Sunday 29 December 2013

Will 2014 Finally Bring About Middleweight Unification?

The middleweight division could be the best weight class in the sport today, featuring a talented cast of characters from nearly every continent on the globe but will the titles ever be unified?
Just who is top man at 160 pounds? That"s impossible to determine until the major players face each...




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Friday 27 December 2013

WBA Update: Kaovichit, Cermeno, Escandon, Kono, Miyasaki

The super flyweight elimination bout between Denkaosen Kaovichit and Kohei Kono will take place March 26, 2014.
Both parties reached an agreement and signed the contracts for the vacant title of the 115 pounds and the fight is scheduled to be staged in Tokyo.
The Committee of Championships of...




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Heavyweight David Price Teams Up With Trainer Tommy Brooks

David Price has teamed up with legendary trainer Tommy Brooks after a brief spell with Adam Booth.
The former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion will now base himself in his hometown of Liverpool, with Tommy Brooks flying in for training camps.
Brooks has one of the most accomplished...




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British Promoter Dave Coldwell Looks Back At 2013

2013 has given thriving promoter, Dave Coldwell, a lot to smile about.
The head of the Coldwell Boxing family heads into the New Year on the back of a successful twelve months that have seen a number of his stable make rapid developments with a chosen few occupying positions in the prestigious...




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"Iron Mike" Joins Line Of Legendary Fighters Turned Promoters

Mike Tyson was the youngest heavyweight champion of all time and in 1987 voted, "World"s Most Popular Athlete." Now he joins a select list of legendary fighters who became boxing promoters.
Jack Dempsey
Jack Dempsey, the "Manasa Mauler," stopped boxing after this fight against Gene Tunney. He...




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Hopkins vs. Shumenov Light Heavy Unification On The Horizon?


Reigning WBA Super and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (14-1, 9 KO"s) celebrates his fourth anniversary as world champion next month but he really didn"t arrive on the worldwide boxing scene until this past December 14th in his Showtime debut.
The 30-year-old Shumenov set a light...




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Sunday 22 December 2013

"La Sensacion" Continues To Impress, Halts Mathebula In Spain

IBF super bantam boss Kiko Martinez lit up Pabellon Esperanza Lag in Elche, Spain last night as he came through his maiden defense with flying colors, schooling experienced former world titlist Jeffrey Mathebula.
Martinez continues his career turnaround, just ten months after his stoppage loss...




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Narvaez Roughs Up Carmona To Keep WBO Belt In Argentina

Omar Andres Narvaez solidified his hold on the super flyweight division with a dominant display last night as the WBO champion retained his title by battering challenger David Carmona at Villa La Nata Sporting Club in the Buenos Aires suburb of Benavides, Argentina.
Mexico"s Carmona, 17 years...




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Stuart Hall Vs Vusi Malinga Ringside Reports


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In a bumper Christmas Fight-night at Leeds First Direct Arena, last night, Stuart Hall of Darlington won the vacant IBF Bantamweight Title by Unanimous Points decision (117-110; 117-110; 116-111) over South-African Vusi Malinga. The...




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Saturday 21 December 2013

Longtime WBO Champ Narvaez Faces Challenger Carmona Tonight

The top super flyweight in the world returns to action tonight as Omar Andres Narvaez puts his WBO crown at risk for the ninth time, facing the challenge posed by Mexico"s David Carmona at Villa La Nata Sporting Club in Benavidez, Argentina.
Narvaez, 40-1-2 (21), is two fights removed from the...




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Friday 20 December 2013

A Look At The Welterweight Division Of 2014

Now that 2013 is on it"s way out the door, let"s take a look at what 2014 may hold for the star-studded welterweight division.
Floyd Mayweather, 46-0 (26): the top man at both 147 and 154 pounds, "Money May" is, at age 36, winding down a career that has seen him win an amazing 22 world title...




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Bobby Gunn Announces Retirement After Decorated Career

Following Wednesday’s unanimous decision loss to ex-world champion Glenn Johnson, former IBA cruiserweight champion Bobby “The Celtic Warrior” Gunn has announced that he has stepped between the ropes of the squared circle for the last time in his career.
Gunn has had a decorated career...




