Rendall Munroe will face Japanese star – Ryuta Miyagi -at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday 24th September. The ten round non-title battle is chief support when Dewsbury’s Gary Sykes risks his British super-featherweight crown against Cardiff’s Gary Buckland. Munroe is no stranger to fighting boxers from the Land of the Rising Sun, having challenged…
Anthony Crolla will achieve a lifetime ambition when he boxes at the MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas, on Saturday night (Sept 17). Manchester’s British lightweight champion boxes a non-title eight rounder against Mexican – Juan Montiel, on the Victor Ortiz-Floyd Mayweather Jr undercard.
This Wednesday at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, Carlos Velez of Vineland, New Jersey is all set to make his pro debut when he takes on crowd favorite Vinny “The Lion” O’Brien as part of a big night of boxing that is promoted by Vincemt Ponte and Gulfstream Boxing and Gabe LaConte In the…
Paul McCloskey says he wants to challenge Marcos Maidana for the WBA Light Welterweight title in Belfast after defeating Breidis Prescott in a thrilling eliminator contest on Saturday night. The Dungiven fighter bounced back from a first round knockdown and a bloodied nose in the second round to secure a gritty win in front of…
Sheffield boxing’s best talent will fly the flag for the Steel city when Hatton Promotions roll into town later this month. Impressive prospects Adam Etches, Scott Jenkins, Richard Towers and Jezz Wilson are among the local hopefuls boxing at Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday September 24.
Universidad Autonoma in Guadalajara, Mexico was the site of a thrilling fight last evening that saw Juan Carlos Salgado survive a rocky final round to capture the vacant IBF super feather crown against Argenis Mendez. Salgado went into the bout having won two straight after losing the WBA super feather title to Takashi Uchiyama in…
In front of more than 42,000 fans at Stadion Miejski in Wroclaw, Poland, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko put down IBF International/NABO strapholder Tomasz Adamek’s title challenge in dominant fashion. Coming into the bout at his lightest weight since 1998, Klitschko wasted no time in putting the much smaller ex-light heavy and cruiser world champion…
Undefeated ex-WBA and IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa defeated heavy-handed former WBO super bantam titlist Daniel Ponce De Leon last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Delivering a toned-down cautious performance, likely out of respect to southpaw Ponce De Leon’s punching power, former Cuban amateur star Gamboa nonetheless put on a display of…
It was going to be a November to remember for boxing fans, as Mexican knockout artist Alfredo Angulo was scheduled to make his return to the HBO airwaves for a WBC title elimination bout against unbeaten Vanes Martirosyan in a dynamite matchup of former Olympians…or so fight fans thought. Instead, Angulo and his promoter, Golden…
Jimmy Lange knocked Raul “El Toro†Munoz down three times in the sixth round to notch a TKO win and win the vacant WBU 154-lb championship. The victory brings Lange’s record to 37-4-2, 24 KOs, while Munoz falls to 22-15-1, 16 KOs. It was the Great Falls fighter’s 13th headlining show at the Patriot Center…
Mexico City’s Pablo Cesar “El Demoledor” Cano, the WBC’s leading available contender and a young and hungry Mexican phenom has agreed to step in and face Erik Morales on next Saturday’s “Star Power” mega-event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas which will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View.
Vincent “Vinsanity†Arroyo made the most of his return to the red corner by turning in a gritty unanimous decision performance over Hector “El Flaco†Sanchez by the scores of 98-92 twice and 96-94 on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime. In the evening’s co-feature, Lateef “Power†Kayode scored a unanimous decision victory by the…