It’s been a busy time for boxing in the UK. This weekend, the annual Beechcomber Club event saw Grimsby Boxer – Kevin Hooper win the vacant British Masters Lightweight Title – outpointing Devon man – Jamie Speight. Also on the Carl Greaves Bill – Cuban born Alexei Collado of Ireland outpointed Franklin Varela of Venezuala…
The co-feature between unbeaten Columbian welterweight Samuel Vargas (7-0-1, 1 KO) and outspoken Ahmad Cheikho (6-3-2, 5 KOs), despite neither being natives of Canada, perhaps, best illustrates the provincial rivalry theme between Toronto and Quebec for the October 22 show, headlined by the NABA super featherweight title fight pitting Logan Cotton McGuinness and Benoit Gaudet…
On Friday October 21 at the Brandenburg Halle in Frankfurt, Germany, undefeated WBF Women’s Middleweight Champion Christina Hammer (10-0, 7 KOs) will defend her title against American Vashon Living (5-1, 1 KO). In what will be Hammer’s second defense of the WBF title, the pair will square off on a show promoted by Ulf Steinforth…
One of the UK’s most popular Cruiserweight Champions of the recent past, Bruce ‘Lionheart’ Scott, becomes the latest big name to pledge support for Steatham’s Leon ‘Solid’ Williams, ahead of his British Cruiserweight title battle against reigning Champ Rob Norton at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green, this coming Friday.
The captain of the 1996 U.S. Boxing Team, Lawrence Clay-Bey, will be inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) with six others at the seventh annual CBHOF gala induction dinner Saturday, October 29 in the Uncas Ballroom at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville.
Tickets are now on sale as ‘The Polish Prince†Andrzej Fonfara returns to the boxing ring on Friday, December 16th headlining Windy City Fight Night 20 at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions.
Nathan Cleverly of Cefn Forest, Wales, retained his WBO Light-Heavyweight Title last night when he secured a majority points decision over Liverpool’s Tony Bellew in a Frank Warren promotion screened live on BoxNation. The packed Liverpool Echo Arena watched as local hero – Bomber Bellew – took Champion ‘Clev’ the distance in a closely fought…
The maiden WBC light heavyweight title defense of Bernard Hopkins against Chad Dawson ended in an unexpected manner last evening at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The first round was a cautious affair as the taller Dawson was unable to close distance on the 46 year old champion, who used experienced footwork to circle away…
On Friday evening, Panamanian featherweight Celestino Caballero went into the lion’s den of Buenos Aires’ famed Luna Park Stadium to take the WBA title from Argentina’s Jonathan Victor Barros in a rematch. Two years after outgrowing the WBA and IBF super bantam titles, 35 year old Caballero was coming off two split decision losses, the…
IBF and WBC Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares and former two-time IBF Bantamweight Champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko were the principals at a widely attended press conference Saturday to officially announce their highly anticipated rematch set for Saturday, Dec. 3, at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., which will be televised live on Showtime Championship Boxing.
The Pride of the Philippines, WBC and WBO Bantamweight Champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Doniare (26-1, 18 KO’s) will be honored by the Filipino School of New York and New Jersey as part of Filipino American History Month next Monday, October 17, at 4 p.m. ET, at the Jersey City Public Library in Jersey City,…
Javier “El Chino†Flores, the undefeated welterweight from New Haven, Conn., will be featured on next month’s “November Reign†show on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports in association with Global Boxing.