Top Rank’s ultra-talented stable ran the table in 2012, winning all the major awards from the Boxing Writers Association of America. The BWAA announced on Sunday that World Boxing Organization junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire was the recipient of its Sugar Ray Robinson “Fighter of the Year” award.
Unbeaten Australian banger Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne believes he’s on course to challenge British heavyweight hope David Price for his Commonwealth title at some stage this year. Price’s promoter Frank Maloney recently claimed that the world’s big men are running from the 6ft 8in Liverpudlian, but Lucas says he’ll be more than happy to face…
Lucas Matthysse was expected to win against Mike Dallas Jr., but last night the Argentine slugger proved that to be a dramatic understatement. Matthysse was complaining pre-fight that a flaw inside his game was starting too late in the fight, but his swarming approach that eventually flattened Dallas Jr shut out that thought. Dallas Jr…
Friday night at The Paramount in Huntington, New York, a sold out crowd was treated to a sensational night of professional boxing highlighted by career best victories from 2008 Olympian Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade and Long Island fan favorite Cletus “The Hebrew Hammer” Seldin. The event was promoted by Star Boxing, and Banner Promotions. Said…
Popular Sheffield puncher Adam Etches is set to challenge for his first title as a professional. ‘The Bomber’ will take on tough Belarusian Andrei Abramenka for the IBF youth title at the Ponds Forge Arena in his home city on Saturday April 13. It marks a huge leap in class for the 21-year-old Yorkshireman.
Tonight Gary Shaw Productions and the Chumash Resort Casino in Santa Ynez, Calif., enjoyed another sell out crowd for their show titled “Central Coast Championship Night.” The main event featured undefeated super-bantamweight standout Roman Morales (14-0, 7 KOs) vs. Jose Iniguez (6-15, 1 KO). Morales, known for his great body punching, used all his tools…
Live from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Showtime’s renowned boxing series “Showtime World Championship Boxing” serves up a tripleheader where the main course is Argentine knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (32-2-0 30 KO’s), who looks to secure a WBC title fight with Danny Garcia by winning an eliminator against American boxer…
President of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya and the fighters participating in Saturday’s first Showtime Championship Boxing and Showtime Extreme telecasts of 2013 participated in a final press conference Thursday at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. One of the most-feared punchers in boxing, WBC Interim Super Lightweight Champion Lucas Matthysse…
A new, meaner “King” Carlos Molina is ready to go for his ESPN Friday Night Fights main event at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on February 1. 29-year-old Molina (20-5-2, 6 KOs) will face two-division and five-time world champion Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks in a 12-round IBF Junior Middleweight Title Eliminator to headline the…
2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius Andrade (18-0, 13 KOs), of Providence, R.I., puts his unbeaten record on the line against former world title challenger Freddy “El Riel†Hernandez (30-3, 20 KOs), of Lynwood, Calif., in the 10-round junior middleweight main event on ShoBox: The New Generation doubleheader tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 25, live on Showtime at 10…
Wadi Camacho and Ryan Taylor will box for their first pro titles at ‘London’s Finest’ show at the Wembley Arena on March 9, live on Sky Sports. ‘Macho Man’ Camacho faces fellow unbeaten cruiserweight China Clark for the English belt while ‘Crash Bang’ Taylor (7-0-1) meets Liam Shinkwin (5-0-1) for the Southern Area lightweight title…
Carl Froch is targeting a trip to Montreal later this year for a rematch with Lucian Bute, once he has ‘avenged his loss’ over Mikkel Kessler. The three-time World champion won the IBF belt from Bute last May and it has been reported that the 32 year old Romanian-Canadian could be in line for a…