Red hot Irish prospect Ryan Burnett will make his professional debut next month. Burnett was given his professional licence at the weekend and will make his debut on Hatton Promotions bumper bill, at Oldham Leisure Centre on Saturday April 21.
Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrsion has been forced to postpone his comeback bout with Ali Adams, scheduled for April 14 at the Brentwood Centre, Essex. It will now take place 6 weeks later on 26th May at the same venue.
Matchroom Sport are pleased to announced that the weigh-in for Kell Brook’s War of the Roses welterweight blockbuster with Matthew Hatton will be open to the public at the Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield at 1.30pm on Friday March 16.
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event On Friday night, Adam Little from Kirkham, Lancashire, delivered an overhand right to floor Martin Shaw of Rotherham just inside the closing seconds of round one of their scheduled six-round Welterweight contest. Shaw got to his feet but Referee Steve Gray deemed him unfit to…
Wladimir Klitschko solidified his hold on his numerous world heavyweight titles last night at Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany, wiping out overmatched former WBA/WBC cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck. Once the contest began, Mormeck, just 5’11 tall, shelled up without throwing a punch for the first minute, instead simply walking into the 6’6 Klitschko and…
At five feet, eleven and one half inches, and 215 and one half pounds, at first glance, Jean-Marc Mormeck of France would seem to be too short and too small to fight Dr. Wladimir Klitschko for the World Heavyweight championship. After all, Klitschko is six feet six inches and 242 pounds. But the bout isn’t…
In a detailed examination of the fight game within the United Kingdom, SaddoBoxing correspondent Iain Langmaid casts his long eye over the British scene and what he thinks the future holds for 2012 and beyond. Heavyweight Division: On the World stage, the Heavyweight division is marked by the log jam that is the Ukrainian Klitchsko…
As Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko grow older, the rising stars and the mainstay veterans of the heavyweight division could face significant matchup challenges. The following is a list of pending and possible contests which could determine the fate of the heavyweight division in the year to come: 1. David Haye versus Derek Chisora or Francisco…
With participation in anger management classes his only hope for future reconsideration, heavyweight contender Dereck ‘Del Boy’ Chisora, 28, has been suspended indefinitely by the World Boxing Council for his uncontrolled behavior during the build up to his WBC title fight against Vitali Klitschko on February 18, 2012. He was also fined $100,000 for poor…
In one of the few times a foreign fighter has gone into Thailand against a defending Thai world champion and upset the applecart, unheralded ‘Sonny Boy’ Villaluz Jaro knocked out Pongsaklek Wongjongkam in Chanburi, Thailand on Friday, March 2, 2012, to win the WBC Flyweight title in the biggest upset of the year thus far….
Irish eyes will really be smilin’ on St. Patty’s evening if Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin upsets World Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KOs) and the other five members of Team Gang Green also have their hands raised in victory. “The Real Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish Up,” presented by DiBella Entertainment,…
Following an exciting February event, the Oasis Cancun in Cancun, Mexico will once again host Televisa’s hit series “Sabados De Corona,” this time featuring a Saturday, March 31 showdown between former Two-Division World Champion Jorge “El Nino de Oro” Linares and hometown hero Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson. Venezuelan star Jorge Linares (31-2, 20 KO’s) has done…