IBF/WBA/WBO/IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his titles against Tony Thompson at Stade De Suisse in Bern, Switzerland, on July 7. Tony “The Tiger“ Thompson, 40, is from Washington D.C. and the official IBF mandatory challenger. The 6’ 5’’ southpaw has a fight record of 36 wins (24 KOs) and two defeats.
Hatton Promotions are delighted to officially announce their ‘Road To Glory’ bill which will take place at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday 16th June. It is their biggest ever show in a short three year history and will feature four exciting title fights. Topping the bill is a vacant ‘interim’ WBA super-bantamweight title fight between Bury’s…
Paul McCloskey will face DeMarcus Corley on May 5 at the King’s Hall in Belfast live on Sky Sports – and the winner could land a shot at the WBC light welterweight crown. Corley, a former WBO light welterweight champion ranked 15 by the WBC, replaces Julio Diaz as Dudey’s opponent after the Mexican raised…
Knockout artist Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne is threatening to run British boxing’s top heavyweights out of town. The unbeaten Australian heavyweight champion – who has knocked out ten of his 11 victims – is teaming up with Hatton Promotions, and boxes on their card at Oldham Sports Centre, on Saturday April 21.
Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez and Sugar Shane Mosley are deep in training for their respective May 5 bouts taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas which will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View. For Mayweather, being back in the gym feels just right as he trains…
Undefeated former World Lightweight Champion Brandon “Bam Bam†Rios (29-0-1, 22 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., his opponent, WBA interim lightweight champion and Cuban expatriate Richard Abril (17-2-1, 8 KOs), hosted the Final Las Vegas News Conference today in the Mizuya Lounge at Mandalay Bay.
Don King hosted the final press conference today before Saturday’s first boxing card at the new and improved Casino Miami Jai-Alai that will feature WBC United States super welterweight champion Joey “Twinkle Fingers†Hernandez (20-1-1, 11 KOs) against Shakir “The Assassin†Ashanti (16-12, 4 KOs), from New Bern, S.C.
After a spectacular knockout during his professional debut last month, Hosea “The Hammer†Burton will look to be just as explosive when he graces the square circle on June 8th in Rotherham. Taking his place on the undercard of “Real Steelâ€, at the Magna Science Centre in six weeks time, the super middleweight created a…
In the third part of a detailed examination of the fight game within the United Kingdom, SaddoBoxing’s British contributor Iain Langmaid casts his long eye over the state of the fight game within the British scene and what he thinks the future holds for the fight game within the United Kingdom in 2012 and beyond….
Former flyweight and super fly world champion Vic Darchinyan has yet again come up short in a bantamweight title bout as the 36 year old Aussie failed to lift the WBC crown from local man Shinsuke Yamanaka on Friday night at Japan’s Tokyo International Forum. The far more experienced Darchinyan had been expected by many…
WBA Welterweight Champion Vyacheslav Senchenko plans to make a major statement in his April 29 world title defense, live on pay per viewfrom Donboss Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine, against former IBF junior welterweight titlist Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi.
Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla has laughed off Derry Mathews’s claim that he branded his big fight rival a “stepping stoneâ€. Crolla, 25, makes his second British lightweight title defence against his Merseyside challenger at Oldham Sports Centre on Saturday April 21.