Ricky Hatton has announced his return to the ring last week as a Welterweight and it’s created a ‘buzz’ in the boxing world as speculation of his next opponent becomes ‘hot topic’. The sensational announcement came to media representatives at a press conference on Friday when the former World Champion admitted that despite the thrill…
Kenny Anderson will face Robin Reid for the vacant British super middleweight title on the undercard of Kell Brook’s World title eliminator against Hector Saldivia on the ‘This Is It’ bill on October 20 at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield. Anderson has been gunning for a major title shot after proposed bouts with George Groves…
Paul McCloskey says he has to beat Manuel Perez on the ‘Judgement Day’ bill at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on Saturday September 22 live on Sky Sports, to keep his World light welterweight title dreams alive. McCloskey is aiming to get back to winning ways after his shock defeat to DeMarcus Corley in May…
Ashley Theophane is targeting a showdown with Amir Khan. Both Brits were relieved of their titles in recent months, so Theophane feels a meeting would make perfect sense. The Londoner is currently in his second week of sparring with WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns and he believes the experience has put him in good stead…
Scott Quigg has spent the past three weeks in Tinseltown, but he hasn’t been seeing the sights. Most Brits who head to Hollywood spend their time checking out the Walk of Fame or Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. The only place that has had Quigg star struck though is Freddie Roach’s Wildcard Gym.
Martin Murray believes another world title crack is overdue and he’s setting his sights on unified WBA and IBF champion Daniel Geale. The unbeaten St Helens middleweight held Felix Sturm to a draw in Germany last December and has been playing a waiting game ever since.
All eight fighters participating in Saturday’s blockbuster Mexican Independence Day weekend world championship event on Showtime Championship Boxing arrived in grand fashion at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Incredibly popular and undefeated superstar Canelo Alvarez will defend his WBC Super Welterweight Championship against breakout star Josesito Lopez on Saturday, Sept. 15, live on…
The highly anticipated world title clash between middleweight stars Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is to be screened live and exclusive in the UK and Ireland on Primetime, Channel 480 on Sky and Virgin on Demand. Matthew Macklin will be looking to get back that winning feeling against Joachim Alcine after back to…
Tony Bellew will provide the chief support for Carl Froch’s IBF super middleweight title defence against Yusaf Mack in ‘True Brit’ at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham on November 17, live on Sky Sports. The Liverpool star confirmed his status as a World level performer on Saturday night, stopping Edison Miranda in the ninth…
This week’s Méxican Independence Day weekend World Middleweight Championship event between undefeated WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, (46-0-1, 32 KOs), of Culiacán, México, and two-division world champion and pound for pound kingpin, Sergio Martinez, (49-2-2, 28 KOs), of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, sold its last remaining tickets today at 1:58 p.m. PT.
WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux is expected to defend his title this Saturday evening against Robert Marroquin (22-1, 15 KOs), on the Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. HBO Pay-Per-View event, live from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WBC No. 1-ranked cruiserweight Francisco “The Wizard†Palacios will receive his long-awaited rematch against Krzysztof “Diablo†Wlodarczyk when they square off on Sept. 22 in Wroclaw, Poland. Palacios (21-1, 13 KOs), a proud Puerto Rican puncher who was raised in Bayamon and now lives in Orlando, made his first appearance in a world championship fight…