In January this year Canning Town’s rising Cruiserweight star Wadi ‘Machoman’ Camacho won his first professional fight, beating Northern Ireland based Ugandan Moses Matovu. Just under eleven months later, on Saturday 8th December, the Barcelona born Cruiser Bruiser will step into the ring at the London Olympia for his first Championship title fight, when he…
When Danish promotional outfit Euro Event closes out the year with a show on December 15 at the Gigantium Arena in Aalborg, the card will feature an interesting Light Welterweight fight between Kim Poulsen (21-1, 6 KOs), and Croatian banger Veljko Saponja (8-1-1, 5 KOs).
In one of the most exciting WBF fights seen in decades, in November 2012, Ali “Rush Hour†Funeka, 31-3-3 (25), won a controversial split decision over former two times world champion Zolani “Invincible†Marali, 21-5 (13) to win the vacant World Boxing Federation World Light Welterweight crown.
Former three division champ champ Miguel Cotto and undefeated WBA Super Welterweight Champion Austin Trout face off on Saturday, December 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Miguel Cotto, Four-Time and Three-Division World Champion “Austin’s team mentioned that he went to Panama and beat a Panamanian guy and they were in Guadalajara to…
Top Rank will debut its latest fan-oriented innovation, “Just Watchâ€, a one-hour live stream of a Manny Pacquiao training session, on Friday, November 30, beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PT. “Just Watch†will also be simulcast in Times Square on the NASDAQ building screen, which is seven stories tall, encompassing a quarter-acre…
Irish and boxing have been synonymous for more than a century. Undefeated featherweight Patrick “The Punisher” Hyland, one of three prizefighting Hyland brothers, certainly embodies the popular sobriquet, “The Fightin’ Irish.” Dublin-native Hyland (27-0, 12 KOs) plans to continue making Irish boxing history on December 8, when he fights fellow undefeated challenger Javier “El Abejon”…
Gary Shaw Productions bantamweight contender, Glenn Porras (28-3, 17 KOs) from M’lang, Cotabato (Del Norte) Philippines, will fight Jose Nieves (20-2-3, 9 KOs) of Carolina, Puerto Rico, for the WBO Intercontinental bantamweight title. The 10-round bout will take place at the Civic Center in Kissimmee, Florida on December 7, 2012.
Undefeated Light middleweight prospect, Alantez Fox (7-0-1, 3 KOs), who hails from Forestville, Maryland, makes his ring return on December 8, 2012 at the Convention Center in Washington DC. Fox, who stands 6’5, will take on Weymouth, Massachusetts native, Jimmy LeBlanc (13-22-4, 5 KOs) in a scheduled 6-round bout.
American heavyweight boxing fans that have been waiting for a legitimate heavyweight contender are in for a treat come December 1st as proven veteran Kevin Johnson (28-2-1) battles UK’s undefeated 6’ 9†giant Tyson Fury (19-0-0) in an official WBC Heavyweight Title eliminator. A win by Johnson on Saturday will put an American Heavyweight back…
Nomadhitini Ndyambo improved her record to 4-1 with a grueling victory over tough as teak Kholoso Ndabayani over ten harrowing rounds on Sunday, November 25, at the Mdantsane Indoor Centre in East London South Africa, and won the World Boxing Federation Women’s Intercontinental Light Welterweight title. Referee Siya Vabaza had a good night, but missed…
Kal Yafai will face Spanish bantamweight champion Jorge Perez on the ‘Christmas Cracker’ bill on December 8 at the London Olympia. The 2008 Beijing Olympian has thrived in the pro ranks since turning over in July and added a fourth stunning stoppage to his 5-0 record in Nottingham on the Carl Froch vs. Yusaf Mack…
The Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Mánuel Márquez 4 pay-per-view undercard will feature three world championship battles, the professional debut of the gem of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, and a little Snooki on the side. Promoted by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who will be making his promotional debut, undefeated former World Featherweight Champion Yuriorkis Gamboa,…