Boxncar Promotions has confirmed that UBO Lightweight Champion Mason Menard (19-1, 14 KOs) will make the first defense of his title on June 16 at the Evangeline Downs Casino in Opelousas, Louisiana against dangerous challenger “Lightning†Lonnie Smith (14-3-2, 10 KOs).
Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao has experienced a religious awakening in recent months but he knows his new found pacifism cannot be carried into the ring when he faces the undefeated three-time world champion Timothy Bradley on Saturday June 9th, live on Primetime, Sky Channel 480 and Virgin on Demand.
Carl Froch believes he can get an early advantage over Lucian Bute at tomorrow’s public weigh-in at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, live on Sky Sports News at 2.45pm. Froch and Bute will take to the scales ahead of Saturday nights IBF super middleweight title clash, and The Cobra wants his fans to turn…
Martin Murray will stage an open workout session from noon to 3pm at Metquarter, 35 Whitechapel, Liverpool, L1 6DA on Saturday 26th May 2012. The middleweight with workout with trainer Oliver Harrison ahead of Murray’s fight on Hatton Promotions ‘Road To Glory’ bill at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday 16th June against French champion Karim Achour.
On Thursday night June 14th at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, Floriano “L’Italiano” Pagliara will return to the squared circle when he takes part on the Lou DiBella’s Popular Broadway Boxing Television Series Pagliara who has a record of 12-4-1 with seven knockouts will be continuing on his quest to live the American…
Training camp continues in full steam for the talented and confident boxers who’ll be fighting on “Four Warned” – the highly anticipated quadrupleheader featuring a pair of boxing legends in dangerous assignments and two world championship fights on Saturday, June 2, live on Showtime from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
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…