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…
Two of the top up-and-coming American-based heavyweights – both from the Goossen Tutor stable – will appear in a non-televised undercard bout on “Ward vs. Dawson: World Champions: Made In America” on Saturday, September 8, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. and live on HBO World Championship Boxing at 9:45 p.m., ET/PT. Thirty-one year-old…
This weekend there will be three World Boxing Association Title fight in three different locations. One of them will be 160-lbs title Unification starred by Felix Sturm from Germany. Other title WBA fights will be between Gennady Golovkyn and Grzegorz Proksa, in New York; and in Osaka Teooarith Kokietgym will fight Nobuo Nashiro. The battle…
Undefeated power puncher and Team Puerto Rico member, Jorge “Machito” Maysonet, Jr. (8-0, 7 KOs) will be seeing action off TV this Saturday, September 1, against journeyman, Bryan Abraham (6-13-2, 6 KOs). The fight will be taking place at the Turning Point Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York. The feature bout of the…
On this Friday, August 31, Universal Promotions in conjunction with Gary Shaw Productions and DiBella Entertainment will be presenting the “Night of Champions”, fightcard which will take place at the Guillermo Angulo Coliseum in Carolina, PR. In the feature fight of the evening, Thomas Dulorme (15-0, 12 KOs) will be facing off against Dominican Yoryi…
Reports have emerged from the Southern Hemisphere that New Zealand All Black rugby star and occasional boxer Sonny Bill Williams is rumoured to have signed a contract to fight the veteran South African Heavyweight Francois Botha. The 26 year old All Black star, who is currently playing rugby in Japan for the Top League rugby…
Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that they have signed a two-year deal to be the principal boxing promoter on Sky Sports. Matchroom Boxing will stage 20 shows in both seasons with the first event of the new deal taking place on September 8 at the Alexandra Palace in north London as…