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McWilliams Arroyo extended his pro record to 10 – 1 (9 KOs) in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico last night when his opponent, Gilberto Mendoza, failed to come off his stool to start the fourth round of a scheduled six.
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By Mike Sloan ringside in Las Vegas: ESPN’s Friday Night Fights series returned to Sin City, this time off the Strip inside the Texas Station casino. The card overall was solid, with Isaac Chilemba leading the way with a moderately surprising decision victory over the popular and always dangerous Edison Miranda.
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By Marc Livitz: WBC Middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. made it under the middleweight limit of 160 lbs. when the scale registered 159.5. His opponent, Marco Antonio Rubio was 159 lbs.
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IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham and Yoan Pablo Hernandez have weighed in ahead of their rematch at the Fraport Arena in Frankfurt Germany tomorrow night.
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Carl Frampton will make the second defence of his Commonwealth Super-Bantamweight title as the chief-support bout on the undercard of Kell Brook vs. Matthew Hatton at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on March 17.
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Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas Mexican hero Julio Cesar Chavez defends his WBC middleweight title against tough veteran Marco Antonio Rubio As usual our brave army of SecondsOut writers once again put their reputations on the line to pick a winner.
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Amateur ace Bradley Saunders is looking to make a big impact when he makes his highly anticipated professional debut on Friday 10th February at London’s sold-out York Hall.
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Scott Quigg was expelled from school so he could continue his education in a boxing ring.
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A huge crowd of media and fans crowded into Exhibition Hall at The Times Union Center in Albany, New York on Thursday afternoon as Star Boxing held a final press conference for "KO AT THE TU" this Saturday night, February 4th.
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By José Santana Jr.: Light welterweights Mike “The Silent Assassin” Dallas Jr. and Miguel “Silky Smooth” Gonzalez will headline the Feb. 17 edition of ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” in Arlington, Texas.
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Popular New York referee and former boxer Wayne Kelly has passed away suddenly. Recently he had his gallbladder removed after having to be rushed to the hospital but all appeared to be fine. He even made an appearance at the Star Boxing show at the Paramount Theater in Huntington on Saturday looking fit.
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Hennessy Sports announced today that Kid Galahad and Chris Eubank Jr will be looking to impress millions of fight fans when they both appear on the "Men of Steel" event at the Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham on Saturday Feb.18
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On Saturday, Feb. 18, Paul Williams, Tavoris Cloud and Chris Arreola will bring their knockout power and crowd-pleasing styles to the boxing fans and city of Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Barry McGuigan believes it’s a big year for Carl Frampton after the Belfast boy’s stunning knockout of Kris Hughes in his Commonwealth Super-Bantamweight title defence on Saturday (January 28).
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By Ryan Waugh: Nathan Cleverly is in prime condition ahead of his third defence of his WBO light heavyweight title with Tommy Karpency in Cardiff on Saturday 25 February.
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Questions have been flooding in for tomorrow night’s (3rd Feb) live Hatton TV show when two of Britain’s greatest world champions Ricky Hatton & Amir Khan take part in an exclusive live programme on YouTube.
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The fuse has been lit for a super middleweight explosion March 17 on HBO between an undefeated Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez and Donovan "Da Bomb" George, live from the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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Bernd Bonte, the manager of WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, Believes David Haye is scared to fight Vitali and pricing himself out of a fight.
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By Peter Lerner: In the previous two parts of our international review of 2011 we looked at South Africa. This time round we turn our attention to Canada. Casting his expert opinion over the Canadian scene is Fightnews Canada editor and co-creator Dave Spencer.
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Angelo Dundee, the famed trainer of Muhammad Ali, has passed away at the age of 90. Dundee, who was responsible for turning Ali into arguably the greatest boxer in the history of the sport, died on Wednesday in Tampa, Florida surrounded by his family.
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By Danny Winterbottom: Battle hardened Liverpudlian Tony Dodson; 28-6-1(14) has vowed to rip the Commonwealth light heavyweight title from the grasp of “Glorified Journeyman” Ovil McKenzie, 19-11(8), when the pair clash at the Bowlers Arena in Manchester on Friday February 3. Steve Wood promotes and Boxnation televise live.
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Things do not always go as planned, don’t judge a book by its cover, and it’s not about how you start but how you finish.
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Things got hot today at the final press conference prior to this Satuday’s rematch between IBF Cruiserweight Champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez and Steve “USS” Cunningham.
