester Arena show topped by Ricky Hatton’s comeback fight Vyacheslav Senchenko took place today at the Hard Rock Café in the city centre. Richard Poxon, Hatton Promotions, Director of Boxing: “This is the best undercard we have put together and the title fights are all top quality. They…
23 year-old Luton lightweight Michael Devine is set to step up in class when he tackles Andras Varga. The Hungarian, who has only lost two of his ten fights, faces Devine on Steve Goodwin’s bumper ‘Earthquake in Essex’ bill at Brentwood on December 8th. Luton has produced some notable champions in recent years such as…
Sergey Rabchenko wants to face British light-middleweight champion – Brian Rose. The Manchester-based Belarussian makes the first defence of his European crown against Frenchman Cedric Vitu (35-1), at Manchester Arena on Saturday. Rabchenko (21-0) is trained by Ricky Hatton who headlines Saturday’s card when he returns in a ten rounder against Vyacheslav Senchenko.
Carl Froch is aiming to secure a trilogy of mega fights in 2013 after demolishing Yusaf Mack in three rounds of his first defence of the IBF World super middleweight title on ‘True Brit’ on Saturday night. Froch pounced on the challenger early and put him on the canvas in the opening round before vicious…
Ex-WBO super featherweight champ Adrien Broner made a successful jump up to the lightweight division on Saturday evening, taking apart the top man of the division, Antonio DeMarco, and taking the Mexican’s WBC 135 pound title at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Broner leveraged his edge in speed, accuracy and surprisingly, power, to batter DeMarco…
American Yusaf Mack didn’t pose much of a threat to IBF super middle champ Carl Froch on Saturday night as “The Cobra” retained his belt at home in front of a packed Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. Mack tried to keep the champion at range with the jab but was in trouble as early…
There were two world title bouts on tap this past Saturday at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles with WBO flyweight supremo Brian Villoria adding the WBA 112 pound crown to his trophy cabinet while reigning champion Roman Gonzalez kept his WBA light flyweight title intact. Once the bell rang, Viloria and WBA king Hernan…
‘The Buncrana Banger’ John Hutchinson looks to follow up on his spectacular pro boxing debut win in County Mayo, as the ‘Funcrana Funbus’ rolls into Belfast next month. The young fighter is scheduled to have his second pro fight against Belfast’s Gerard ‘Boom Boom’ Healy on a packed bill at the Odyssey Arena, featuring heavyweight…
In Darlington on Friday, local man Stuart Hall outpointed Josh Wale of Barnsley to win the vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Bantamweight Title. On Saturday, at the Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, local boxer Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch successfully defended his IBF Super-Middleweight Title by third round knockout of Philadelphia Boxer – Yusaf Mack. Also on the…
Don King Productions presented a ShoBox televised doubleheader at Gulfstream Park on Friday in Hallandale Beach, Fl. Miami southpaw light middle Joey Hernandez, 23-1-1 (13), headed the bill, which was stacked with local prospects, with a ten round points verdict against North Carolina’s James Winchester, 15-6 (5).
Live on tonight’s edition of HBO’s World Championship Boxing, we will see a doubleheader from the famed Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the main event, we will see former Super Featherweight champion, the talented and charismatic Adrien “The Problem” Broner, (24-0-0 20 KO’s), go head to head with Mexican warrior Antonio DeMarco,…
Carl Froch is back in action tonight, fighting in front of a hometown audience for the second consecutive time as the IBF super middleweight champion meets the challenge of America’s Yusaf Mack at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. Froch, 29-2 (21), is coming off a career best victory in May, belting out longtime…