Don King hosted a press conference today announcing his world championship fight card on Nov. 5 in Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., featuring WBA champion Guillermo “El Felino†Jones (37-3-2, 29 KOs) defending his title against WBA No. 14-ranked cruiserweight Mike Marrone (20-3, 15 KOs), from Vero…
Top Rank announced today it has signed undefeated WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy “The Desert Storm†Bradley, Jr. to an exclusive long-term promotional contract. The Top-10 pound-for-pound fighter will be making his Top Rank debut in the feature bout under the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III World Welterweight Championship, on Saturday, November 12,…
Wladimir Klitschko’s next title defense against French Mormeck on December, 10 WBA/IBF/IBO/ WBO World Heavyweight and “The Ring†Champion Wladimir Klitschko will come back to Düsseldorf (Germany) for his next title defense. The undisputed Superchampion of the heavyweight division will be challenged by French Jean-Marc Mormeck at the ESPRIT Arena on December 10. The stadium…
Champs know that they are the men to beat in Liverpool Super Flys Super-Flyweight title holders Lee Haskins and Craig Lyon say they know that there is a target on their chests as they enter the Prizefighter Super-Flyweight tournament on Wednesday 12 October at Liverpool Olympia, live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1 and also…
Former two-time British champion David Barnes makes an anticipated return to the boxing ring on Saturday, November 26, when he appears in a six-round bout at Rotherham’s Magna Centre. The skilful southpaw, now 30 years of age, signed with Coldwell Boxing this week and his scheduled outing on November’s ‘The War’ fight card only further…
“Believe It Or Not!: Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson” is a 12-round bout for Hopkins’ WBC Light Heavyweight Championship taking place on Saturday, Oct. 15 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. Bernard Hopkins met the media yesterday to discuss his title defense against former beltholder Dawson. Bernard Hopkins: “I chose to continue to fight…
John Joe Nevin will be taking home at least a bronze medal from the 2011 AIBA World Championships following a quarter-final win in Baku, Azerbaijan today. But Darren O’Neill and Michael Conlan lost out in their quests for medals following last-eight reversals to Ryota Murata of Japan and current European champion, Andrew Selby of Wales.
23-year-old WBF Women’s Flyweight Champion Irma “La Guerita†Sanchez is set to make the first defense of her crown on October 8 at Los Cabos, Baja California Sur in her native Mexico. Sanchez, 20-5-1 (6), will take on compatriot Susana Cruz Perez, 5-2 (2), on a show promoted by Hector Garcia and his HG Boxing….
Undefeated Columbian power-puncher Darley Perez has firmly established himself as a serious contender in the lightweight division, destroying veteran Oscar Meza last Friday night on ShoBox: The Next Generation, at Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. Perez (23-0, 18 KOs), a 2008 Columbian Olympian, introduced himself to the American television audience with a bang, as…
Mexican-American heavyweight knockout artist Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (33-2, 28 KO’s) will be heading south to Leon, Guanajuato to make his highly anticipated Mexican debut at the grand arena “El Domo” on November 5, 2011 headlining an event promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions and Promociones Del Pueblo and broadcast on Televisa. In his last fight…
Kell Brook faces Rafal Jackiewicz in a World title eliminator at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Saturday night in Sheffield – and promoter Eddie Hearn says it could be Brook’s last fight in the UK before he hits America. Brook puts his WBA Inter-Continental title on the line against the rugged former European…
Ashley Theophane has revealed that the opportunity to work with Ricky Hatton persuaded him to join Hatton Promotions. The British light-welterweight champion stunned the boxing world last week when he signed a three year deal with Hatton’s mushrooming company. Other big name promoters were also hunting ‘The Treasure’, but Ash the bash said: “I feel…