“I am ready and I am sharp. I have a whole new plan. I’m gonna shock the world with my agility and skill level,” says Roy Jones, Jr. ahead of his December 10 showdown with Max Alexander in Atlanta. Jones has spent most of his time training out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Despite his busy schedule…
Buxton Promotions and Hennessy Sports announced today that they are now co-promoting unbeaten Canadian light middleweight prospect Brandon “Bad Boy†Cook. The 25-year-old Cook (4-0, 2 KOs), fighting out of Ajax, Ontario, is a very popular prizefighter who made his pro debut last February, taking a four-round decision from Francis Lafreniere. Three wins have followed,…
Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Prizefighter will head to the Midlands for the first time as the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton plays host to the Light-Welterweights II of 2012 on February 11. The early line-up sees Wolverhampton’s English and British title challenger – Dean Harrison, English Welterweight champion – Adil…
On Friday, Manchester’s – Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla successfully defended his British Lightweight Title by Unanimous Points decision over Willie Limond of Glasgow. The Frank Warren Promoted event at Ravenscraig Sports Centre, Motherwell, Scotland, also featured the British Masters Light Middleweight Title Eliminator between Kris Carslaw of Paisley and Matthew Hall of Manchester – with…
Big night of boxing south of the border with three fight cards on tap, two of which boasted world title bouts. WBC light middle ruler Saul Alvarez solidified his hold on the green belt with the biggest won of his career, stopping former IBF welter titlist Kermit Cintron in the fifth round at Monumental Plaza…
Last night at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH, local man Adrien Broner vaulted into the top class at super featherweight with a third round KO of Vicente Martin Rodriguez to annex the vacant WBO title. Argentine native Rodriguez wasted no time in displaying his intention to bring the fight to Broner but the 26…
Ken Egan and Con Sheehan claimed light-heavyweight and super-heavyweight gold following wins in the finals of the Olympic Test Event at the ExCel in London today. But Belfast middleweight Conrad Cummings had to settle for silver after he lost his 75Kg final to Russia’s Maxim Koptyakov.
The “unfinished business“ between WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin and Canada based Romanian Jo Jo Dan led to a dramatic 12 round battle on Saturday night in Trabzon, Turkey, which saw Selcuk Aydin scoring a close but clear unanimous decision win.
Carl Froch has signed a sponsorship deal with West Yorkshire fire and rescue supply company North Fire ahead of his Super-Middleweight unification showdown with Andre Ward on December 17 in Atlantic City. Froch puts his WBC belt on the line in the Super Six final at the Boardwalk Hall and is confident of defending his…
Kermit Cintron is one of those fighters, a fighter who is very capable but yet rarely fights at his full potential. When he does fight to his potential, he can be hard work for any top welterweight out there. Cintron, 33-4-1, Puerto Rican but fighting out of Houston Texas, also has 28 KO’s and so…
Earnie Dee Shaver (born August 31, 1945), better known as Earnie Shavers, is a retired American professional boxer and is widely considered the hardest puncher of all time. Muhammad Ali, Joe Bugner, Larry Holmes, Randall “Tex” Cobb, Ron Lyle and Ken Norton all credited Shavers as being the hardest puncher they had ever faced in…
Michael Nevin edged out Joel Scullion out on a countback in a cracking National Intermediate Championships bantamweight quarter-final at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight. Both boxers were tied at 13-13 at the final bell, but it was Nevin that got the nod on accepted scores at the end of three pulsating rounds.