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 498 on Sky. The bout will see two of the world’s very best, in their prime fighters, finally face off against each other at…
Carl Froch will defend his IBF super middleweight title against IBF number six Yusaf Mack at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham on November 17, live on Sky Sports. Froch became a three-time World Champion with a stunning fifth round KO of Lucian Bute to claim the belt at the same venue in May and…
Lee Purdy will face unbeaten Gumersindo Carrasco for the IBF International welterweight title at Alexandra Palace on north London on September 8 live on Sky Sports – after Darren Barker has been forced out of the bill through injury. Former British champ Purdy faces the Argentine Latino champion, who has a formidable 13 KOs from…
Earlier today, WBA middleweight super champion Felix Sturm and his IBF counterpart Daniel Geale came face-to-face at the final press conference for their Saturday night unification fight at the KoenigPilsener-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. Both fighters displayed confidence but also respect for their opponent. “I’ve been dreaming about this fight for many, many yearsâ€, Sturm told…
Gary Shaw Productions signs light-middleweight prospect Francisco Santana (13-3-1, 6 KOs) to a promotional contract with the hopes that the Santa Barbra Calif., native can work his way up the rankings. “Santana is a very popular fighter in his region and he brings an exciting style to the ring every time he gets in there,”…
At the fifth annual “Fallon Fights: Rural Rumble ‘12†Oscar and Santos “Titos†Vasquez scored impressive wins. Presented by the City of Fallon, Nevada “The Oasis of Nevadaâ€, and Let’s Get It On Promotions, “Fallon Fights†again delivered exciting boxing action on Saturday night. Junior flyweight Titos Vasquez scored his first professional win over a…
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…