Article by Jane Warburton and Paul Webb © Mark Jones Heartlands HobsMoat ABC has been the forgotten club of Birmingham. Based behind an old church in Sparkhill, this run-down club was hardly the ‘jewell’ of Birminghams’ Boxing Scene. The building – an old church hall – is just a short walk away from the successful…
In what promises to be an explosive night of fights featuring six all-action boxing heroes, on Saturday, April 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., five-time and three-division World Champion Erik “El Terrible” Morales (51-6, 35 KOs) returns to the pugilistic forefront when he faces power-punching Argentinean Marcos “El Chino” Maidana…
Exciting London based Dutch Cruiserweight prospect Mitchell Balker is to make his third UK outing, against Doncaster’s John Anthony, at the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘Unleash The Fury’ event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, on Saturday 5th March 2011. Balker’s performance on his last outing, against Nick Okoth at the excellent Graham Earl promoted…
By Per Ake Persson Sauerland has, according to Bild Zeitung in Germany, signed a million euro deal with promoters in Abu Dhabi, part of the wealthy United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf. The deal is for three years, with the first show likely to be staged in December. Nikolai Valuev might be headlining if…
Promoters Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions and Kirill Pchelnikov and German Titov/GT & KP Promotion will present a sensational world championship fight card on Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Sports Palace DIVS in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Featured fights will be televised live in Russia on Channel 2. The two-hour telecast will be shown from 8:00 to 10: P.M….
The World Boxing Council has approved Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton for the vacant WBC super welterweight world title after having received a two/thirds vote of the WBC Board of Governors. Hatton, 41-4-2, 16 KOs, of Manchester, England, has been welterweight champion of the BBBofC Central Area (British Boxing Board of Control) and has made…
This Saturday night, the eyes of the boxing universe will be focused squarely on the Hershey Centre in Mississaugua, Ontario, as United Promotions, in association with Hennessy Sports Canada, presents one of the most important Canadian fight cards to take place in years.
Brazilian unbeaten big heavyweight puncher Marcelo Luiz Nascimento is all primed and ready to go for his explosive clash with Heavyweight Sensation Tyson Fury at Wembley Arena on Saturday Feb 19th. All of the action from Wembley Arena can be seen live and exclusive on Premier Sports, Sky Channel 433 from 8pm. The 6ft 5…
Friday night at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey unbeaten Rico ‘Suavecito’ Ramos of Los Angeles, California, improved to 19-0 (11), with a controversial decision over Alejandro Valdez of Obregon, Mexico, now 24-5-3, (17). Scoring was not indicative of the bout, which appeared to be closer to a draw. Ramos is the…
This past weekend European Gold Medalist Luke Campbell’s pre-Olympics campaign got off to a flying start, at the first major amateur tournament of 2011 the Bocskai Memorial Tournament in Debrecen, Hungary. Luke, who in 2009 won the European Gold on his first attempt , beat local favourite Krisztian Nagy 8-5 to secure his first title…
Promoters Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions, Golden Gloves Promotions, Thompson Boxing Promotions and Tony Holden Productions and will present a sensational fight card on Friday, February 25, 2011, at the Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The main event and other selected fights will be televised live on ESPN at 9:00 P.M. Eastern, 6:00 P.M. Pacific.
Carshalton’s ‘Pretty’ Ricky Boylan has a busy month ahead of him, with two fights scheduled just a few weeks apart, as he prepares to establish his credentials as one of the future stars of the British Lightweight division. Back in December the former London ABA finalist impressed on his professional debut, against Birmingham’s Sid Razak…