Thursday nights in Rhode Island just got a lot more exciting. After successfully bringing professional boxing back to the Ocean State in 2011 following an 11-month drought, Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports is proud to announce the launch of its 2012 Thursday Night Fight Series, which begins Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 at the Twin…
Carl Frampton is aiming to impress on his second Commonwealth super bantamweight defence as he targets big showdowns with the hottest super bantamweight stars this year. Frampton faces Ghanaian bantamweight champion Prosper Ankrah on March 17 at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield live on Sky Sports 1, HD and in 3D, and his team say that…
Kieran Farrell believes rival Stephen Jennings is already looking for excuses ahead of their Central Area light-welterweight title fight. Scouser Jennings (5-1-1) has stepped in at one week’s notice to challenge Farrell for the vacant title over ten rounds at Bury’s Castle Leisure Centre, on Friday (March 2).
Unbeaten heavyweight Richard Towers will be targeting Britain’s top heavyweights by the end of this year. That is the expectation of Hatton Promotions head man Ricky Hatton, who is tipping the 6ft 9in Sheffield man to crush his giant rivals in the heavyweight division.
When I went along to John Costello’s gym at Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, I knew I was going to a shopping centre – but had no idea where the gym was. Trainer – Paul Webb met me at the centre’s entrance to walk me to the gym and asked if I’d heard about their location. I…
© Jeff Fusco It’s official. Boxing superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather will return to the ring, step up in weight and challenge Four-Time, Three-Division World Champion Miguel Cotto for his WBA Super Welterweight title in what will be an electrifying bout between two renowned ring kings. The event will take place on Saturday, May 5 at…
Light heavyweight prospect Joe Smith Jr. knew something was wrong during his bout against hard-hitting Eddie Caminero in August of 2010. He just had no idea how serious it was. “The pain just started to take over,†recalled the 22-year-old Long Island native. “I couldn’t close my mouth. I couldn’t even bite down on my…
Boxing fans can expect many happy returns this tax season. Former world lightweight champion Brandon “Bam Bam†Rios and former featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa will collide in a battle of the undefeated for the vacant WBA lightweight championship, Saturday, April 14, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Super-featherweight prospect “El Negro Mexicano†Lonnie Smith (14-2-2, 10 KOs) will face off against former world title challenger Vicente Escobedo (24-3, 14 KOs) on March 3rd in Woodland, CA for the WBO NABO Jr. Lightweight Title. The Smith vs. Escobedo bout is scheduled for ten rounds and will headline Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo Series (check local…
Less than two months into 2012, we probably already have the fight of the year locked down after fellow Mexicans Juan Jose Montes and Oscar Ibara traded non-stop bombs Saturday night in Guadalajara in their fight for the vacant World Boxing Federation Super Flyweight title.
Stephen Foster Jr will be ringside to challenge the winner of next month’s British super-featherweight title fight between Gary Buckland and Paul Truscott. The Salford boxer had the world at his feet just a year ago, but was stunned when Ermano Fegatilli snatched his European crown.
In the main event of a Peltz Promotions seven bout card held on Saturday night, February 26, 2012, at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, rising welterweight prospect Ronald Cruz went to 16-0 with a ten round unanimous decision over Allen ‘The Dream Shatterer’ Conyers. Cruz sealed the fate of Conyers with…