The first five fighters have been selected for Prizefighter Welterweights III at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton live on Sky Sports on January 19. Unbeaten trio Glenn Foot, Dale Evans and Chad Gaynor are joined by ‘Notorious’ Nasser Al Harbi and Karl Place in the 28th edition of Matchroom Sport’s eight-man, one night tournaments, with promoter…
Nonito Donaire turned in yet another superb performance as the “Filipino Flash” retained his WBO super bantam crown with a stunning third round KO of former champion Jorge Arce at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. The battle of highly decorated multi-weight world champions had been highly anticipated with the mobility and power of Donaire…
Two World Boxing Federation Champions successfully defended their titles on Saturday, December 15, as International Welterweight titlist Loic Foure won a unanimous decision over Kobe Vandekerkhove in France, and Women’s Light Flyweight ruler Ju Hee Kim scored a TKO over Ploynapa Sakrungrueng in Seoul, South Korea. In France, Foure, making the first defense of his…
British superstar and former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir “King†Khan punctuated a sensational day-night boxing marathon presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime Sports by winning a dominant 10th round TKO over gallant but out-gunned Carlos Molina Saturday on Showtime from The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Making his first start with new…
Professional boxing returned to the CBS Television Network on Saturday afternoon for the first time in 15 years. In Showtime Sports presentation of “Showtime Boxing on CBS,’’ unbeaten Leo Santa Cruz capped a spectacular year by retaining his IBF Bantamweight Championship with an exciting and closely contested 12-round unanimous decision win over previously unbeaten Alberto…
Big super bantam clash tonight in Houston, TX as WBO kingpin Nonito Donaire puts his belt on the line against Mexico’s fiery fan favorite and former WBO titlist Jorge Arce at the Toyota Center. Donaire, 30-1 (19), has been busy in 2012, winning the vacant WBO crown with a split decision over Wilfredo Vasquez in…
Battle hardened Armenian-German Arthur Abraham (35-3-0 27 KO’s) will look to retain his WBO Super Middleweight title strap in a planned showcase bout with fringe contender Mehdi Bouadla (26-4-0 11 KO’s) of France, live tonight from Bayern, Germany. Abraham, age 32, is looking at a final title run. Falling past his physical peak, he is…
Weeks before beginning preparations for his March IBO world title showdown with Chris Van Heerden, Manchester’s Matthew Hatton has joined forces with Dave Coldwell after inking a management deal with the popular Sheffield promoter. The former European welterweight champion topped one of Coldwell Boxing’s shows back in October when he ruthlessly dismantled London’s Michael Lomax…
Carl Frampton will face Kiko Martinez at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on February 9 live on Sky Sports in Betfair’s ‘Unfinished Business’. The clash for Martinez’s European super-bantamweight title and Frampton’s IBF Inter-Continental strap kicks off a huge year for the ‘The Jackal’.
Kell Brook’s first World title shot against Devon Alexander may need to be pushed back from the proposed January 19 date after the Sheffield star picked up an ankle injury in training. Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn is working closely with Alexander’s Golden Boy Promotions team to delay the fight by a matter of weeks.
The WBA super bantamweight championship fight between undefeated defending champion Guillermo “El Chacal†Rigondeaux and former world champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym has been canceled from this Saturday’s card at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
While no titles will be at stake, there are several interesting match-ups on the bill when Euro Event promotes at Gigantium Arena in Aalborg, Denmark this Saturday, December 15. Headlining the card is local favorite Kasper Bruun (15-0-1) taking on Belgium-based Moroccan Tarik Madni (17-4-1) over eight rounds at Light Welterweight.