Former World Middleweight Champion and current WBC No. 1-rated super middleweight contender Kelly “The Ghost†Pavlik’s professional boxing comeback took a wrong turn inasmuch as Pavlik withdrew from his upcoming 10-round bout against Darryl Cunningham today. The Pavlik-Cunningham bout was scheduled to take place on Saturday at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, OH, and was…
Super-featherweight “El Negro Mexicanoâ€, “Lightning†Lonnie Smith improves to 14-2-2, 10 KOs via a 3rd round TKO victory over the game Eduardo Arcos (16-4-1, 13 KO’s) on Friday night at the South Point Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas. Once again, the always exciting Smith, gave the fans in attendance and those watching on television, a non-stop,…
World Champ Nathan Cleverly is the latest star to sign up for the Trad TKO Boxing Gym Boxers and Celebrities Charity Football Tournament, in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, which takes place at the Concord Rangers FC in Canvey Island, Essex on Sunday 14th August 2011. Nathan, who became the Light Heavyweight World Champion…
Joey Eye Boxing Promotions is proud to announce the signing of Lightweight Victor Vasquez and Light Heavyweight Tony Ferrante to exclusive promotional contracts. The duo will be competing at “Round 4” which will take place on Friday night August 12th at Harrah’s in Chester, PA with Vasquez participating in the eight round main event and…
Earlier today the President of the Malta Boxing Commission, former Olympian Alexander Zammit, made the historic announcement that the MBC are to sanction the inaugural professional boxing event in the Republic of Malta. The Micallef Promotions event, which will take place in October, will be co-headlined by WIBA World title and WBF Inter-Continental title bouts….
Welshman defends European title before Barker faces Martinez in America Gavin Rees will defend his European Lightweight title against Derry Mathews at the Newport Centre in South Wales on Saturday 1 October. The duo were set to meet in July but a hand injury forced Rees to withdraw from the contest. Mathews gets his shot…
In the Broadway Boxing main event held at Floyd Bennett Field’s Aviator Arena last Saturday in Brooklyn, New York promoted by DiBella Entertainment, unbeaten light welterweight Gabriel ‘Tito’ Bracero of Brooklyn ran his record to 17-0 with a spectacular third round one punch knockout of southpaw Dani Van Staden, a South African fighting out of…
A packed Greenbank Sports Centre, Liverpool – saw a thrilling head-liner Saturday night, when ‘Dirty’ Derry Mathews forced a stoppage of gutsy Stephen ‘Jenko’ Jennings in the sixth round. There was plenty of support for both Liverpool fighters – with many of the crowd on their feet for the duration! The surprise of the night…
At the Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, Friday night – Dennis Hobson Promotions hosted a show of eight contests. The event – which provided some thrilling action – will probably be remembered most for the shocking nose injury sustained by Referee Michael Alexander during the Reagan Denton v Jody Meikle fight. The Dinner Show also marked…
WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov unloaded a 23-punch explosion on three-time world title challenger Danny “The Bronx Bomber†Santiago in the ninth round, when the fight was stopped by referee Tony Weeks, in lastmain night’s event that aired live on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate†from South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. “I…
Last night, Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports lived up to its commitment of “keeping the class in boxing†with an old-school fight card that showcased a wide variety of gifted fighters. All of the combatants lived up to their potential, producing a night of theatre that left boxing fans in awe. Undefeated Heavyweight Mariusz…
Earlier tonight in front of a fiercely partisan crowd, Sydney’s Billy Dib swept the cards against veteran Jorge Lacierva to capture the vacant IBF featherweight title at Olympic Park Sports Centre in Homebush, Australia. Building upon the momentum of 11 appearances without a loss following a failed bid to lift the WBO crown in 2008,…