John Joe Nevin had to settle for a bronze medal after narrowly losing out in his bid to reach the 56kg final at the 16th AIBA World Championships in Azerbaijan today. The Mullingar-born bantamweight was adjudged to have lost his semi-final on a count back to English southpaw Luke Campbell after a 12-12 draw in…
Vincent Ponte’s Gulfstream Promotions is proud to announce the signing of Middleweight contender Ossie “The Ghanaian Gladiator†Duran to a promotional contract. Duran, of Paterson, New Jersey is originally from Accra, Ghana and sports an impressive mark of 26-8-2 with ten knockouts.
Despite suffering his first professional setback in controversial fashion, Heavyweight prospect John Lennox will get right back on the horse when he returns to the ring on Friday night, October 28th at Ballys in Atlantic City. Lennox takes on Donnie Crawford in a four round bout as part of the ShoBox undercard that will be…
Not only is WBC Continental Americas champion Dannie Williams not the best kept secret in the lightweight division anymore, the southpaw is arguably the most dangerous 135-pounder in the world, recently breaking into the top 10 for the first time and shooting for the stars. Co-Promoted by Rumble Time Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, the 27-year-old…
On October 14th German heavyweight contenders Konstantin Airich (21-5-2) and Varol Vekiloglu (18-2-1) face off for the vacant IBF intercontinental championship at Mehrzweckhalle Obertraubling in Regensburg, Germany. The winner of the bout will earn a top 15 position in the IBF rankings qualifying him for a world title fight against Wladimir Klitschko.
The Brazilian professional boxer Pedro “The Trojan†Otas will fight for the WBF Cruiserweight Title on November 19. The event will take place at Monte Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa and will be promoted by Damian Michael from Showpony Promotions in partnership with World Boxing Federation.
World Bantamweight Champion and consensus Top 5 Pound For Pound Fighter Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire will swing open the doors to his boxing gym for a public workout this Saturday, October 8th at 1pm. Nonito’s home training quarters, Undisputed Gym, located at 883 E. San Carlos Avenue in San Carlos, California, will host the…
Hatton Promotions will stage two top quality Championship cards in November. The blockbuster bills in Oldham and Newport will be screened live by British broadcasting’s undisputed home of boxing, Sky Sports. Manchester’s Commonwealth welterweight champion Denton Vassell headlines at Oldham Sports Centre on Saturday November 12.
With two wins over Paul McCloskey and Zab Judah already in the books this year, WBA and IBF Super Lightweight Champion Amir “King” Khan will look to end 2011 with a bang on Saturday, December 10, when he travels to Washington, DC for “Capital Showdown,” a 12-round unified championship fight against mandatory IBF challenger and…
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…