On Friday night at Sociedad Alemana in Villa Ballester, Argentina, light welter Marcos Rene Maidana finally captured the WBA belt by halting opponent Petr Petrov in a bruising contest. Native Argentine Maidana had defended the Interim WBA crown on four occasions, but failed on two previous attempts at the full title, dropping decisions to Amir…
Southern California’s home for exciting boxing action, Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif., will once again be the host for an explosive night of fights on Friday, November 4 when Golden Boy Promotions presents what promises to be a memorable middleweight matchup between former World Champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora and longtime contender…
The growth of the World Boxing Federation can be seen by the forthcoming promotion to be held in Johannesburg South Africa on 19 November. Co-promoted by ShowPony and the Southern Suns Group, new kid on the block promoter Damian Michael has set up one of the most exciting extravaganza ever to be staged in Africa….
Gary Buckland has become Hatton Promotions latest champion taking the British super-featherweight title from Gary Sykes in an epic battle. The sold-out event at Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, on Saturday night were treated to a thriller with Cardiff’s Buckland winning a close decision. All three judges awarded Buckland the verdict, scoring 116-113, 115-114 and 115-113…
Carl Froch’s Super Six final showdown with Andre Ward in Atlantic City on October 29 has been postponed after Andre Ward suffered an injury in sparring. Ward sustained an injury to his eye that required seven stitches after a sparring session on Thursday evening. The Showtime 360 fight camp were filming the session and made…
Brooklyn-based Cindy “Checkmate†Serrano (15-3-2, 7 KOs) had her first shot at a world championship in 2005 when she fought to a draw with Rhonda Luna for the vacant WIBA Featherweight crown. Almost six years later she will get a second chance, as she travels to France to take on hard-punching reigning WBF Women’s Welterweight…
Undefeated light middleweight Demetrius “The Cape Verdean Assassin” Andrade outclassed two-time world title challenger Saul “Baby” Duran en route to a victory by third-round knockout in tonight’s main event on the 10th annual Fight To Educate card at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. Enjoying target practice for the full three rounds, Andrade (15-0,…
Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Promotions will return to the boxing-rich country of Mexico this Saturday, September 24 for another thrilling edition of “Sabados De Corona” which will be televised by Televisa in Mexico and on AT&T U-verse in the United States from the Centro de Convenciones in Cozumel Quintana Roo, Mexico. In the 12-round…
© Lawrence Lustig The cream of British boxing gathered at the Dorchester hotel in London on Tuesday night (20 September) for a charity dinner in honour of Michael Watson. Twenty years ago, Watson fought Chris Eubank at White Hart Lane for the WBO super middleweight title. Eubank won the fight in the final round, but…
Unbeaten Welterweight star Kell Brook has signed a sponsorship deal with sports clothing giant Adidas – becoming their UK boxing ambassador. Brook’s first outing in the iconic three stripes brand will be on October 8 at Ponds Forge in his hometown of Sheffield when he fights the dangerous Pole Rafal Jackiewicz in a World title…
Gary Sykes will be throwing an incredible 120 punches a round in Saturday’s British super-featherweight title defence against Gary Buckland. Dewsbury’s Sykes was stopped in 45 seconds by the Cardiff battler in Prizefighter last November, but has left no stone unturned in preparations ahead of their Ponds Forge Arena battle.
WBC No. 1-ranked super lightweight contender Ajose Olusegun will face No. 6-ranked Ali Chebah in a WBC super lightweight eliminator on Friday, Sept. 30, in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. The 12-round…