For the past year or so International Masters Light Middleweight Champion Yassine El Maachi has stated his dream is to compete in the top rated Matchroom Sports promoted Prizefighter series. El Maachi, and his promoter Steve Goodwin, believe the tournament format would be the perfect platform to showcase El Maachi, and his sensational all action…
Craig Watson has landed an immediate British welterweight title rematch against Lee Purdy. And he will have hometown advantage at Oldham Sports Centre for his return against the Essex man on Saturday July 16. Purdy caused one of the biggest domestic boxing upsets so far this year last month when stopping Watson in five rounds…
Unbeaten junior middleweight Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson kept his perfect record alive by stopping veteran Hector Rivera in 44 seconds last Thursday evening at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. After briefly getting a gage for his foe, Melson unloaded a solid straight left hand which dropped Rivera hard to the canvas. Rivera attempted to…
Televisa’s “Sabados De Corona” is back on Saturday, May 28, as unbeaten Pedro Guevara takes to the ring in his hometown of Mazatlan to battle Guasave’s Mario Rodriguez in a 12-round bout for the WBC Silver light flyweight championship.
Former No. 1 World Heavyweight Contender, Michael Grant, who is not tied to any promoter and is a “free agent,†is seeking a high level heavyweight opponent for his next fight. Grant reports: “Since my knockout of Tye Fields in March, we are having difficulty finding a high-ranking heavyweight willing to fight me. I am…
The host of “The Bernie Miklasz Show†broadcast on 101 ESPN in St. Louis recently interviewed former unified 140-pound champion Devon Alexander and undefeated cruiserweight national champion Ryan “The Irish Outlaw†Coyne from their joint training camp in Colorado Springs, Colo. Alexander, from St. Louis, will face dangerous knockout artist Lucas Matthysse, from Chubut, Argentina,…
WBA world heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has tipped stable-mate George Groves to emulate his own ring exploits and claim a world title in 2012, following ‘The Saint’s stunning British and Commonwealth title victory on Saturday night (May 21). The 23-year-old Groves smartly outboxed Olympic gold medallist James DeGale in front of 15,000 fans…
Colin Lynes is aiming to go one step further in his second appearance in Prizefighter – and hopes to take out Junior Witter on his way to glory on June 7 at York Hall, Bethnal Green. Lynes and Witter are part of the line-up for the second outing of the Welterweights in Prizefighter and the…
Looking to regain his status as one of the premier super middleweights in the world, former World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association (WBC/WBA) 168-pound champion Mikkel “The Viking Warrior’’ Kessler will return to the ring for the first time in 14 months when he faces Mehdi Bouadla on Saturday, June 4, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT,…
© Jose Espinoza / Saddo Boxing A 46 year old fighter stepped into the ring on Saturday night and emerged a champion. It was a moment that very few in the city of Montreal will ever forget. Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins beat out a young, strong and skilled Jean Pascal to become the IBO and…
Exciting Finchley based Polish Lightweight Marcin Marczak is set to professionally debut, at the Olivia Goodwin Main Events promoted ‘Search & Destroy’ double title headed event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, on Saturday, 4th June 2011, against Earl’s Court battler Bheki ‘Becks-Tiger’ Moyo.
Guyanese prodigal son, unbeaten super middleweight Lennox “2 Sharpe†Allen, returns home to Georgetown, Guyana for an Independence Day showdown Saturday night (May 28) versus Kwesi Jones (7-1, 4 KOs) in a 12-round match for the vacant WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation title, at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Allen (14-0-1, 9 KOs), a 25-year-old southpaw now…