The M-150 charity event “Saving the Turtles”, was held on Friday, July 6, at the National Boxing temporary Stadium in Sirinath Nai Yang, Phuket, Thailand, by Songchai Boxing. The main event featured a clash for the WBO Oriental Bantamweight crown between
Fighting from the heart, in the best physical condition of his career, the pride of Poland, Patrick Majewski, won the vacant NABF Middleweight title in his second try with a fifth round stoppage of Chris ‘The Irish Ghost’ Fitzpatrick. While the two fighters appeared evenly matched in physique, height, reach and even weight (both fighters…
Vinny Maddalone read the script and played the role perfectly Tyson Fury on Saturday night; the journeyman turned up, got hit a great deal and was stopped by the referee in five. Tough and compact slugger Maddalone didn’t really throw anything Fury’s way that troubled the bigger man. Fury had a reach advantage and was…
Henry “The Western Warrior” Coyle returns to the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday, August 17th to make the first defence of his WBF Light Middleweight title against experienced Argentinean Marcelo Alejandro Rodriguez on another big night of professional boxing in County Mayo.
Though he’s closer to the top than he’s ever been in his professional career, “Hammerin’†Hank Lundy’s journey is far from over. Ranked No. 1 in the WBC among lightweights, the Philadelphia native is on the doorstep of fighting for a major world title in 2012, but Lundy (22-1-1, 11 KOs) must first take care…
Who really deserves to wear the World Middleweight Champion’s crown? Undefeated WBC middleweight champion and the Son of the Legend, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and Sergio Martinez, the two-division world champion with matinee idol looks, will settle that question in their long-awaited middleweight battle, Saturday, September 15 – Méxican Independence Day weekend – at the…
Gary Shaw Productions is happy to announce the signing of undefeated middleweight prospect, Tureano “Reno” Johnson (9-0, 6 KOs) to an exclusive promotional contract. Johnson, who represented the Bahamas in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, had an extensive amateur career and brings a lot of experience to the professional ranks, as he’s started…
Today at Oracle Arena in Oakland Calif, undefeated WBA and WBC super middeweight champion, Andre “S.O.G.” Ward (25-0, 13 KOs) and WBC light heavyweight champion, “Bad” Chad Dawson (31-1, 17 KOs) hosted a press conference to discuss their upcoming championship bout, taking place September 8, 2012 at Oracle Arena televised live on HBO Championship Boxing.
It’s been a busy weekend of boxing in terms of big fights. A ‘triple-whammy’ on Saturday night saw big nights for Matchroom, Hennessy and (across Europe) KMG. First to kick-off the weekend’s UK events was the Mickey Helliet / Hellraiser Promotions fightnight at the Coronet Theatre, Elephant & Castle, Southwark, London, on Friday night, which…
Stade De Suisse in Berne, Switzerland played host last night to heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko’s rematch with American veteran Tony Thompson. Klitschko put his IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA Super belts on the line in a sequel to the 2008 match with Thompson that Klitschko won by stopping the challenger in 11 rounds. Klitschko opens the…
Last night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA, super bantamweight Nonito Donaire added another title to his trophy cabinet by winning the IBF belt from Jeffrey Mathebula. Donaire came into the contest bearing the WBO 122 pound trophy after capturing world titles at bantam super fly and flyweight while Mathebula, who had previously…
It was a big night of action in the UK on Saturday evening with important bouts taking place on two good fight cards in Sheffield and Clevedon. It was the Kell Brook show at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena but the much-hyped welter starlet had to come through a very difficult fight against American spoiler Carson Jones,…