Matchroom Sport can confirm that the IBF have made Carl Froch the mandatory challenger to Lucian Bute and his super-middleweight title. The former two-time WBC champion had been linked to a “home and away†clash with Bute and now the 34 year-old looks set to challenge the Canadian for the title after the IBF installed…
United Promotions and Hennessy Sports will hold a public weigh-in and fighter face-off for fans, friends, and the media this Friday afternoon, February 10th, at 3:00PM at Real Sports Bar and Grill in Toronto, in advance of this Saturday’s Canadian Weterweight Title clash at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre.
No. 1-rated contender Mikey Garcia will risk his undefeated record, his NABF and NABO featherweight titles and his rating when he faces two-time world championship challenger Bernabe Concepcion on Saturday, March 10, at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Within the past week reports have surfaced in the British sports media that states James DeGale, the former British Super-Middleweight Champion and current European Champion, has split with his promoter Frank Warren after four years. DeGale, who turned professional after winning gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics at Middleweight, becoming the first British fighter to…
Hennessy Sports have announced this morning that Tyson Fury has vacated his British and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles in pursuit of being a household name on his journey to become Heavyweight World Champion.
Grzegorz Proksa will defend his European middleweight title at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on March 17, live on Sky Sports. The unbeaten Pole defends the belt for the first time on the undercard of Kell Brook’s blockbusting welterweight clash against Matthew Hatton, after beating Sebastian Sylvester in Germany to claim the vacant strap in October.
Unbeaten Welterweight star – Kell Brook, has signed a sponsorship extension with Scotts Menswear, continuing his tenure for a second year as the face of the men’s branded clothing specialists. The arrangement will see the Sheffield champ continuing to endorse the clothing company and receiving the benefits from their extensive collection of garments. The deal…
Kieran Farrell will challenge for his first professional title when he meets Jon Baguley, at Bury’s Castle Leisure Centre on Friday March 2. The card is the latest in Hatton TV’s Friday fight night series that is broadcast live on You Tube and draws tens of thousands of fans from around the globe.
Former two-weight world champion, Ricky Hatton, will pay a visit to protégé Adam Little’s College for an open training session and Q and A, ahead of the Kirkham fighter’s next bout on March 2. Little, who studies Sports Development at Preston College, has had a great start to his professional career and is unbeaten in…
In 2011, Pablo Cesar Cano made the leap from prospect to contender, capping off his year with a stellar effort in a late notice world title fight against the legendary Erik “El Terrible” Morales. Now gearing up for a title run at 135 pounds, the Tlanepantla product will make his first start of 2012 on…
An IBF Elimination bout that was scheduled to take place between John Molina Jr. and Marvin Quintero was recently called off and replaced by a junior welterweight attraction between Mike “The Silent Assassin” Dallas Jr. and Miguel “Silky Smooth” Gonzalez, that will take place February 17, and air on ESPN “Friday Night Fights.”
Both Elvin Ayala and “Hammerin’†Hank Lundy have reached the point in their careers where they can no longer hide behind past accomplishments without facing each test the sport of boxing has to offer. On Friday, March 30th, 2012 at Foxwoods Resort Casino’s MGM Grand Theater, Ayala and Lundy will put their belts – and…