Hatton Promotions have signed a promotional deal with Cardiff amateur sensation – Mitchell Buckland. It will be a family affair when the teenager makes his debut at Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, on Saturday March 24. Older brother Gary tops the card when he makes the first defence of his British super-featherweight title against Paul Truscott.
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event David Barnes’s bid to win an eight-rounder over New Yorker – ‘Vicious’ Vivian Harris, ended sadly last night – when the Manchester man suffered a bad cut through the left brow from an accidental clash of heads in the fifth round. The eight round Welterweight…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event John Donnelly secured a Unanimous Points Decision last night to win the English Super Flyweight Title. Donnelly faced fellow Liverpudlian – Mike Robinson in what was a ‘cracker’ of a fight. The Steve Wood / VIP Promotions fightnight at Liverpool’s Olympia also staged seven under-card…
Coatsbridge’s Ricky Burns continued his campaign at lightweight last evening, posting a hard fought points verdict over Paulus Moses at Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. At stake was Burns’ Interim WBO belt, which the gritty 28 year old won by outfighting big-hitting Aussie Michael Katisids last November in London. Former WBA king Moses had retooled…
Another fight, another war, another stoppage over Juan Manuel “Juanma†Lopez (31-2, 28 KOs) for Orlando “Siri†Salido (38-11-2, 26 KOs). The latest installment of the storied Mexico-Puerto Rico rivalry saw Salido retain his WBO featherweight world championship via 10th-round technical knockout in the main event of Showtime Championship Boxing.
The 2012 National Boy 4 and Youth 1 & 2 Championships concluded with finals in all three classes at Dublin’s National Stadium yesterday. European Junior and Schoolboy medalists John Joyce, Luke Thomas, Victor Medveduic, Tiernan Bradley and Gerard Whitehouse experienced mixed fortunes at the Championships.
Showtime Sports kicks off its early spring boxing schedule on Friday, March 16 as ShoBox: The New Generation returns with a doubleheader from Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. In the 10-round main event, unbeaten lightweight Omar Figueroa (14-0, 11 KOs), of Weslaco, Texas, meets Ramon Ayala (23-2, 11 KOs), of Mexico. Super bantamweights…
In a remarkable heavyweight brawl in front of 3,000 enthusiastic fans at Atatürk Spor Salonu in Tekirdag, Turkey, IBF#15 Konstantin Airich stopped WBO#6 Ondrej Pala in the ninth. Pala started out strong showing that he is technically more skilled than the rough hard-hitter Airich. Especially Pala’s counterpunching was very precise and effective within the first…
2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada made a strong statement in tonight’s main event, knocking out veteran “Diamond” Dominique Alexander in the second round, at the Rhode Island Convention Center. “Who’s Next?” was presented by Big Six Entertainment.
Carl Froch’s IBF super middleweight title challenge against Lucian Bute in May could be heading outdoors after a massive response from the public has led promoter Eddie Hearn to secure a bigger venue. Matchroom Sport announced last week that Froch would face the unbeaten Canadian in his first fight in his hometown of Nottingham in…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Last night, Sheffield’s Carl (Born 2 B) Wild won the BBBofC Central Area Light Heayweight Title after outpointing James ‘The Slugger’ Tucker of Doncaster. The Glyn Rhodes promoted fightnight at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, also included four under-card bouts from local boxers. Carl Wild (Sheffield)…
Tonight in San Juan, Puerto Rico, former two weight World Champion and big hitting Puerto Rican icon Juan Manuel Lopez will be gunning for retribution against his conqueror, the current WBO Featherweight champion Orlando Salido at the Arena Roberto Clemente, which is to be almost certainly a pro-Lopez house. The first bout, which was a…