Irish Olympian John Joe Nevin has reversed his decision to turn professional opting instead to remain in the amateur circuit. Super Fight Promotions were made aware of this late last night by his representative Lynn Hunter who stated he would be competing in the upcoming World Series of Boxing tournament. Super Fight Promotions are disappointed…
Carl Froch has warned Sky Sports 3D viewers to make room on the sofa when he boxes Yusaf Mack on November 17 – as he plans to smash the World title challenger through the screen on his way to victory. The Cobra defends his IBF super middleweight World title against the Philadelphian at the Capital…
Boxing fans in Thailand are happy with the news latest that Government TV Channel NBT approved the historical WBA super featherweight championship title fight between Chris John and Chonlatarn Or Piriyapino. Thailand and neighbor countries can watch this exciting fight live.
Ex four-time world champion, Carina “La Reina” Moreno (22-5, 6 KOs) has signed a contract to fight WBA Flyweight champion, Susi Kentikian (29-1, 16 KOs) on December 1, 2012. The 10-round championship bout will take place in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Once considered a pound for pound female champion, Moreno looks to regain he status as one…
Ricky Hatton insists boxing fans will be in for an “explosion†when Gary Buckland defends his British super-featherweight title against Stephen Foster Jr later this month. The pair clash at Manchester Arena on Saturday November 24, on the same bill as Hatton’s comeback fight against Vyacheslav Senchenko.
Larry Ekundayo stormed to victory in the Betfair Prizefighter Light-Middleweights III – becoming the first man to pocket the £2,000 KO bonus after stopping Terry Carruthers in the final. Ekundayo entered the tournament with just two pro contests on his CV, but beat the favourite Craig McEwan in the opening quarter-final and followed that up…
On Friday night, Hull’s Tommy Coyle won the vacant WBC International Silver Lightweight Title by first round TKO over Antonio Joao Bento of Portugal. The VIP Promotions fight-night at City Hall, Hull, also featured six undercard bouts. Ryan Clark of Navenby, Lincolnshire, successfully defended his International Masters Super-Middleweight Title for the second time when he…
WBC bantamweight kingpin Shinsuke Yamanaka rubbed out challenger Tomas Rojas with a stunning seventh round KO during an all-southpaw clash on Saturday night in front of a packed house at Xebio Arena in Sendai, Japan. Mexico’s Rojas had won three straight after being relieved of the WBC super fly crown by Suriyan Sor Rungvisai over…
Local superstars, Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (35-2-1) and Canada based Romanian Lucian Bute (31-1-0), fought in what were, on paper, two major showcase fights last night. But, two strong-hearted warriors going by the names of Firat Arslan (32-6-0) and Denis Grachev (12-1-1), despite losing in close battles, prevented the favorites from achieving that goal of impressing…
Canadian boxing sensation Lucian Bute (30-1-0) is on the rebound tonight when he faces heavy handed Russian Denis Grachev (12-0-1) in a twelve round NABF title contest live from the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada. This is a career defining fight for both. For Grachev, a win would skyrocket him from his current status as…
The principals for the NABF Light Heavyweight championship bout between former IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute and undefeated Denis Grachev weighed in today.
Prizefighter Light-Middleweights III favourite Craig McEwan will face two-fight novice Larry Ekundayo in the opening quarter-final at York Hall in Bethnal Green after the draw threw up four exciting contests. Edinburgh’s McEwan is chasing title shots after returning from seven years in America under the watchful eye of Freddie Roach in the Wild Card Gym,…