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…
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….