On Saturday, September 18, three European title fights, two world title eliminators, a British and Commonwealth title fight and a WBA intercontinental bout will be held at LG Arena in Birmingham, England. Some serious British talent is on show, with Nathan Cleverly in an WBO light heavyweight elimination clash, Matthew Macklin going for the vacant…
Anthony Mundine was back in action on Wednesday, stopping domestic rival Ryan Waters in the tenth round at the Entertainment Centre in Wollongong, New South Wales. Mundine made his second appearance as a light middleweight, two years from from his second reign as WBA super middleweight champion and his edge in experience over Waters was…
All four fighters stressed the importance of what tomorrow night means to them at Thursday’s weigh-in, just one day out of their appearance on ShoBox: The New Generation tonight, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Both main event boxers, world-ranked welterweight Freddy “El Riel’’ Hernandez (28-1, 1 NC, 19…
Tomasz Adamek (42-1, 27 KO’s) returns to Newark’s Prudential Center on Thursday, Dec. 9th when he defends his IBF International Heavyweight title vs. Queens New York’s Vinny Maddalone (33-6, 24 KO’s). Promoted by Main Events, Ziggy promotions and Star Boxing, the event will be part of the Prudential center’s acclaimed Brick City Boxing Series. Further…
By Per Ake Persson The WBA has, through Gilberto Mendoza, distanced itself somewhat from the delicate situation at middleweight. According to Mendoza, all parties involved had verbally accepted that Gennadyi Golovkin would face Milton Nunez for the interim title and Hassan N´Dam would fight Avantandil Khurtzide for the vacant regular title.
If Vitali thinks he’s going to have the kind of easy night his brother had last week, he’s in for a shock,” vows upcoming heavyweight title challenger Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KOs). Speaking about Samuel Peter’s non-performance versus Vitali’s brother Wladimir on September 11 in relation to his October 16 battle for the…
Showtime Sports officially announced today a series of high-profile fights amongst four of the world’s elite fighters in the exciting and deep bantamweight division. The two-round, single-elimination tournament to determine the best fighter at 118 pounds will begin with two semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on…
With boxing’s present already well accounted for on Saturday, September 18, thanks to names like Sugar Shane Mosley, Sergio Mora and those of the rest of the pay per view fighters, it will be up to the future stars of the sweet science to make their own statements in undercard bouts at Staples Center in…
On Friday night October 8th, one of the hottest prospects in boxing, undefeated Danny “Swift†Garcia will take on his toughest challenger to date when he battles former world title challenger, “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis in ten round Jr. Welterweight bout that will highlight a night of world class boxing at The Arena (Formally The New…
After making his pro debut 7 years ago this September, Manchester’s European and British Lightweight Champion John Murray is looking to continue his unbeaten record when he meets his mandatory challenger and the Ukrainian number one, Andrei Kudriavtsev at Robin Park Arena, Wigan on Saturday 25th September. Matchroom Sport and Hennessy Sports will promote the…
IBO featherweight titlist Jackson Asiku was unseated last night by Jhonny Gonzalez at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Asiku had been out of the ring since winning the IBO crown last November and the Australian based Ugandan native was made to pay dearly for that inactivity. By contrast, ex-WBO bantam king Gonzalez had…
Heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis returns to Germany in December. The three-time world amateur champion and 2004 Olympic gold medallist, currently rated #2 by the WBC, is on his way to become the mandatory challenger for WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. After defecting from the Cuban national team along with unified featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in December…