Hatton Promotions heavyweight hope Richard Towers will face tough American Harold Sconiers this weekend. Their eight rounder is on the undercard when Gary Buckland risks his British super-featherweight title against Paul Truscott at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday (March 24).
© Lawrence Lustig In the opening bout of the televised card on the Sky Sports on Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, Polish Middleweight star Greorgz Proska was making the maiden defence of his European title, which he won against Sebastian Sylvester in Germany stopping the former IBF Champion in three rounds, against…
Before a house filled with Irishmen celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, World Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez scored a dramatic come-from-behind stoppage of a game Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin Saturday night in the Theater at Madison Square Garden. “The Real Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish Up,” presented by DiBella Entertainment, provided fireworks on HBO…
The scene last night at Polideportivo Centenario in Los Mochis, Mexcio was a happy one for WBC lightweight kingpin Antonio DeMarco after the lanky southpaw was successful in his maiden defense against challenger Miguel “Mickey” Roman. DeMarco came into the contest bearing three straight victories following his punishing loss to KO artist Edwin Valero for…
Grind 2 Def Entertainment is proud to congratulate lightweight boxer Carl “Chi-Town Assassin” McNickles (8-3 6 KOs) on getting a big victory by 6 round majority decision over tough New Jersey based fighter Danny McDermott (9-4-2, 4 KOs) on the undercard tonight of Martinez vs Macklin at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York…
World Ranked Cruiserweight contender BJ Flores will be keeping a close eye on Italy today as he is line to meet the winner of the WBC Silver Belt fight between fellow Italians Giacobbe Fragomeni and Silvio Branco. The fight will be a battle of world champions as Fragomeni (29-3-1, 12 KO’s) and Branco (62-10-2, 37…
Joe Ward gave himself a St Patrick’s Day to remember after claiming gold and the Best Technical Boxer award at the 39th Chemistry Cup in Germany this afternoon. The Moate BC southpaw, the current European champion, beat Russian number one Egor Mekhontsev 20-14 to finish on top of the light-heavyweight podium.
Omar Figueroa (15-0-1, 11 KO’s) overwhelmed Ramon Ayala (22-3-1, 11 KO’s) with brutal body shots to score a second-round TKO in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation. In the co-feature, Randy Caballero (14-0, 7 KO’s) kept his perfect record intact with a tough unanimous decision victory over veteran Jose Luis Araiza (32-6-1, 23…
Méxican legend and three-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez and undefeated former World Lightweight Champion Brandon “Bam Bam†Rios will headline a world championship pay-per-view event that’s so big its main events are originating from two different countries!
Live form the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, Calif., and televised live on ESPN “Friday Night Fights”, former WBO junior welterweight champion Kendall Holt (28-5, 16 KOs) and Tim Coleman (19-2-1, 5 KOs) went toe to toe in a scheduled 10-round main event bout that ended early. Gary Shaw Productions and Thompson Boxing were the promoters.
© Richard Slone / sloneart.com Tonight at Madison Square Garden, Sergio Martinez, 48-2-2, 27 KO’s, defends his WBC Diamond title against challenger Matthew Macklin, 28-3-0, 19 KO’s. This is Macklin’s second world title shot in a row, after a gutsy performance last June against Felix Sturm. He dropped a split decision to Sturm and it…
©Lawrence Lustig Meadowhall shopping centre stood still yesterday as Kell Brook and Matthew Hatton weighed in for tonight’s War of the Roses clash at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield, live on Sky Sports 1, HD1 and in 3D. Both men took to the scales live on Sky Sports News, Hatton making the weight first (10st 6lb…