Scott Quigg has been boosted by the possibility of a mouth-watering domestic clash against Rendall Munroe later this year. British super-bantamweight Quigg had hoped to meet the former Commonwealth and European champion in his first defence next week.
To round out the Showtime Championship Boxing tripleheader headlined by the highly-anticipated rematch between Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto, Golden Boy Promotions and DiBella Entertainment have announced two more high-impact fights from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. on Saturday, Feb. 11.
Joe Ward advanced to the light-heavyweight final at the 2012 Irish Daily Star sponsored Elite Senior Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium tonight. The current European and Irish champion recorded a 17-4 victory over Davey Joe Joyce to book his ticket into next Friday’s 81Kg final.
Irish amateur sensation – Ryan Burnett – has signed a long-term promotional deal with Hatton Promotions. The Belfast teenager is one of Ireland’s most decorated amateurs of recent times and has already moved to Manchester where he is being trained by Ricky Hatton.
Carl Frampton’s Commonwealth Super-Bantamweight title defence at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday 28 January against Kris Hughes is completely sold out. The unbeaten 24 year-old belt-holder tackles the Scotsman live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1 in the first defence of the title he claimed in September with a clinical four-round stoppage of Australian…
The Ukrainian Vycheslav Senchenko, WBA Welterweight Champion, will make his fourth title defense against the challenger Paul Malignaggi, in the city of Donetsk, Ukraine in April. The Purse Bid was directed by Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, WBA Vice-president, and supervised by Aurelio Fiengo WBA Championships Vice-chairman.
Star Boxing and Times Union Center officials are pleased to announce that Wishing Well Pictures has chosen the arena to film scenes for their upcoming boxing film “The Challenger”. Filming will begin on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the KO at the TU Boxing event. Boxing fans in attendance for the event, whose main event…
Kell Brook is back in Sheffield after a training camp in Spain, and has told Matthew Hatton that he will in prime shape when they meet at the Sheffield Motorpoint Arena on March 17, live on Sky Sports. Brook spent a week in Fuerteventura with members of the Ingle Gym in Sheffield as he begins…
Hotly fancied Middleweight – John Ryder – will be making his ninth professional appearance at York Hall on Saturday night (January 28), live on Sky Sports HD1 and Sky Sports 1. A Twitter war broke out over the Islington local’s potential clash with fellow young gun Billy Joe Saunders following an impressive 2011 which saw…
Carl Frampton is not taking anything for granted in his opening fight of a massive year as he looks to extend his unbeaten record when he defends his title against Kris Hughes at York Hall on Saturday night live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1. The Commonwealth champion is forever linked with huge title fights,…
UBO International Lightweight Champion Rances Barthelemy (14-0, 11 KOs) will not be in for an easy ride when he makes his first title-defense on February 3. “Kid Blast†will be taking on fellow undefeated Hylon Williams Jr. (15-0, 3 KOs) at the Texas Station Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
United Boxers returns on Thursday, February 23rd with “Dubai Fights 1”, a stellar professional boxing card featuring some of the finest prospects in the country at Baltimore’s Dubai Nightclub. Among the sensational prospects appearing in separate six round bouts will be Baltimore based welterweight James “Keep Em Sleepin†Stevenson, 15-0 (10KO’s), junior middleweight Cecil McCalla,…