The Towar Sports Hall in Warsaw was the scene of Poland’s WBC cruiserweight champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk’s victory over challenger Jason Robinson last night. This opportunity was Robinson’s first big world level fight since losing three in a row to James Toney, Ezra Sellers and Grigory Drozd during 2002-2004 and the …
Read More »Boxing In Japan: Kameda Retains WBA Crown In Tokyo
Local flyweight Daiki Kameda kept hold of his WBA title last night in a clash against former titlist Takefumi Sakata at Tokyo’s Big Sight Arena. Kameda, just 21, effectively held off his more seasoned crosstown rival over the course of the twelve round contest, but it wasn’t easy as Sakata …
Read More »Matchroom Boxing: Matt Skelton Eyes Prizefighter Fueled Comeback
Matt Skelton has vowed to make his experience count when he enters the Prizefighter Heavyweights IV at York Hall on Saturday 9 October – with Kickboxing his secret weapon. At 43 years of age the Reading fighter is the oldest man on the bill in the 14th outing of Barry …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Coleman vs. Lopez On October 1 ShoBox
Two fighters coming off huge wins and riding impressive winning streaks will meet in an all-important stepping-stone matchup in a 12-round junior welterweight main event on ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Oct. 1, live on Showtime at 11:45 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Current USBA light welterweight …
Read More »Integrated Boxing: Vasquez vs. Hernandez PPV October 18
Integrated Sports Media announced today that it will distribute the October 16th “The Rising Son Returns” Pay-Per-View event, featuring Boricua star Wilfredo “WV2” Vazquez, Jr. in his second WBO Junior Featherweight title defense, live in the United States from Silver Sports Arena in Kissimmee, Florida. Vazquez (19-0-1, 16 KOs), the …
Read More »European Boxing News: Froch, Abraham, Golovkin, N’Dam, Sturm
By Per Ake Persson Helsinki, Finland, has been mentioned in the past by various sources including MTV3 in Finland as a possible site for the postponed Carl Froch vs Arthur Abraham Super Six tournament fight. The working date is November 27. I have been told that the date and site …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Super Six Matchups Rescheduled
The Group Stage 3 matchups in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, the unprecedented boxing tournament from Showtime Sports, featuring the world’s best super middleweights, have been rescheduled for November 27, it was announced today by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager for sports programming on the network. …
Read More »Main Events Boxing: Judah vs. Matthyse Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the Nov 6th fight between Zab “Super” Judah, Brooklyn, NY (39-6, 27 KO’s) and Argentinean knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (27-0, 25 KO’s) are now on sale. Several local and Polish favorites will also be featured on the card. The fight will take place at Prudential Center, Newark, NJ. …
Read More »Duva Boxing: Team China Hits Empire State Building
Boxing promoter Dino Duva has high hopes of taking the Team China amateur fighters to great heights. That upward move began yesterday when he joined super middleweight Olympian Zhang Jianting and super heavyweight silver medalist Zhang Zhilei at the top of the Empire State Building for a view of Manhattan …
Read More »HBO Boxing: Khan Faces Maidana December 11 In Las Vegas
With fans from the United States to England to Argentina clamoring for it for well over a year, super lightweight supremacy will finally be decided on Saturday, December 11. That’s when British superstar Amir “King” Khan returns to the United States for his second consecutive bout to defend his WBA …
Read More »Boxing In Ireland: Cork Cubans vs. Team Uruguay October 2
The Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny will be the unlikely setting for a dual Cuba V Uruguay clash on the undercard of the Hunky Dorys Fight Night on Saturday, October 2nd. Reigning European Light Welterweight Champion Paul McCloskey tops the bill as he makes the second defence of his title …
Read More »Hayemaker Boxing: David Haye UK Booksignings On Saturday
WBA heavyweight champion David Haye will touch down in Manchester and Birmingham this Saturday, September 25, to further publicise volume one of his official Hayemaker bookazine. The boxer will be on hand in Selfridges in Manchester at mid-day (12 pm) and will then travel to Selfridges in Birmingham for a …
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