© Lawrence Lustig Carl Froch will defend his IBF super middleweight title in the UK this winter after both his and Lucian Bute’s teams decided to delay the rematch which is now pencilled for March 2013 in Montreal. The Cobra ripped the IBF belt from Bute with a stunning fifth round stoppage in Nottingham in…
Sheffield actor Sean Bean will carry Kell Brook’s IBF international belt to the ring on Saturday night as the hometown fighter takes on Carson Jones in an official World title eliminator. Brook and Jones headline the bumper ‘Edge of Glory’ bill with five title bouts and a host of hot young British talent in action,…
Dave Coldwell is delighted to announce the signing of unbeaten welterweight sensation, Chad Gaynor. The 8-0 Rotherham prospect has penned a three-year promotional deal with the fast-rising Coldwell Boxing group after rejecting the advances of a number of interested parties.
The complete lineup is almost for this Saturday night’s massive fight card at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City Philadelphia. The show is promoted by James Shuler Boxing Promotions. In the main event, former world title challenger Yusaf Mack (30-4-2, 17 KO’s) of Philadelphia will take on Sabou Ballogou (8-5, 3 KO’s) of France…
The World Boxing Council has started the process of the free negotiations for the final elimination bout between Erislandy Lara and Vanes Martyrosian to determine the mandatory contender in the super welterweight division.
With the British boxing scene digesting the recent addition of David Price as latest the holder of the prestigious Lonsdale belt following his four round demolition of Norwich’s former Commonwealth champion Sam Sexton, the talk surrounding Price, is quite simply – who’s next? The talk is justified as newspaper reports here in the United Kingdom…
Even after a decade in this business, which includes more than 30 professional bouts, Elvin Ayala doesn’t mind starting from scratch every now and then. “People say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but I’m not a dog – I’m a wolf,†said Ayala, the reigning WBC USNBC middleweight champion and 20th-ranked middleweight…
Whilst all the recent media focus has been on next week’s highly controversial Heavyweight clash, between David Haye and Dereck Chisora, another, and probably far more significant, Clash of the Titans takes place this coming Saturday, with the long awaited showdown, between former British Cruiserweight Champion Leon ‘Solid’ Williams and current Southern Area Champ Tony…
Gavin Rees has received a boost from promoter Eddie Hearn ahead of his European lightweight title defence against Derry Mathews on Saturday, after he revealed he was in talks for a World title shot for the Welshman. Rees and Mathews meet again for the belt live on Sky Sports 1HD at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield…
For the second time in less than four months, Ukrainian promoter Oleg Bruskov is staging a big World Boxing Federation title twin-bill in Kiev. And, as was the case the first time, local stars Vitali Kopylenko and Timur Akhundov will headline against tough opposition.
American-Mexican promoter Don King sent congratulations today to Enrique Pena Nieto for winning Sunday’s election to become the new president of Mexico. King met the 45-year-old president-elect last June while in Mexico and was greatly impressed.
36-year-old Ukrainian icon Wladimir Klitschko travels to the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf in Berne, Switzerland for a mandatory defence of the IBF portion of his World Heavyweight crown against American Southpaw Tony Thompson this Saturday. This will be the 61st fight of Klitschko’s 16-year glittering professional career, which will ultimately see him enter the International…