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Four Competitive Bouts Featured On January 17 ShoBox

On January 17, DiBella Entertainment will present the premiere show of the 2014 ShoBox: The New Generation season with an exciting quadrupleheader live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.
Headlining the card will be devastating Ukrainian lightweight Ivan "The Terrible"...




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Hall Willing To Go To Hell And Back For Coveted IBF Crown

Boxing ace Stuart Hall has said he is prepared to go through hell in order to reign victorious in his hunt for world title glory this weekend.
The Darlington dazzler makes his bid for the vacant IBF crown against the seasoned South African - Vusi Malinga, on Saturday night at the First Direct...




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Stuart Hall Facing Mandela Inspired South African Vusi Malinga

Reformed bad boy Stuart Hall is defiant he can overcome his Nelson Mandela inspired world title challenger.
Vusi Malinga, who takes on Hall this weekend at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, will use the memory of South Africa’s greatest icon, who passed away earlier this month, to help spur him...




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Hatton Academy Wins European Title With Premier Training International

The Hatton Academy is pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with leading health and fitness education provider Premier Training International.
For more than 20 years, Premier has been providing high level courses to fitness and sports professionals around the world, with well-known...




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Manny Pacquiao Lays Judicial KO On Imperial ED Promotions

Three weeks removed from his decisive victory over Brandon Rios in Macau, Manny Pacquiao earned an even more decisive win in a federal courthouse.
On December 18, the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit, one of the highest and most influential courts in the country, affirmed the...




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WBA Update: Marcos Maidana Honored, Chris John Retires

The World Boxing Association sends its affectionate words of greeting to the new welterweight champion, the Argentinean Marcos René Maidana, who won the title and was awarded as the Athlete of the Year in his country.
"Chino" Maidana defeated Adrien Broner by unanimous decision in Alamodome in...




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Etches Gets Chance To Prove Worth In Monte Carlo


Adam Etches will look to prove he is amongst the best Middleweight prospects in the world when he appears on the same bill as the man widely regarded as the division"s greatest.
The hard-punching Sheffield man, 22, will face Italy"s tough Salvatore Annunziata on the undercard of Gennady...




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Thursday 19 December 2013

Showtime Celebrates 1.3 Million Viewers For Maidana vs. Broner

Showtime Sports continued with significant gains in viewership on its flagship series Showtime Championship Boxing on Saturday, Dec. 14, drawing 1.3 million viewers to an action-packed main event featuring the WBA welterweight championship, Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Maidana.
The dramatic bout,...




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Mikey Garcia vs. Juan Carlos Burgos Tickets On Sale Friday

Undefeated two-division world champion and Ventura County Police and Sheriff"s Reserve Officer Academy graduate Mikey Garcia returns to the stage where he won his first world title 12 months earlier, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, only this time he"ll be defending his second world...




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WBA Belt Up For Grabs In Monte Carlo For Murray, Fletcher

Martin Murray will look to fulfil his dream of becoming St. Helens" first ever world champion in Monte Carlo, on February 1.
The popular middleweight, 31, will take on Australia"s highly rated Jarrod Fletcher for the vacant WBA title at Salle des Etoiles and will be hoping to make it third time...




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Lee Selby vs. Rendall Munroe February 1 For European Title


Lee Selby will face Rendall Munroe for the vacant European Featherweight title at the top of Matchroom Sport’s stacked ‘Reloaded’ card at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on February 1, live on Sky Sports.
The Barry star will also defend his British title in the Welsh capital, on a show which...




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IBF Champ Lamont Patterson Come Back Fight Announced

World-class championship boxing returns to the nation"s capital on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, when hometown hero IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Lamont Peterson defends his 140-pound crown against Montreal"s unbeaten Dierry Jean as part of a live Showtime Championshp Boxing at, 9 p.m. ET/PT,...




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Flores Does The Business Back In The Old Country

This past Saturday night in Cancun Mexico, Golden Boy Promotions super-featherweight prospect, Miguel Flores (13-0, 8 KOs) remained unbeaten with an impressive knockout, destroying Jorge "Escorpión" Rodríguez (15-7-0, 6 KO"s) at the Arena Quequi, Playa del Carmen in Quintana Roo,...




