Reigning World Boxing Federation Women’s Welterweight Champion Holly Holm will be looking to further cement her position as the Pound-For-Pound best female fighter in the world, when she moves down in weight to challenge WBF Light Welterweight Champion Myriam Lamare in a rematch on December 7 at the Route 66 Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Oliver McCarthy, James McGivern and Michael Nevin claimed three gold medals in today’s European Schoolboy Championships finals in Anapa, Russia. The Irish trio produced career best performances to beat Russian and Azerbaijani opponents to be crowned champions of Europe by the banks of the Black Sea.
Golden Boy Promotions super-welterweight contender, Erislandy Lara (17-1-1, 11 KOs) ranked No. 1 in the WBC, and his team are preparing for war as they get ready for their upcoming title elimination bout against WBC No. 2 rated, Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 20 KOs). Team Lara is training in Houston, Texas, where his trainer Ronnie Shields…
Puerto Rico’s undefeated super-featherweight prospect, Jose “Sniper” Pedraza (10-0, 6 KOs), is embracing his new opponent, Tevin Farmer (7-3-1, 1 KO) as original challenger, Allan Benitez (7-1-1, 1 KO) had to pull out of their scheduled bout due to an elbow injury. Pedraza vs. Farmer will headline an 8-round bout on ShoBox “The New Generation”…
The final Prizefighter show of 2012 sees the Light-Middleweights III take over York Hall in Bethnal Green on November 3, live on Sky Sports. Craig McEwan, Curtis Valentine, Pater Vaughan and Navid Mansouri are the first four names in the line-up for the 27th edition of Matchroom Sport’s eight-man, one night tournament, aiming to be…
Super Fight Promotions is delighted to announce the signing of London 2012 Irish Olympic silver medalist John Joe Nevin. The 23-year-old who dazzled at last summer’s Olympic Games, only missing gold in the final to Luke Campbell after a closely edged 14 points to 11 thriller, becomes the second capture of the newly formed promotional…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event VIP Promotions hosted another entertaining afternoon of boxing yesterday afternoon at Devere Whites, Reebok Stadium, Bolton. Billed as ‘Fighting for their First Titles!’ popular Shayne Singleton of Colne outpointed Santos Medrano of Spain to take the Light-Welterweight International Masters Title, while Luke Blackledge won the…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Liverpool’s Olympia played host to another sell-out Prizefighter Tournament last night. Billed as ‘Rocky and the Betfair Prizefighters’ – the Eddie Hearn promoted eight-man tournament saw a fantastic line-up in the ‘Lightweight Division’. But it was Manchester’s Terry Flannigan who lifted the Prizefighter trophy at…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Blackpool’s Brian Rose stormed to victory Friday night with an impressive third round TKO over American ‘Vicious’ Vivian Harris in their ten round Light-Middleweight Contest. Harris dropped to his knees following a heavy punch and could not get up for the count. Rose holds the…
It has been almost a week since the Russian Alexander Povetkin successfully blasted out former undisputed Heavyweight Hasim Rahman of the United States to retain the WBA “Regular†title in just two rounds at the Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany. The questions are: what did we learn from this fight and what is next for the…
Sterling Promotions, led by longtime Las Vegas based boxing promoter Sterling McPherson presents “Sterling Night of Fights†on Saturday, November 17 at the world-famous Edgewater Casino Resort in Laughlin, Nevada. “We’re very excited to work with the Edgewater Casino Resort team on this terrific event and look forward to a long and fortuitous relationship with…
Due to logistical issues, The October 27th card boxing card “Fight For The Cure “has been cancelled. “On behalf of me and my partner, David Feldman, we just want to apologize to the fighters, Organizers, sponsors and fans for this inconvenience and we will be back with another great card very soonâ€, said promoter Joey…