Jimmy Lange suffered a leg injury during training camp that is preventing him from training for his bout scheduled for June 23, 2012. As a result, Jimmy Lange Boxing officials announced that the June 23rd event at the Patriot Center has been postponed.
Former WBC, WBA, WIBF, WIBA & GBU Bantamweight Champion Anita Christensen (24-1-1, 8 KOs) of Denmark is set to return to the ring on May 26 after more than two years out, when she takes on reigning French Champion Isabelle Leonardi (8-9-2, 3 KOs) at Skyline Arena in hometown Randers.
Curtis Woodhouse is fired up for what he believes could be the ‘fight of the year’ with Dale Miles. The former footballer, now at light-welterweight, 32, meets with Alfreton’s Miles, 27, in a British title eliminator on June 8th at Rotherham’s Magna Centre and fireworks are expected.
Kell Brook will face highly ranked Carson Jones at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on July 7 as an IBF World title shot draws a step closer. Jones is ranked at number three by the IBF – two spots above Brook – and the stakes couldn’t be higher as the victor would move into pole position…
24 year-old NABA Super Featherweight champion, Logan Cotto McGuinness (16-0-1, 8 KO’s), has handled the potentially treacherous transition from boxing prospect to boxing contender with brutal flair. No longer simply punishing foes while honing his craft, Orangeville’s McGuinness has spent the past two years winning boxing’s hardened critics over with career-best efforts in a succession…
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, Former Three-Division World Champion “Selcuk is coming to the United States and he wants to prove a point. He’s an unknown Turkish guy who was ducked by Floyd Mayweather and now he’s coming to fight and make a huge statement. This is his chance for him to prove to American boxing…
Dear Fans, No one was more shocked and upset by the cancellation of next week’s fight than me. I had been training hard for almost eight weeks and was ready to put on a dazzling performance and win my belts back.
Ali Adams today finishes his four days of sparring with leading German heavyweight Francesco Pianeta. Pianeta ranked 30th in the world was chosen by promoter Steve Goodwin as the ideal sparring partner for Adams being a 6 foot 5 southpaw.
A failed pre-fight drug test administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA), coupled with the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s (NSAC) legal inability to hold a formal hearing on the matter of licensing Lamont Peterson for his Saturday, May 19 rematch against Amir Khan until Tuesday, May 15, has forced the cancellation of the event.
Cork’s Luke Thomas has been named Irish captain for Saturday’s Senior Cadet clash with Scotland in Cork. Ireland will meet the Scots at the Rochestown Park Hotel on Leeside. Thomas, a bronze medal winner at the 2011 European Junior Championships, meets Scottish light-middleweight Daniel Purves on the night.
Tickets are now on sale for ESPN Friday Night Fights’ “Crossroadsâ€, set for Friday, July 13th at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Presented by 8 Count Productions and Warriors Boxing, the event will be headlined by a ten round light heavyweight clash between former world champion Glen “The Road Warrior†Johnson and Chicago’s popular…
Eamonn O’Kane roared to victory in the all-Irish Prizefighter Middleweights at the King’s Hall in Belfast, but saw fellow Dungiven fighter Paul McCloskey stopped by ‘Chop Chop’ DeMarcus Corley. O’Kane defeated JJ McDonagh in the final and was a deserved winner, not least for his part in the fantastic opening quarter-final of the night. The…