The domestic British heavyweight scene has really picked up in 2012, and there is an upcoming clash that offers plenty of suspense. David Haye- Derrick Chisora has been announced at Upton Park on the 14th of July, which by many fans is seen to be highly controversial due to the circumstances of the showdown in…
Former world heavyweight and cruiserweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has reiterated that the prospect of a fight against current WBC kingpin Vitali Klitschko is one of the sole reasons he decided to return to the ring in 2012. The 31-year-old meets fellow Londoner Dereck Chisora on July 14 at Upton Park, but admits a…
Martin Murray will face French middleweight champion Karim Achour next month. They will meet on Hatton Promotions ‘Road To Glory’ bill at Manchester Velodrome, on Saturday June 16. The bill is one of the biggest being staged in the UK this year and includes the vacant WBA interim super-bantamweight title fight between Bury’s Scott Quigg…
Carl Froch believes Carl Frampton is a World champion in waiting – and has backed the super bantamweight star to wow the Froch Army on Saturday night in the Capital FM Arena, live on Sky Sports HD1 and in 3D. Frampton fights for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental title against fellow unbeaten young gun Raul Hirales…
Phoenix, Arizona tall fighter Roberto Yong, now 5-4-1 (4), had a field day on the undercard of a Peltz Boxing Promotions seven bout card at Bally’s Hotel and Casino, on Saturday, May 19, 2012. His opponent, undefeated 5-0 Philadelphia super middleweight prospect Fred Jenkins Jr., had never faced an opponent with a winning record since…
If boxing matchups were all as good as the confrontation between junior middleweights Jamaal Davis of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Eberto Medina of Newark, New Jersey, the popularity of the sport of boxing would be back the way it was in the good old days in the heyday of Madison Square Garden bouts. Davis, now 13-8-1…
The good news is Chuck ‘The Professor’ Mussachio is back, and looks better than ever at 175 pounds after his recent attempt to win the USBA cruiserweight title at the higher weight was unsuccessful. His return to the light heavyweight division in the co-main event at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey,…
Last night at the Aintree Equestrian Centre in Liverpool, England, rising star David Price showed why he is one of the most talked about boxers in British boxing if not the most talked about on the British scene. Price mounted a dominant display against Norwich’s former Commonwealth Champion Sam Sexton to win the vacant British…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event On Friday night, Manchester’s Terry Flanagan won the English Super-Featherweight Title by Unanimous Points Decision over Dougie Curran of Newcastle. Also on the VIP Promotions and BoxAcademy fightnight – Callum Johnson of Boston forced a seventh round stoppage over experienced James Tucker of Doncaster in…
Former super middle world champion Mikkel Kessler successfully made the jump into the light heavyweight ranks last night with a fourth round KO of opponent Allan Green at Parken Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ex-WBA and WBC titlist entered the ring after an absence of eleven months and had to shake off a bit of…
2004 Olympic gold medalist Odlanier Solis (18-1) won a wide unanimous decision to dethrone IBF intercontinental champion Konstantin Airich (23-6-2, IBF#12 / WBO#11) in front of 2,500 fans at Pharr Convention Center in Pharr, Texas. After a 14 months layoff due to the bad knee injury he had suffered in his WBC world heavyweight championship…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returned to the Times Union Center in Albany, New York last night with a sensational ESPN Friday Night Fights card. In front of an enthusiastic crowd of Capital Region boxing fans, Philadelphia’s Raymond “Tito” Serrano and defending NABO junior welterweight champion Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield headlined in a scheduled ten round…