Nick Blackwell’s secret weapon in his big fight on Saturday night could be his boyish looks. Blackwell will start the underdog to land the British, Commonwealth and WBA Intercontinental middleweight belts when he faces Martin Murray at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena. The 20-year-old is used to being written off.
Unbeaten, 22-year-old Amanda “The Real Deal†Serrano captured the vacant NABF super featherweight title, stopping Jennifer Scott at 1:46 of the opening round, last Saturday night at historic Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Serrano (10-0-1, 6 KOs), a native of Puerto Rico who lives in Brooklyn, was fighting at home in New York City…
This weekend the Capital’s boxing fans will be treated to a mouth watering battle for supremacy between current and former champions. The international contest, at York Hall in Bethnal Green, pits Mongolia’s WBF/WBU Featherweight Champion Choi Tseveenpürev against Australia’s former IBO Featherweight Champion ‘Action’ Jackson Asiku in a non-Championship bout.
NABA Lightweight Champion Logan Cotton McGuinness defends his title for the first time June 24th in the 10-round main event against Daniel “Canerito†Ruiz, headlining “Friday Night At The Fights,†at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The “Friday Night At the Fights†show is presented by United Boxing Promotions, in association with McGuiness’ promoter,…
Martin Murry has told arch domestic rival Darren Barker to prove himself as the best in Britain before taking on the world’s best. Barker’s promoter Eddie Hearn is in talks for Barker to face WBC middleweight title holder Sergio Martinez this autumn. But WBA ranked number four Murray believes the Londoner should face him before…
World cruiserweight contender Troy Ross has been added to the “Friday Night At The Fights†professional boxing card, June 24 at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. “Friday Night At The Fights†is being presented by United Boxing Promotions in association with Hennessy Sports and Groupe Yvon Michel. Ross is the top-rated IBF contender at…
Undefeated, highly-regarded junior featherweight Luis Rosa, Jr. (6-0, 5 KOs) lead the New Haven Six into the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford this Saturday night, launching “The New Generation Boxing Series,†presented by Bulldog Cartel Promotions, Saturday night, June 18.
On July 15th, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presents a highly anticipated ESPN “Friday Night Fights” card at New York City’s famed Roseland Ballroom with a sensational main event, featuring exciting former welterweight world title challenger, Delvin Rodriguez (25-5-2, 14KO’s) looking to throw himself into the mix of top jr. middleweight contenders when he takes on…
Joe Murray will be boxing clever when he challenges for his first professional title. The 2008 Olympian meets George Gachechiladze for the vacant IBF featherweight youth title at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena on Saturday (18th June). ‘Genius’ Joe has quietly made progress learning his trade on the undercard of Hatton Promotions bills winning all ten…
Newly crowned Southern Area Light Welterweight Champion Darren ‘Mr R&B’ Hamilton is back in action this coming weekend, at the Hard Knock Boxing Promotions ‘Summer Smash’ event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Saturday 18th June 2011. Hamilton, who put on a scintillating performance to wrenched the Southern Area belt from then current…
In the second of two consecutive nights of boxing at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, unbeaten Puerto Rican featherweight Luis ‘Orlandito’ Del Valle won the NABA featherweight championship with a ten round unanimous decision over Dat Nguyen, a Vietnamese boxer out of Vero Beach, Florida. Team Puerto Rico offered ‘The Borinqua Invasion’ of…
Light middleweight Austin Trout once again traveled to Mexico where he retained his WBA title with a competitive decision victory over veteran David Lopez. Trout had to overcome a packed house of the challenger’s faithful following at Auditorio Miguel Barragan in San Luis Potosi, just as he was faced with doing when he won the…