Richard Towers will now face Frenchman Gregory Tony for the vacant EU heavyweight title at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday June 16. The 6ft 9in Sheffield giant had been due to meet fellow unbeaten boxer Michael Wallisch on the same bill, but the German has pulled out.
Bob Arum: I would like to wish everyone a happy holiday weekend. I was just at the gym with Timothy at his public workout in Palm Springs yesterday [Thursday] and he looks tremendous and we’re looking forward to a great, great fight. One thing that I have to say that hit me immediately is how…
Carl Froch threw the playbook aside last night in front of an adoring crowd in his hometown of Nottingham, England, putting the first loss on the record of IBF super middle titlist Lucian Bute. Romanian born Bute had surprisingly left the cozy confines of his adopted province of Quebec to face Froch in the lion’s…
The Paulstown BC in Kilkenny claimed two titles at the 2012 National Youth Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium today. Keith Flavin and Hannah Carthy, boxing at the men’s and women’s light-flyweight limits, recorded wins over Adam Courtney and Shelly Daly.
© Lawrence Lustig Carl Froch 28-2-0 with 20 KO’s, has most certainly earned his place amongst the top super middleweights in the world. Lucian Bute has not. Yes, Bute is an extremely talented fighter and the IBF champion but his record is not of the same quality as Froch’s. This Saturday will be his Montreal…
© Lawrence Lustig In a matchup that could be a fight of the year candidate when 2012 draws to a close, hometown hero Carl Froch challenges the Canadian based Romanian Lucian Bute for his IBF Super Middleweight title at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham this Saturday night. For Froch, the challenger, hometown hero is…
Something about the bright lights and the big stage seems to bring out the best in Vladine Biosse. Facing the toughest test of his career, Biosse (13-1-1) fought what might’ve been his best fight, out-slugging and out-working veteran Joey Spina (26-3-2) in a 78-74, 78-74, 79-73 unanimous decision win Thursday night in front of a…
Carl Froch and Lucian Bute weighed-in for their IBF super middleweight title fight in front of the Capital FM Arena live on Sky Sports News. The pair will clash for the belt at midnight in the Arena tomorrow night, and in blazing sunshine in front of a throng of Froch and Bute fans, both made…
Former world heavyweight and cruiserweight champion David Haye believes countryman Carl Froch will once again lift a world title belt this coming weekend, when the Nottingham man battles unbeaten Romanian Lucian Bute for the IBF world super-middleweight crown.
This week saw the announcement of the inevitable grudge match happening between Londoners David Haye and Dereck Chisora for a minor WBO trinket, which will take place at Upton Park, the home of Football League Championship side West Ham United. The controversial bout is to be sanctioned, not by the British Boxing Board of Control,…
It’s been a busy week for Golden Boy Promotions as unbeaten Danny Garcia is scheduled to fight Britain’s former WBA and IBF Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan, while two divisions up at Light Middleweight, Golden Boy’s young Mexican starlet Saul Alvarez has signed to fight former WBO Welterweight champion and interim Light-Middleweight champion Paul Williams…
Carl Froch – Lucian Bute facing off for Bute’s IBF Super middleweight title in Nottingham, England, this Saturday night is a fight that had to happen for the 168 pound weight class. With Bute absent from the Super Six tournament, but worldwide known as the second or third best in the168 pound weight class, he…