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Heavyweight Hopefuls Jennings, Szpilka Get HBO Playdate

Gary Shaw of Gary Shaw Productions and Leon Margules of Warriors Boxing are happy to announce an agreement has been reached for rising heavyweight contenders Bryant Jennings (17-0, 9 KOs) and Artur Szpilka (16-0, 12 KOs) to meet in a 10-round showdown on January 25 in New York at Madison Square...




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Sunday 15 December 2013

WBA Champ Broner Dethroned By Maidana In San Antonio

Last night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, WBA welterweight titlist Adrien Broner discovered that saying something and actually doing it are two very different things as he was knocked off by big-punching Argentinian Marcos Rene Maidana.
The media build-up to this contest turned...




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Braehmer Wins Vacant WBA Title Against Oliveira In Germany

It was the very definition of an ugly fight headlining the bill last evening at Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany but when the paint finished drying after 12 rounds, Juergen Braehmer walked out of the arena as the new WBA light heavyweight champion.
The 35 year old southpaw made it 11...




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WBA Update: Guillermo Jones, Denis Lebedev, Edith Mathysse

The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association, after considering the claim made by the promoter Don King, returned the boxer Guillermo "Felin" Jones as a champion in recess.
This was stipulated in the resolution issued on Thursday that ratifies the Russian Dennis Lebedev as...




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WBA Update: Guillermo Jones, Denis Lebedev, Edith Mathysse

The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association, after considering the claim made by the promoter Don King, returned the boxer Guillermo "Felin" Jones as a champion in recess.
This was stipulated in the resolution issued on Thursday that ratifies the Russian Dennis Lebedev as...




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Welter Prospect Simeon Hardy Signs With Banner Promotions

Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions is pleased to announce the signing of undefeated welterweight Simeon Hardy to an exclusive promotional contract.
Hardy of Brooklyn, New York via Guyana, has a perfect mark of 10-0 with 7 knockouts and he holds two wins over two-time world title challenger and...




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Aussie KO King Lucas "Big Daddy" Browne Ends Year In Style

Lucas "Big Daddy" Browne can now turn his attention to title fights in 2014 after he ended this year with another stunning knockout.
The Aussie banger despatched New Orleans-born Kiwi Clarence Tillman inside two rounds at the Melbourne Pavilion in Flemington on Friday night. Tillman previously...




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Saturday 14 December 2013

Rod Smith Vs Liam Cameron Ringside Boxing


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At Ice Sheffield, England, last night, Rod Smith of Dronfield, Yorkshire, won the vacant International Masters Middleweight Title by a marginal points decision (96-95) over Liam Cameron of Sheffield.
Smith started the fight strongly and...




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Can Marcos Maidana Give "The Problem" Some Problems?

WBA welter champion Adrien Broner is clearly a very talented fighter; we all know what he is about and what he does, and he does it very well. The question here is whether he can do what he has always done against a big punching welterweight.
Had Paulie Malignaggi or Gavin Rees possessed some...




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Adrien Broner, Marcos Maidana Successful On The Scales

Ahead of their WBA welter title contest tonight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Adrien Broner and Marcos Maidana made weight yesterday.
WBA Welterweight Championship, 12 rounds
Adrien Broner: 144.4 Pounds
Marcos Maidana: 146.2 Pounds
WBA Interim Welterweight Championship, 12 rounds
Keith...




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"Funtime" Frankie Gavin Breaks Down Broner vs. Maidana

Loved and loathed in equal measure, WBA Welterweight king Adrien Broner certainly gets fight fans in a lather.
He is undeniably talented and appears to possess all the technical tools to become the dominant superstar of this decade.
This evening, at the fabulous Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas,...




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Shumenov, Kovacs Make Weight For WBA Title Bout In Texas

WBA Super/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (13-1, 8 KOs) weighed in today at 175 pounds for his title defense tonight against unbeaten challenger Tamas Kovacs (23-0, 14 KOs), of Slovakia.
The pair clash in the opening bout of a Showtime Championship Boxing quadrupleheader, airing...




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Unbeaten Prospect Miguel Flores Returns To Mexico Tonight

Tonight at the Arena Quequi, Playa del Carmen in Quintana Roo, Mexico, Golden Boy Promotions undefeated super-featherweight prospect Miguel Flores (12-0, 7 KOs) battles Jorge "Escorpión" Rodríguez (15-6-0, 6 KO"s) in a bout scheduled for eight rounds.
Born in Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico,...




