Universal Promotions, Gary Shaw Productions and Dibella Entertainment will be presenting ‘Night of Champions’, a card to be held on Friday, August 31 at the Guillermo Angulo Coliseum in Carolina, Puerto Rico. In the co-feature bout, ambidextrous boxer, José ‘Sniper’ Pedraza (9-0, 6 KOs), will be facing off against José Valderrama (4-1, 2 KOs), in…
Today is has been announced that Welterweight prospect and former ABA champion Ronnie “Babe†Heffron faces the toughest test of his professional career to date in a British Welterweight eliminator shot against former British champion David Barnes on the 12th October at the Bowler Exhibition Centre. The 22 year old Heffron, from Oldham in Manchester,…
Super Bantamweight contender Scott Quigg arrived in Los Angeles today, where he is training at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym, home to Manny Pacquiao and many of the best boxers in the world. Currently undefeated, British and WBA Inter-Continental Champion Quigg will be staying in Hollywood, where his trainer Joe Gallagher will join him at…
The Irish Olympic boxing squad will join their Team Ireland team-mates at an official London 2012 Olympics homecoming reception in Dublin tomorrow, August 15th. An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will host a Government reception for the athletes in the Phoenix Park tomorrow afternoon. The Irish Amateur Boxing Squad will host a Question & Answer evening in…
Henry “The Western Warrior” Coyle believes that the phenomenal success of the Irish boxers at the Olympics can inspire him to victory at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar this Friday night when he makes the first defence of his WBF Light Middleweight title against Marcelo Rodriquez. The two men will come face to face for the…
Former world lightweight champion Juan Diaz will join Steve Farhood and Barry Tompkins as a special guest analyst on ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, August 24. Diaz, who retired in July 2010, will join the telecast team for a quintessential ShoBox doubleheader headlined by unbeaten bantamweight rising star Randy Caballero against Manuel Roman live…
This week it has been announced that newly unified WBO and IBF Super Bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire will face a tough maiden unification defence of his titles against the Japanese Super-Bantamweight star Toshiaki Nishioka at the Home Depot Centre on the 13th November in Carson, California. This contest is widely seen as one of the…
John Joe Nevin lost out in his bid for Olympic gold versus Great Britain’s Luke Campbell at the ExCel in London. The Hull bantamweight was awarded a 14-11 decision from a cracking three rounds of boxing. Campbell took the first 5-3, Nevin responding well with two combos near the end of a frame in which…
Three members of the Elite Heat Boxing team took home titles at the renowned Ringside World Championships Boxing Tournament in Kansas City. In the 9-10 Year old / 70 lb Open division, Vito Mielnicki won three bouts; in the 11-12 /70 lb open division Malik Nelson had four wins. In the 13-14 Year old /…
On Friday night, Gary Shaw Productions and Thompson Boxing Promotions’ showcased a great show on ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” at the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, Calif. The 10-round main event, featuring Columbia’s Darley Perez against Houston’s Bahodir Mamadjonov ended in a dramatic split decision. In the early rounds, Mamadjonov used his boxing…
Paul Spadafora (45-0-1, 19KO) is finally making a comeback to the ring after a two year absence. The Pittsburgh Kid will be facing Wilfredo Negron (26-16-1, 19KO) of San Juan, Puerto Rico on August 18th in West Virginia. The Undefeated Spadafora has been busy and focused. Most of his time this year was concentrated on…
Following his American televised debut against former IBO Super-Middleweight title challenger Francesco Sierra in a 10 round contest in San Jose, California, George Groves has been forced to postpone (yet again) his forthcoming defence of his Commonwealth and British Super-Middleweight titles. Groves was due to rematch former victim Kenny Anderson, which had been scheduled on…