Following his sensational Gold winning performance, at the British University and Colleges Championships in Coventry last week, Brighton teenager Jake Towse, who fights for the Hastings West Hill Amateur Boxing Club, is hoping to repeat this success in the Southern Counties ABA competition on Saturday 12th March. Back on the 20th February, at the BUCS…
Irish based Cuban heavyweight Mike “The Rebel” Perez will be out to impress UK fight fans this Friday when he takes on two time European title challenger, Ismail Abdoul over 8 rounds at the Doncaster Dome. Perez has racked up a dozen straight wins since turning professional in 2008 with ten of those coming by…
Robin Reid came through his first fight in over three years on Saturday night to continue his preparation for Prizefighter Super-Middleweights II at Liverpool’s Olympia on Wednesday 23 March. The 40 year-old claimed a points decision against Jamie Ambler at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, with the ‘Grim Reaper’ tasting action for the first time…
WBA Super Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto and two-division World Champion Ricardo Mayorga participated in a national media conference call to discuss the upcoming, highly-anticipated world championship event on Saturday, March 12, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev., produced and distributed live on Showtime beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Cotto, the Pride of…
On March 19th 2004 Olympic gold medalist Odlanier “La Sombra” Solis wants to become the first ever Cuban professional heavyweight champion against WBC titlist Vitali Klitschko at Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, Germany. Only one week later, on March 26th, Yuriorkis Gamboa defends his WBA and IBF championships against Jorge Solis from Mexico.
By Per Ake Persson WBO super middle champ Robert Stieglitz defends the title April 9 in his adopted hometown of Magdeburg. An opponent is yet to be announced. The show is promoted by SES at the Boerdeland Hall with SAT 1 televising the main bouts live. Stieglitz is now trained by former stable and gymmate…
The WBC joins the Goossen family during these difficult moments, and pray that God will bring prompt resignation for the sudden death of Greg Goossen, who has now joined his mom and dad in heaven. Greg Goossen, a former six-figure bonus baby of the Dodgers who played for Casey Stengel and the New York Mets,…
Today’s media conference call featured WBO Jr. Middleweight Champion, Sergiy “Razor†Dzinziurk in advance of his “Diamond Elite†clash with Middleweight Champion, Sergio “Maravilla†Martinez on March 12 from the MGM Grand Arena at Foxwoods, airing live on HBO World Championship Boxing. Also on the call were Dzinizruk’s co-trainer, Buddy McGirt; his advisor, Harry Kazandjian;…
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Last night, at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England, Pat Cowdell promoted a Dinner/Boxing event which showcased Midlands Boxers. Billy Smith (Stourport) v Luke Gallear (Derby) 6 x 2 Welterweight Contest Shinfield’s boxer Gallear faced experienced ‘Gypsy Boy’ Smith in this six rounder. A good testing…
Carshalton’s Ricky Boylan returned to the Ultrachem TKO Gym in Canning Town this week in order to prepare for his upcoming showdown against Kristian Laight, on the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘Essex Eruption’ quadruple headline show at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, Essex on Saturday 19th March 2011.
In the history of professional boxing there has never been a division as much dominated by German fighters as the middleweight right now. With Felix Sturm (WBA), Sebastian Sylvester (IBF) and Sebastian Zbik (WBC) there are three reigning world middleweight champions from Germany, and a fourth man is only waiting for his chance to get…
Former WBU Lightweight Champion, turned promoter, Graham Earl is set to promote his second boxing event of the year, ‘Fists of Fury’ at the Nugent Hall at Kings Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Saturday 2nd April 2011. Graham, who over the past year or so has been scouring Northern Ireland for up and coming…