The second annual Trad TKO Boxing Gym Boxers and Celebrity Charity Football Tournament, in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, which took place at Concord Rangers FC in Canvey Island on Sunday 14th August, proved to be a massive success, having raised in excess of £18,000 on the day, with a further £3,000 being pledged…
The big mid-week action of August’s last days takes place Wednesday night at Nihon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan with the both the WBA bantam and super flyweight titles at risk in another installment of the Mexico vs. Japan rivalry of the lighter weight classes. Tokyo based WBA 118 pound king Koki Kameda, 25-1 (16), faces…
Chicago’s 8 Count Productions, has announced details of “Windy City Fight Night 19”, a sensational evening of world class professional boxing on Friday, September 23rd at the UIC Pavilion. In the main event, Andrzej “The Polish Prince†Fonfara, will return to the UIC Pavilion battling in front of his huge legion of supporters from Chicago’s…
Fight fans in the Coachella Valley are going to get a special treat on Friday, September 23 when former United States Olympians Vicente Escobedo (2004 games) and Rocky Juarez (2000 games) square off in a true cross roads fight. Both are no strangers to high stakes competition, but when the bell rings at Fantasy Springs…
Fisticuffs Promotions is proud to announce the signing of Melissa “Hurracan†Hernandez & “Queen†Ronica Jeffrey to exclusive promotional contracts. Hernandez of New York has long been regarded as one of the top pound for pound fighters in the world as she has taken on an beaten just about all of the top names between…
After further discussion and consideration between Jimmy Lange Boxing officials and Dusty Harrison’s team, it has been decided that the promising D.C. welterweight prospect will not fight on the September 10 show at the Patriot Center, as previously announced.
Undefeated former WBA Featherweight Champion Yuriorkis Gamboa and former WBO Junior Featherweight Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon, along with their respective promoters, Bob Arum and Ahmet Öner for Gamboa, and for De Leon, Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions, hosted a media conference call today to discuss their 12-round featherweight rumble, which will take place…
Unbeaten sensation Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez, eyeing a world title fight in 2012, has successfully advanced from prospect to legitimate contender in the super middleweight division. Granted, the 26-year-old Dominican Republic native (19-0, 14 KOs) may not be ready right now for the likes of Lucian Bute, Andre Ward and Carl Froch, but in another…
Manny “Pacman†Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, fresh from their stop in Manila, will kick off the North America portion of their 25,000-mile international media tour, for their mega world championship fight, with a New York News Conference luncheon next Tuesday, September 6, in the The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers – Pier 61, located at…
Matchroom Sport can confirm that European Super Bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez has withdrawn from his fight with Carl Frampton on September 10 at the Odyssey Arena through personal reasons. Martinez’s father was taken ill during the young Spaniard’s training camp and has since had his leg amputated. The 25 year-old left his base to spend…
The long matriculation of 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist Alexander Povetkin came to a close last night as the Russian outboxed ex-WBA titlist Ruslan Chagaev to capture the vacant WBA heavyweight belt at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany. The bout started slowly as the combatants sized each other up with probing jabs and a vast array of…
Michael O’Reilly and Gary Sweeney had to settle for silver at the European Youth Championships which concluded at the Citywest Hotel Convention Centre in Dublin today. O’Reilly dominated his welterweight final with Igor Kharitonov of Russia but was controversially adjudged to have lost 16-15.