Kal Yafai steps up to face Scott Gladwin (5-1) in Sheffield on the ‘This Is It’ bill on Saturday, October 20, and both Yafai and his promoter Eddie Hearn are convinced the Beijing Olympian is ready for the challenge. The 24 year old super bantamweight has quickly moved to 3-0 after signing with Matchroom Sport…
Eddie Hearn says that talks over a possible Brit blockbuster between Kell Brook and Amir Khan have begun. The unbeaten Sheffield welterweight star faces an IBF welterweight World title eliminator next Saturday night, October 20, in the Steel City against Argentine Hector Saldivia in ‘This Is It’, with Randall Bailey defending the title against Devon…
Carl Froch has warned Yusaf Mack that he will be in for a rough night in Nottingham as he challenges The Cobra for his IBF super middleweight title in ‘True Brit’ on November 17 live on Sky Sports. Froch welcomes the American light heavyweight champion into his fortress at the Capital FM Arena as Britain’s…
From the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, HBO’s Boxing After Dark show last night had two intriguing contests. The headliner was a Super Bantamweight WBO, IBF and WBC Diamond title clash between flashy Pinoy superstar Nonito Donaire and Japanese top contender Toshiaki Nishioka with the co-feature a notable Light Welterweight clash between brawlers Brandon…
For a very brief period, Liverpool’s Echo Arena was alive last night with the reverberations of heavyweight David Price’s gloved right hand connecting to the head of opponent Audley Harrison. Undefeated British and Commonwealth champion Price made a mockery of ex-world title challenger Harrison’s challenge in all of 82 seconds, in which Harrison quite possibly…
On Saturday night at the Echo Arena in the great fight city of Liverpool, local hero David Price will make the maiden defence of his Commonwealth and British titles against perennial underachiever Audley Harrison on a packed Championship card. The bill also sees flyweight prospect and Commonwealth champion Kevin Satchell in a mouth watering crossroads…
Nishioka, 39-4-3, with 24 KO’s, will be putting his WBC super-bantamweight title, the belt he has held since the beginning of 2009, on the line whilst Donaire, 29-1-0 with 18 KO’s, will be adding his recently acquired WBO and IBF belts to the table. Donaire has spent the past five years moving up through the…
The Echo Arena, Liverpool is the venue this Saturday night when in a battle of the Olympians, 2008 Super heavyweight bronze medalist David Price, takes on the gold medalist from the 2000 Sydney games, Audley Harrison, for the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight championship. Its certainly a battle of the giants and certainly in Harrison’s case,…
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.