Audley Harrison, 28-5-0, takes on upcoming undefeated heavyweight prospect David Price, 13-0-0, at the Echo Arena, Liverpool tonight. On paper it may look a tad one sided in terms of numbers and experience but Price is looking impressive at the moment, he has steamed through some solid domestic opposition. He is now the British and…
AIBA have confirmed that Katie Taylor will receive the 2012 AIBA World Elite Female Boxer of the Year Award for an historic third time. The 2012 AIBA Award Ceremony will take place in Yerevan, Armenia on December 7th.
Super-welterweight prospect, Keandre Leatherwood (10-1, 7 KOs) makes his way back to the squared circle this Friday October 11, 2012, when he battles Marcus Brooks (7-10, 3 KOs) at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The scheduled six round bout is promoted by Ring of Dreams in association with Boxing 360.
On Saturday, November 17 boxing’s most electrifying young star, Adrien “The Problem” Broner will step up in weight to challenge the hard-hitting WBC Lightweight Champion Antonio DeMarco at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the main event of HBO World Championship Boxing. In the co-main event, two of the United States’ top hopes…
Sergey Rabchenko believes he will soon be challenging for the world light-middleweight title with Ricky Hatton fighting his corner. ‘The Hitman’ began training the Belarussian sensation earlier this year, and their partnership paid immediate rewards when Rabchenko stopped Ryan Rhodes in June to become European champion.
Undefeated welterweight contender, Vitaliy Demyanenko (20-0, 12 KOs) returns to the ring this Thursday October 11, 2012, at the Remington Park Racing Casino in, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He’ll face veteran journeyman, Roberto Valenzuela (65-63-2, 32 KOs) in a scheduled 6-round bout.
In pure throwback style, undefeated middleweight prospect, Tureano Johnson (13-0, 10 KOs), recorded two knockouts in four days when he traveled to the Dominican Republic and defeated Jonalis Reyes (0-3, 0 KOs) on September 29th, followed by a third round stoppage of Jose Morla (1-11, 0 KOs) on October 2nd.
After two big wins against American contenders Jason Escalera and Donovan George on HBO cards, Dominican-American fighter Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez, (22-0-0 15 KO’s), is confident about taking a large step up in his next fight. Following the Escalera win on August 29, where Rodriguez put on a tremendous showing of power and grit over…
It has been announced that former WBC Light-Welterweight, British, European and Commonwealth champion Junior Witter will make the maiden defence of the prestigious Lonsdale belt against Birmingham’s rising star Frankie Gavin on 1st November at London’s York Hall. The 38 year old Witter, who captured the British Welterweight title against former conquest Colin Lynes at…
Two of Brooklyn’s finest, boxers Paulie “Magic Man†Malignaggi and Danny “The Golden Child†Jacobs, participated in a media workout on Tuesday at the legendary Gleason’s Gym as they continue to prepare for their important and historic fights on Saturday, Oct. 20 at the first-ever boxing event at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Reigning World Boxing Federation Women’s Welterweight Champion Holly Holm will be looking to further cement her position as the Pound-For-Pound best female fighter in the world, when she moves down in weight to challenge WBF Light Welterweight Champion Myriam Lamare in a rematch on December 7 at the Route 66 Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Oliver McCarthy, James McGivern and Michael Nevin claimed three gold medals in today’s European Schoolboy Championships finals in Anapa, Russia. The Irish trio produced career best performances to beat Russian and Azerbaijani opponents to be crowned champions of Europe by the banks of the Black Sea.