The Méxican Independence Day Weekend boxing extravaganza headlined by the Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez World Middleweight Championship will feature four exciting bouts on the live pay-per-view undercard, including two world championship showdowns.
Earlier this week, it was announced that former British Lightweight Champion Anthony “Million Dollar†Crolla has signed up for the latest edition of the Prizefighter series, which is promoted by Matchroom Sport. This latest edition of Prizefighter will take place at the Olympia in Liverpool on the sixth of October and will provide the start…
The IBF have ordered Kell Brook to face Hector Saldivia on October 20 in a final eliminator for the mandatory position for the welterweight title at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield, live on Sky Sports. Brook maintained his unbeaten record with a hard fought win over Carson Jones in July and the Sheffield star is already…
© Lawrence Lustig Martin Lindsay will challenge Lee Selby for the British and Commonwealth featherweight titles at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on September 22 live on Sky Sports. The Belfast man welcomes the Welshman into his hometown on a huge night of action with their title clash part of the huge bill topped by…
Katie Taylor is the new – in every sense of the word – Olympic lightweight champion. The Bray woman beat Russian southpaw Sofya Ochigava at the ExCel in London today to become the second Irish boxer in the 101-year history of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association to win Olympic gold. Taylor, who beat Ochigava in…
The Super Powers of the junior featherweight and the junior welterweight divisions will do more than flex their muscles when they battle for supremacy, mano a mano, in a sensational night of championship boxing. Top-Five pound for pound fighter and four-division world champion Nonito “Filipino Flash†Donaire will risk his junior featherweight world title against…
Following the announcement of David Price’s first defence of the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles against Audley Harrison in a battle of the Olympians at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on October 13, an intriguing chief support bout has been added to the bill as Blackpool’s Brian Rose will be making the first defence of…
On Saturday night August 18th, Pound For Pound Promotions presents a night of world class boxing that will take place at Ballys in Atlantic City. In the ten round Main Event, undefeated Joel Diaz Jr. takes on Guillermo Sanchez in a Super Featherweight bout.
WealthTV, the latest destination for boxing’s premier live events, Main Events & Ziggy Promotions, announced today that WealthTV has secured the live US television rights for the upcoming heavyweight battle between Tomasz “Goral†Adamek (46-2-0) and Travis “Freight Train†Walker (39-7-1) for the IBF North American Heavyweight Title. The fight will originate in front of…
On Friday night September 14th, a night of professional boxing returns to Harrahs in Chester, PA with a star studded lineup promoted by Joey Eye Boxing and David Feldman. In the main event, exciting Lightweight Victor Vasquez will see action in a ten round bout against an opponent to be named.
John Joe Nevin put Irish sport on the medals table on Day 9 of the 30th Olympiad in London. The Cavan BC bantamweight beat Mexico’s Oscar Valdez-Fierro 19-13 in a thrilling 56kg quarter-final on Sunday to guarantee at least a bronze medal. The win secured Ireland’s first medal in all sports at London 2012.
WealthTV, the latest destination for boxing’s premier live events, announced today that it has secured the live US television rights for an initial twelve world-class professional boxing events scheduled for 2012 and 2013 from Hennessy Sports and GYM Promotions.