WBO number-two ranked Jr. Welterweight contender Ruslan Provodnikov is looking to take on any of the champions or top contenders in his next bout and feels he is just an opportunity away from becoming a world champion. Provodnikov (22-1, 15 KO’s) of Beryozovo, Russia has won five fights in a row which include four impressive…
Paddy Barnes will open his account at the 2012 Olympics versus the experienced Thomas Essomba of the Cameroon on Saturday. Essomba beat (13-10) Abdelali Darra of Morocco this afternoon to set up the weekend’s last-16 clash with the Belfast light-flyweight.
Argentina’s Marcelo Rodriguez has promised to embody the fighting spirit of Mayo native Admiral Brown when he travels to Ireland to challenge Henry Coyle for his WBF Light Middleweight title on August 17th. The two men clash at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar and Rodriquez is clearly aware of the connection between his native land and…
Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla has taken the final spot in the Betfair Prizefighter Lightweights line-up to complete a fantastic list of boxers in action live on Sky Sports on October 6 at Liverpool Olympia. The Manchester man will be gunning for revenge against local favourite Derry Mathews who ripped his British title away from him…
While intense training continues ahead of his world title fight on Saturday, September 1st, WBA and IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady Golovkin was thrilled to watch as his friend Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan won the first Gold Medal of the 2012 Summer Olympics this past Saturday in the men’s 150-mile cycling road race in London,…
© Tara Dellavecchia.WPIX 11 Star Boxing’s President Joe DeGuardia has survived a horrific and tragic fatal car accident while on his way home from “Rockin’ Fights 4,” a sold-out event at The Paramount in Huntington, New York, DeGuardia was on the Long Island Expressway in his new Mercedes Benz, when he was hit head-on by…
One of the sport of Boxing’s true characters, former British and European Bantamweight Champion, Ian ‘Dappa’ Napa is the latest star to sign up for the Trad TKO Boxing Gym organised 3rd Annual Boxers & Celebrities Charity Football Tournament, which takes place at the Concord Rangers FC stadium in Canvey Island on Sunday 12th August.
Turkish welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin failed to knock out Robert “The Ghost“ Guerrero but surprised and impressed most spectators with a great performance in an action-packed WBC interim championship fight on Saturday night at HP Pavilion in San Jose.
Rocky Fielding will challenge Wayne Reed for the Central Area super middleweight title at Liverpool Olympia on October 6 on a bumper night of boxing on Merseyside as Derry Mathews and Gary Sykes lead the line-up in Prizefighter Lightweights II, all live on Sky Sports.
Irish based Cuban Alexei “The Hurricane†Collado looks set for a stiff final exam ahead of what he hopes will be a World title shot later this year. The former World Junior Amateur Champion wants to get his hands on a World title in the professional ranks and believes that World rated Ukrainian, Stanyslav Merdov…
Philadelphia’s undefeated heavyweight prospect, Joey Dawejko (7-0-1, 4 KOs), makes a quick return to the ring on Friday August 18, 2012 when he faces another undefeated foe in Dorsett Barnwell (6-0, 3 KOs). The six-round bout will take place at Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Pound For Pound Productions in…
This past weekend, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (30-1-1, 18 KOs) made history by becoming the only Mexican-American prizefighter, other than Oscar De La Hoya, to become a multiple world champion in four divisions and only the third fighter in history to win a Featherweight and Welterweight world title other than the great Henry Armstrong and…