It has been announced by Matchroom Sport that newly crowned IBF and two time WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch will be making the maiden defence of his IBF Super Middleweight title against two time world title challenger Yusaf Mack of the United States at the Nottingham Arena on November 17th. The 35-year-old Froch won…
Matthew Macklin checks in with a training diary after touching down in Las Vegas ahead of his Sin City debut when he takes on former World Champion Joachim Alcine at the Thomas & Mack Center on September 15th. The bout is live on HBO Pay Per View in the US and Primetime Pay Per view…
Edison Miranda touched down in London with a warning for Tony Bellew ahead of their clash on Saturday live on Sky Sports in ‘London Calling’ – telling the Liverpool man he will not be standing by the end of the fight. Bellew and Miranda in a mouth-watering bill-topper in north London, kicking off Sky Sports’…
Sergey Rabchenko will make the first defence of his European light-middleweight title against Cedric ‘Titi’ Vitu. The French southpaw, 27, is the mandatory challenger for the unbeaten Belarussian’s crown and the match has been ordered by the EBU. Vitu has won 35 of his 36 professional contests, with his only loss a majority points defeat…
The negotiating period granted for the fight between Celestino “Pelenchin†Caballero, WBA Featherweight title holder, and the mandatory challenger, Nicholas Walters, is finished, the World Boxing Association has opened the fight to Purse Bid. The Bidding will take place on September 13, at 11 a.m, at the World Boxing Association Offices located at Ave. Aquilino…
Following the example of his elder brother Vitali, who is scheduled to take on unbeaten German based Syrian Manuel Charr, WBA Super, WBO, IBF and IBO Heavyweight Champion of the World, Wladimir Klitschko, returns to the ring to defend his titles at the O2 World Arena against the undefeated Pole and current WBC International Champion…
Today, Australia’s WBA Middleweight Super titlist, Daniel “Real Deal” Geale (28-1, 15 KOs), became the first Australian born prize fighter to win a unification world championship when he defeated IBF champ Felix Sturm (37-3-2, 16 KOs) by split decision on Sturm’s home turf at the Koenig Pilsener Arena in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Judges Stanley Christodoulou and…
Gennady Golovkin made a statement to the American boxing fans that he is a force to be reckoned with as he scored a scintillating fifth round stoppage over Grzegorz Proksa to retain the WBA Middleweight championship at the Turning Stone Casino Resort. Golovkin dominated the bout from the outset as he dropped Proksa in the…
Yesterday the “Night of Champions” card at the Guillermo Angulo Coliseum in Carolina, PR took place. In the main event coveted welterweight fighter Thomas Dulorme (16-0, 12 KOs), completely dominated Yoryi Estrella (10-8, 7 KOs) in a bout that was scheduled for 10 rounds. An aggressive Estrella tried to keep up in the fight, but…
It has now been almost two weeks since the Closing Ceremony brought down the curtain on the London Olympics. The venues are being either tidied up for the Paralympics or returned to their traditional usage such as Lord’s for the final test between England and South Africa. The overall postmortem’s of Team GB’s performance at…
World Boxing Federation Women’s Middleweight Champion Christina Hammer (12-0, 7 KOs) is all set for her fourth title defense on September 7 at the RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle in Muelheim, Germany when she takes on Dominican challenger Yahaira Hernandez. One of the youngest world champions in the game, 22-year-old Hammer won the WBF title in February…
Lee Purdy says he intends to break into the World scene after landing a shot at the IBF International welterweight title against unbeaten Argentine Gumersindo Carrasco on the ‘London Calling’ bill at Alexandra Palace in north London on Saturday September 8, live on Sky Sports. With high knockout percentages both men promise to provide fireworks…