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Kevin Mitchell Vows To Demolish Late Sub El Quazghari

Kevin Mitchell wants to do a demolition job on Karim El Ouazghari but says the late change of opponent doesn’t mean he will have an easier fight when he defends his IBF Inter-Continental Lightweight title at the ExCeL, London, on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports.
Spaniard El Ouazghari...




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Adrien Broner Declares Himself Heir Apparent To Floyd Mayweather

Boxing bigmouth Adrien Broner has declared himself as the heir to Floyd Mayweather’s coveted pound-for-pound throne.
The three-weight world champion, who defends his WBA welterweight title against Argentine bulldozer Marcos Maidana this weekend, believes that his contemporaries are casting...




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Adrien Broner Declares Himself Heir Apparent To Floyd Mayweather

Boxing bigmouth Adrien Broner has declared himself as the heir to Floyd Mayweather’s coveted pound-for-pound throne.
The three-weight world champion, who defends his WBA welterweight title against Argentine bulldozer Marcos Maidana this weekend, believes that his contemporaries are casting...




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Friday 13 December 2013

Showtime Extreme To Televise Broner vs. Maidana Undercard

Showtime Extreme viewers will be treated to high-energy boxing action at 6:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) this Saturday, Dec. 14, as bouts featuring Ricardo "Dinamita" Alvarez and Robert Easter Jr.will set the stage for Showtime"s quadruple header headlined by the championship bout...




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Heavyweights Rossy, Willis Clash Saturday In Brooklyn

This Saturday night at Pacplex in Brooklyn, NY, Heavyweight contender Derric Rossy will take on Jonta Willis in the eight round main event of a big night of boxing that is promoted by Sal Musumeci’s Final Forum Boxing.
Rossy of Medford, New York has a record of 28-7 with 14 knockouts.
The 33...




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"New Fighter" Purdy Out To Dethrone European Champion Bundu

Lee Purdy and has vowed to show he has become a different fighter since losing to Devon Alexander, when he challenges Italian Leonard Bundu for the European Welterweight Title at the ExCeL, London on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports.
The Colchester man has described Saturday’s fight as a...




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Stylist Broner Promises Special Performance Against Slugger Maidana

Rising pound-for-pound superstar - Adrien Broner, feels his ‘special’ performance this weekend against the ‘bone cracking’ Marcos Maidana won’t get the credit it deserves.
The highly touted WBA Welterweight Champion faces one of boxing’s most revered puncher"s in Maidana, at the...




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Stylist Broner Promises Special Performance Against Slugger Maidana

Rising pound-for-pound superstar - Adrien Broner, feels his ‘special’ performance this weekend against the ‘bone cracking’ Marcos Maidana won’t get the credit it deserves.
The highly touted WBA Welterweight Champion faces one of boxing’s most revered puncher"s in Maidana, at the...




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Stylist Broner Promises Special Performance Against Slugger Maidana

Rising pound-for-pound superstar - Adrien Broner, feels his ‘special’ performance this weekend against the ‘bone cracking’ Marcos Maidana won’t get the credit it deserves.
The highly touted WBA Welterweight Champion faces one of boxing’s most revered puncher"s in Maidana, at the...




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Marcos Maidana Vows To Flatten Brash Adrien Broner

Big-hitting Marcos Maidana is determined to knock out the brash-talking Adrien Broner when the pair meet in the ring this weekend, live on BoxNation.
The Argentine assassin, who is famed for his ferocious knockout power, having put 31 of his 37 opponents to sleep, is extremely confident he can...




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Marcos Maidana Vows To Flatten Brash Adrien Broner

Big-hitting Marcos Maidana is determined to knock out the brash-talking Adrien Broner when the pair meet in the ring this weekend, live on BoxNation.
The Argentine assassin, who is famed for his ferocious knockout power, having put 31 of his 37 opponents to sleep, is extremely confident he can...




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BoxNation Will Offer Dedicated HD Channel In Early 2014

BoxNation has heard the calls of its loyal subscribers - and yet again answered - with the launch of a new dedicated high definition channel, BoxNation Live HD.
The investment in a dedicated HD channel follows BoxNation’s burgeoning success since its launch in 2011, with the channel continuing...




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