After three years of waiting for his mandatory title shot, unbeaten Selcuk Aydin (23-0, 17 KOs) will face Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KOs) on July 28th for the WBC interim world welterweight championship. Aydin had secured his position as No. 1 contender with a KO victory over “Sugar” Jackson Bonsu back in July…
In March 2011 the Blockbuster Film “The Fighter”, which told the story of boxing legends “Irish” Micky Ward (played by Mark Wahlberg) and his brother Dickie Eklund (played by Christian Bale), burst on to the silver screen. The film, which portrayed the family’s journey from despair to the top of the world of boxing, was…
Yesterday saw the final press conference ahead of Saturday’s St. Patricks Day World middleweight title clash between Matthew Macklin and Sergio Martinez at Madison Square Garden in New York. Matthew Macklin: “It’s been a long road to get here, I’ve won everything along the way, the Irish middleweight title, the British middleweight title, the European…
On Saturday, May 19, 2012, fans at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev., as well as those watching around the world, will see one of boxing’s most intense grudge matches re-ignited when WBA Super Lightweight Super Champion and IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Lamont “Havoc†Peterson faces former Two-Time World Champion Amir “King 
On Wednesday during a hearing at the headquarters of the British Boxing Board of Control in Cardiff, former British and Commonwealth Champion and recent WBC Heavyweight title challenger Derek Chisora of Finchley has been inevitably and rightly seen his licence to box here in the UK withdrawn. The decision by the BBBofC to strip the…
On Saturday, May 19, 2012, fans at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev., as well as those watching around the world, will see one of boxing’s most intense grudge matches re-ignited when WBA Super Lightweight Super Champion and IBFJunior Welterweight Champion Lamont “Havoc” Peterson faces former Two-Time World Champion Amir “King” Khan…
© Lawrence Lustig Kell Brook says he will “smash†Matthew Hatton in Saturday night’s War of the Roses clash at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield – and there are only 300 tickets left to watch them settle the debate on the number one welterweight in Britain. Tickets have flown out the door for the blockbuster night,…
In 2011, former Mexican Olympian Abner Mares left his mark on the professional boxing world by winning and defending his first world championship at bantamweight against former World Champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko. Now, on Saturday, April 21, Mares will begin his quest for a world title in a second weight class as he moves…
Lightweights Jose Hernandez and Peter Oluoch will meet Saturday, March 31 in the ten round main event of Halquist Productions’ “Battle at the Boat 86â€. Dubbed as “Loco†for his fearlessness inside the squared circle, Hernandez, 12-5-1 (5 KO’s), is consistently fighting top-notch competition. Spending much of his career in his opponents’ backyards, Hernandez lost…
Matchroom Sport can confirm that Carl Froch’s IBF super middleweight title fight with Lucian Bute will take place at the Capital FM Arena Nottingham on May 26. “We explored the opportunity of taking the event outside but with licensing issues and uncertainty over potential capacity, we decided to remain at the Capital FM Arena,†said…
Curtis Woodhouse vs Dale Miles: A fight that has the word “classic†written all over it. Yesterday, Coldwell Boxing won the purse bids to host this British light welterweight title eliminator, which will be held on June 8th at the Magna in Rotherham.
On Saturday night at the iconic Roberto Clemente Arena in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, two time World Featherweight champion Orlando Salido of Mexico once again stopped two weight world champion and big hitting Puerto Rican star Juan Manuel Lopez, this time in the 10th round to retain his WBO Featherweight title. Prior…