The 02 World Arena in Berlin, Germany played host last night to the return of “King” Arthur Abraham as the former IBF middleweight king turned back the clock to give a fine performance in unseating WBO super middle champ Robert Stieglitz. Since transitioning to the super middle division three years ago, Abraham had experienced mixed…
Grzegorz Proksa’s WBA and IBO middleweight title fight with Gennady Golovkin will be aired on Sky Sports 4HD at 8.30am on Sunday September 2. European champ Proksa travels to New York to face the unbeaten Kazakhstan star, who fights in America for the first time. Golovkin has a formidable record of 20 KOs from 23…
IBF,WBA,WBO and IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his titles against Mariusz Wach of Poland at 02 World Arena in Hamburg, Germany, on November 10. Mariusz “The Viking” Wach, born in Krakow, Poland, lives and trains out of New Jersey in the USA. The undefeated heavyweight is 32 years old and 6’ 7½’’ tall….
Jamie McDonnell will face Vusi Malinga in an IBF bantamweight World title final eliminator on the undercard of Kell Brook’s clash with Hector Saldivia on the ‘This Is It’ bill at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on October 20, live on Sky Sports. The British, Commonwealth and European champion faces the two-time World title challenger from…
Popular undefeated hometown favorite Randy Caballero (16-0, 8 KOs), of Coachella, Calif., scored a knockdown in the second round en route to a 10-round decision over Manny Roman (15-2-3, 6 KOs), of Paramount, Calif. to retain his NABO Bantamweight Championship on Friday’s main event on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime. In the co-feature…
SaddoBoxing had the good fortune to catch up with Peter Fury, trainer of his nephew, undefeated ex-British, Commonwealth and Irish heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, who is coming off a five round destruction of American veteran Vinny Maddalone this past July in which Fury won the vacant WBO Intercontinental title. SaddoBoxing: Recent articles about Tyson are…
The four talented fighters competing on a terrific doubleheader on ShoBox: The New Generation tomorrow/Friday, Aug. 24, live on Showtime at 11:00 p.m. ET, made weight Thursday at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio , Calif. In the 10-round main event, talented, unbeaten, world-rated hometown favorite Randy Caballero (15-0, 8 KOs), of Coachella, Calif. ,…
Eamonn O’Kane fights for his first pro title on September 22, taking on Craig Windsor Jr. for the Celtic middleweight title on the ‘Judgement Day’ bill at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast live on Sky Sports. Prizefighter All-Irish Middleweights champion O’Kane moved his unbeaten record to 7-0 after claiming the 24th edition of Matchroom Sport’s…
Paul McCloskey will fight Manuel Perez at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on September 22, live on Sky Sports. McCloskey is aiming to get back on track after his defeat to DeMarcus Corley in May and a victory over the WBA ranked Perez would boost the title hopes of the former World title challenger. Perez,…
Undefeated WBA and WBC super middleweight world champion Andre “SOG” Ward (25-0, 13 KOs) and WBC light heavyweight titleholder “Bad” Chad Dawson (31-1, 17 KOs) both held open media workouts this week from their respective training camps in Oakland, CA and Las Vegas, NV. Media attendees were given the opportunity to watch training and ask…
Today it has been announced that current WBA “interim†title holder and former British and European Super Middleweight Champion, Brian Magee, has been awarded his second crack at a full “major†title, this time against American Southpaw stylist/puncher Andre Dirrell on the 17th November. The 37 year old Magee, from Belfast in Ireland, was given…
At the tender age of 21, Randy Caballero, of Coachella, Calif., has been perfect in a two-and-a-half-year pro career. He’s rarely lost a round while going 15-0 with eight knockouts, and already has attained a world rating. The talented bantamweight looks to have a bright future, but he will get his toughest test to date…