Chicago’s Polish Prince and world ranked light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara will return to battle on Saturday, March 17th at Windy City Fight Night 22, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. The heavy-handed 24-year-old Fonfara, sporting a record of 20-2-1 with eleven knockouts continues to draw very large “loud and…
Promoter Ahmet Oner has shocked Sauerland Event by winning today’s purse bid for the intercontinental middleweight championship between Sauerland’s prospect Dominik Britsch and former intercontinental champion Benjamin Simon at the IBF office in New Jersey. Oner’s winning bid was 183,000 US Dollars while Sauerland was hoping to get the nod with 131,400 US Dollars.
Undefeated 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade believes his February 10 main-event fight against former USBA junior middleweight champion Derek “Pooh” Ennis, for the vacant NABO junior middleweight title, is a continuation of a well designed plan, eventually landing him a world title fight later this year or in early 2013.
Current European and Irish Elite light-heavyweight champion Joe Ward will open his Irish title defence with a semi-final clash against Davey Joe Joyce at the Irish Daily Star sponsored National Elite Championships at the National Stadium on Friday. The three-rounder is a repeat of the 2011 semi-final which Ward won 8-2 en route to claiming…
Rising cruiserweight Henry Namauu scored the biggest win of his career Saturday evening by decisioning Contender Season 4 participant Joell Godfrey over ten rounds at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma. Headlining Halquist Productions’ 85th edition of “Battle at the Boatâ€, Namauu was the busier of the two fighters throughout the evening, racking up points…
Captain Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson kept his perfect record in tact following a one-sided six round unanimous decision over brawny veteran Shawn Rawley Wilson Saturday evening at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom. With a standing-room-only crowd backing him, Melson was in complete control of the junior middleweight bout from bell to bell, putting together stinging multi-punch…
Jamie Arthur is planning to gallop to victory when he bids to upset British super-bantamweight champion Scott Quigg next month. The Welshman is preparing for the challenge by racing against horses being ridden by his model wife, Karen.
‘Dazzling’ Darren Barker has plenty of exciting options in front of him for his next fight but his promoter Eddie Hearn says they are ready to strike this week. Barker announced himself on the World stage with a gutsy challenge against pound-for-pound star Sergio Martinez in Atlantic City in October, and his performance should lead…
Scott Quigg believes it will be 18 months before he is ready to bring world title glory to hometown Bury. Undefeated Scott, 23, is already ranked third in the IBF and WBA world super-bantamweight rankings, but is happy to ply his trade at domestic and international level for now.
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Friday night, at Liverpool’s Olympia, local boxer Derry Mathews lost out to Italian – Emiliano Marsili in a bloody battle which saw Mathews on the canvas in the sixth and finally stopped mid-way through the seventh when Referee Howard Foster stepped in. Derry Mathews (Liverpool)…
In a big British heavyweight clash last evening, former Olympic hero David Price captured the vacant English crown with a devastating performance against former title holder John McDermott at the Olympia in Liverpool, England. The towering 6’8 tall Price, who was fighting at this hometown venue for the third straight time, had finished off his…
Last night at Coliseo Olimpico de la UG in Guadalajara, Mexico, local hero Miguel Vazquez defended his IBF lightweight title against the challenge of Ameth Diaz via a wide points verdict.