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Earlier today DiBella Entertainment hosted a media teleconference to announce "Bombs Away", the much anticipated March 17th co-feature fight between top-rated Super Middleweight contenders Edwin Rodriguez and Donovan George.
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Scotsman Paul Appleby will meet Irishman Steven Ormond for the Vacant Celtic Super Featherweight championship as chief support to Ricky Burns’ defence of his WBO World Lightweight Championship at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow on 10th March.
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Liverpool’s Stephen Smith will start his comeback in Germany on the undercard of Dereck Chisora’s WBC World Heavyweight title fight against Vitali Klitschko.
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British bantamweight Lee Haskins is aiming to make boxing history by setting his sights on winning a major world title in 2012.
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BRONX, NY (January 31, 2012) - Honors keep rolling in for Star Boxing’s world ranked Junior Middleweight Delvin Rodriguez, the latest being yesterday’s announcement by the Boxing Writers Association of America ("BWAA") that last July 17th Star Boxing-promoted event between Rodriguez and Pawel Wolak, aired live on ESPN Friday Night Fights, had been selected as the BWAA Fight of the Year.
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By Tom Gray: Floyd Mayweather will challenge Miguel Cotto for the latter’s WBA Junior Middleweight Championship on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that they have joined forces with Coldwell Boxing for Tony Bellew’s British light-Heavyweight title defence against Danny McIntosh on ‘Saturday April 14.
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Matty Askin is in a hurry to get to grips with British cruiserweight champion Shane McPhilbin.
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By Tom Gray: Ricky Burns is all business in preparation for his WBO lightweight title defence against Paulus Moses at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on March 10th.
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Local boxer Kevin Mitchell is relishing his London return on Friday 10th February at a sold-out York Hall in east London.
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In This Corner’s James ‘Smitty’ Smith talks to pound for pound top 10 boxer Nonito Donaire ahead of his February 4 WBA super-bantamweight title fight against Wilfredo Vazquez in San Antonio, Texas.
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Banner Promotions and Thompson Promotions present a fight card on Friday, February 24, at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware.
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Four top cruiserweights showcased their talents today in Frankfurt prior to Team Sauerland´s big show at the Fraport Arena on Saturday night.
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Four of the best Puerto Rican prospects will have the headline bouts of the first 2012“A Puño Limpio” show to be held at the Luis Aymat Cardona coliseum in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, this Friday
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Maree Promotions presents "An Evening with Marco Antonio Barrera" on Tuesday March 6th and Wednesday March 7th in Lancashire and Motherwell respectively.
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Patrick Nielsen will be looking for his 13th victory in as many fights when he takes on Jozsef Matolcsi at the first Nordic Fight Night at Broendby Hall on February 18.
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Andre Ward has been named the Boxing Writers Association of America’s Fighter of the Year for 2011.
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Scott Quigg is being lined up for a world title eliminator if he successfully defends his British super-bantamweight title against Jamie Arthur this weekend.
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The left arm injury sustained by Andre Berto on Monday has forced him to pull out of his rematch with Victor Ortiz, scheduled for the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on February 11.
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By process of elimination it looks like unbeaten light-welterweight world champion Tim Bradley could be in the opposing corner against Manny Pacquiao on June 9. Promoter Bob Arum openly announced four possible opponents for the pound for pound No.1 boxer after first choice Floyd Mayweather Jr failed to agree terms.
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By Danny Winterbottom: When the first bell tolls on April 14 London based Iraqi heavyweight Ali Adams knows a combination of hard work and dedication has given him the opportunity to move out of the shadow of small hall shows and change his life.
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Chevelle Hallback and Terri Blair will rematch at the Convention Center in Tampa, Florida March 2
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Five-time world champion Cory Spinks won a unanimous decision over Sechew Powell on Saturday at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Mo.
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This past Saturday at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York, light heavyweight prospect Travis Peterkin remained undefeated, winning a unanimous decision against Steve Tyner.
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Former WBC super-middleweight champ Carl Froch has ruled out a move up to light heavyweight and a potential clash with WBO champ Nathan Cleverly, insisting , there is ‘no interest’ in any such bout.
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IBF Cruiserweight Champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (25-1, 13 KOs) will face two-time world champion Steve “USS” Cunningham (24-3, 12 KOs) in a hotly-anticipated rematch in Frankfurt on Saturday night. Boxing-online.com recently spoke to the 27-year-old Cuban.
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Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Team GB star Scott Cardle has signed promotional terms with the company.
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