The West of Ireland is gearing itself up for further boxing success next month when Mayo’s own Henry “The Western Warrior” Coyle takes on Italy’s Elio Cotena for the WBF Light Middleweight title at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday, August 12th. The West has most definitely been awake where the “sweet science” is concerned…
Super-featherweight “El Negro Mexicanoâ€, “Lightning†Lonnie Smith (13-2-2, ) is back in action Friday, July 29th at the South Point Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas. Coming off an impressive unanimous decision win over Oxnard’s “Dangerous†David Rodella in April, Smith looks to advance his career by facing California’s Robert Vargas (5-1). This will be “Lightning Lonnie’s 
Cestus Management’s British welterweight champion and the I.B.F. number 12 ranked contender Ashley “Treasure” Theophane scored an impressive 10 round stoppage victory over tough and rugged former European and IBO Champion Jason “Power” Cook. The event was held at the Wembley Arena in London England and was the co-main event of the Tyson Fury vs…
Saturday night, at the Castle View Leisure Centre, Bury, Hatton Promotions hosted a Fight-night which headlined Scott Quigg’s defence of the WBA Inter-Continental Super-Bantamweight Belt which would also be a WBA Title Eliminator. Screened Live on Hatton TV to viewers around the world – there was a great atmosphere and many boxing notables were ringside….
British light welterweight Amir Khan added the IBF title to his growing trophy cabinet by stopping veteran Zab Judah last night at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, NV. From the start, Khan showed no respect for former unified welterweight champion Judah of Brooklyn, wasting very little time before launching right hand bombs at his…
In a grueling affair, WBO featherweight supremo Orlando Salido kept his title last night at Centro des Usos Multiples in Ciudad Obregon, Mexico against challenger Kenichi Yamaguchi. Utilizing his distinct blend of distraction, acrobatics and frustrating behavior, Yamaguchi proved difficult for Salido to deal with in the early rounds. The Japanese visitor used his awkwardness…
In a massive UK clash last night at Wembley Arena in London, towering Tyson Fury took the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from reigning champion Dereck Chisora. Fury started off the contest looking to use his 6’9 height and big reach advantage to keep the much shorter Chisora at bay. That approach lasted until the…
Tonight at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, NV, WBA Super champion Amir Khan and IBF champion Zab Judah tangle in a hotly anticipated light welterweight unification clash. Judah is currently on a five-fight win streak with recent victories over Ernest Johnson, Ubaldo Hernandez, Jose Armando Santa Cruz, Lucas Matthysse and Kaizer Mabuza. Khan’s last…
Tonight at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, the WBA Super World Light-Welterweight and IBF Light-Welterweight Unification Bout between Amir Khan and Zab Judah takes place. Both boxers weighed in yesterday amidst huge crowd support and seemed happy and relaxed as they stepped up to the scales. Amir ‘King’ Khan of Bolton, England,…
Tommy Stubbs has turned professional with Hatton Promotions and signed a three year deal with Britain’s most ambitious promotional outfit. The Mancunian who will be trained by Joe Pennington has been one of Britain’s best amateurs in recent years winning dozens of trophies and medals. Among his honours were three ABA titles and flashy Stubbs…
The main event fight hit the scale on Friday for tonight’s NABA and Interim NABO Cruiserweight title between world ranked BJ Flores and Nick Iannuzzi. BJ Flores: 199 lb Nick Iannuzzi: 195.2 lb BJ Flores final quotes: “I’m ready to get back in the ring and put on a great performance for my fans. This…
Dmitry Salita’s Star of David Promotions hosted a seven bout amateur and professional card at Oceana Hall in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn on Wednesday evening, July 20, 2011. The first three amateur bouts on the card supervised by USA boxing were good matchups and very competitive. Unfortunately, the pro card lacked the same competitiveness and made…