Saturday night sees a massive UK fight card at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, headlined by Ricky Burns’ WBO super feather title defense against a former owner of that belt, Nicky Cook. This fight has an interesting genealogy as Cook, 30-2 (16), lost the crown in 2009 to Puerto Rican bomber Roman Martinez, who was himself shockingly…
On the eve of a special 10-year anniversary ShoBox: The New Generation telecast, all four fighters made weight on Thursday. The Top Rank-promoted doubleheader will feature a night of junior lightweight action on Friday, July 15, at 11:05 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from Texas Station Gambling Hall & Casino in Las Vegas.
Just steps away from where all the action will take place one month from now at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares took part in a spirited press conference Thursday at Muse Hall. The press conference was well attended by a group of Las Vegas ’…
The weigh-in took place today for the Hatton Promotions’ show tomorrow at Oldham Sports Centre and all the fighters participating in the main contests made weight. British Welterweight Championship, 12 rounds Lee Purdy: 10st 6lb 7oz/146.5lb Craig Watson: 10st 6lb 13oz/146.75lb
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Today, at the Hilton Hotel, Liverpool, Frank Warren hosted the official weigh-in ahead of tomorrow night’s mouth-watering fight-night at the Echo Arena. The Main event sees Ricky Burns face Nicky Cook for the WBO Super-Featherweight Title and – due to the postponement of last weeks…
Craig Watson believes he will wipe out another loss when he attempts to regain the British welterweight title this weekend. Southpaw Watson, 28, faces Lee Purdy for his old crown at Oldham Sports Centre tomorrow night (July 16), having lost in five rounds to the Essex man in April.
Busy WBO cruiserweight king Marco Huck steps thru the ropes for the fourth time in less than a years’ time as he faces the challenge of South American veteran Hugo Hernan Garay on Saturday. Huck, 32-1 (23), makes a rare appearance in Munich as the 26 year old is expected to sell out Olympia-Eissportzentrum for…
Former WBA cruiserweight champion Firat Arslan will be back in action against Lubos Suda at EWS Arena in Göppingen, Germany. At today’s weigh-in both fighters easily made the weight. Arslan weighed in at 198 lbs (90.0 kg) while Suda brought 196 lbs (89.0 kg) to the scale. “I feel very well“, said Arslan. “I’m perfectly…
With just over a week to go before the biggest fight of career to date Light Middleweight prospect ‘Phat’ Pat McAleese has more or less completed his preparations with a full on ten round sparring session at the Trad TKO Boxing Gym in Canning Town, London. McAleese, who has just the single loss on his…
Three-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez risks his revenge rematch against professional nemesis and boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter Manny “Pacman†Pacquiao when he battles former world champion Likar Ramos in a 10-round junior welterweight rumble this Saturday, July 16. Marquez-Ramos will headline a three-bout broadcast, which will be streamed live from Plaza…
Hatton Promotions have shown their ambition by winning the purse bids for two eagerly anticipated domestic title fights. They have won the bids for Gary Sykes’s British super-featherweight championship defence against Gary Buckland and Anthony Crolla’s British lightweight title showdown against Scottish ace Willie Limond.
Craig Watson insists that arch rival Lee Purdy will not ruin his summer in the sun. Revenge minded Watson attempts to regain the British welterweight title in his rematch against the Colchester man at Oldham Sports Centre on Saturday night (July 16). Purdy stunned Watson back in April, stopping Oldham’s favourite fighting son in five…