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By David Boyle: Over the last few years Irish Boxing fan have seen the rise of the Dolphil Promotions banner, to become the biggest promotional company in Ireland at the moment.
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North Bergen, NJ (January 26, 2011) - Global Boxing Promotions is proud to announce that they are now a licensed promoter in the states of New York and New Jersey.
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Promoter, Graham Earl today hinted at the possibility of a rematch, between Paul Morby and Essex’s Daniel Cadman, after their Southern Area Super Middleweight Title clash on Saturday being declared a draw by referee Jeff Hines.
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Following the British Boxing Board of Control’s decision to refuse Francois Botha permission to fight English champion Tyson Fury on February 19 the undefeated heavyweight prospect has turned his attention to former amateur rival David Price.
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Scott Quigg has spent £4000 of his own money in order to spend three weeks training at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card gym.
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Derry Matthews delighted his homes town fans at the Liverpool Olympia on Saturday night when he out-pointed Stoke’s Scott Lawton to claim the vacant IBO International lightweight title at the Liverpool Olympia.
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With less than six days to go before their 140lbs unification battle both WBO champion Devon Alexander and WBC titleholder Tim Bradley took part in their third training camp media workout The two undefeated champions clash at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan on January 29th.
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Michael Banbula has more fights under his belt than six of the other contenders in the line-up for Prizefighter Light-Heavyweights II on January 29 – experience that the Polish boxer believes will see him claim the title.
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On Saturday night London based Dutch Cruiserweight prospect Mitchell Balker got the first UK win under his belt, after beating Battersea’s fighting fireman Nick ‘The Ox’ Okoth at the York Hall in Bethnal Green.
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Stephen Foster Jr is hoping big fight opponent Ermano Fegatilli isn’t as clever in the ring as he is outside of the ropes.
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By Gianluca Di Caro: Former British Lightweight Champion, turned promoter, Graham Earl promised closely matched, exciting fights on his return to York Hall on Saturday night with his ‘Capital Punishment’ event. Being a man of his word, that’s just what Graham delivered and much, much more.
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English boxer Danny McIntosh claimed the vacant European light-heavywieght title in Levallois-Perret, France earlier tonight when he scored an 11th round tko win over hometown favourite Thierry Karl
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According to reports on the Manchester Evening News website Amir Khan could defend his WBA junior welterweight crown against fellow Briton John Murray at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England on April 16.
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Unbeaten British heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury will face the toughest test of his 13 fight career on February 19 when he takes on Frans Botha at Wembley Arena in London.
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The recently retired middleweight contender puts on the gloves one more time as the lead in the one-act Off Broadway play, "Kid Shamrock"
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Matthew Hatton will face brilliant Mexican youngster Saul Alvarez at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Saturday March 5.
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South African heavyweight champion Osborne Machimana is scheduled to meet 27-year-old David Price from Liverpool at the Leisure Centre in Brentwood, Essex on February 5.
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Tuesday afternoon the final press conference was held at Harrah’s in Chester for the big boxing card dubbed “Night Of The Rising Stars” that will be held this Saturday in the same venue.
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On Friday night March 4th, The first ever show promoted by New Legend Boxing Promotions will take place at the Cordon Bleu Banquet Hall in Woodhaven, New York.
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Former Britsh lightweight champion, turned boxing promoter, Graham Earl and his former coach Johnny Eames have rekindled a working partnership.
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Paul McCloskey’s promoter Barry Hearn has confirmed that his European champion from Ireland will not challenge Amir Khan for the WBA junior-welterweight crown unless the offer is dramatically improved.
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European middleweight champion Matthew Macklin has been scheduled in to face former pound for pound top 10 American Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright on April 9.
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Ricky Hatton believes Hatton Promotions will show it means business with a knockout card February 26, to kick start 2011. Hatton’s promotional outfit return to a venue fast becoming their adopted home The Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Saturday February 26 with another night of world class boxing.
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Commonwealth champion Tony Bellew will be ringside at Prizefighter Light-Heavyweights II on January 29 at Olympia in London, and said he was open to a fight with the winner.
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Though not confirmed, It looks like WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch may face American Glen Johnson on May 21.
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World champ Amir Khan and Oxfam team up for a spectacular night of fundraising
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Prizefighter Light-Heavyweights II contender Joe Smyth has revealed his motivation behind entering the show at Olympia on January 29 – to catch up with his high-profile amateur teammates.
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World title contender Dereck Chisora believes WBA heavyweight champ David Haye would he happy to fight him and delay his retirement if he beats Wladimir Klitschko on April 30.
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It appears WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan will defend his title against Irishman Paul McCloskey in Manchester on March 16.
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Jamie McDonnell will be fighting for a version of the world bantamweight title by the end of the year.
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Jason will challenge Jamie Arthur for the Commonwealth super-bantamweight title at the Brentwood Centre in Essex on Saturday February 5.
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WBA heavyweight champion David Haye’s Objective has always been to wind up Wladimir Klitschko so much that when they do eventually meet in the boxing ring, Wladimir will abandon his normal safety first strategy, make a fight of it and eventually make a mistake for him to capitalise on.
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The eagerly awaited middleweight showdown between Irish boxers Andy Lee and John Duddy has been set for March 12 at Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States.
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Check out all the latest championship news supplied by the British Boxing Board of Control.
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The British Boxing Board Of Control taday decided not to take any action against Audley Harrison regarding his performance against David Haye in Manchester on November 13.
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Sutton’s Danny ‘Cassius’ Connor intends to start 2011 of with a bang after a fairly disappointing end to 2010, following the cancellation of Bruce Baker’s ‘Christmas Punch’ event due to the extreme snow storms that battered Surrey in December.
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Ashley “Treasure” Theophane finally gets his long-overdue British light-welterweight title shot against champion Lennie Daws, after winning a final eliminator in 2007.
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Promoter Frank Maloney launches 2011 with a 13 fight card at Doncaster’s Dome on Saturday January 22.
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Tony Dodson has laughed off suggestions that Prizefighter is his last shot at glory – saying victory at Olympia in London on January 29 will be the catalyst for another major title tilt.
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By Andrew Wake: Grimsby’s unbeaten Kevin Hooper aims to become a pioneer in his home town. At present the Lincolnshire seaport is more famed for producing fresh fish than title winning boxers.
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WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has turned his attention to facing mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev now that Wladimir Klitschko has elected to face Dereck Chisora on April 30.
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Former British heavyweight boxing champion Gary Mason has died in a road accident.
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By Andrew Wake: Sheffield prospect Jerome Wilson made himself an instant star when he scored a devastating one punch knockout of Henry Janes in November but his name is set to rise further this weekend when he stars on the BBC one series Total Wipeout.
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Jack “13” Morris is the final boxer to join the line-up for the latest Prizefighter Light-Heavyweights series at Olympia in London on January 29.
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George and Dragon Promotions stage their second boxing show at the Newport Centre in Wales on Saturday, February 5, headlining with two championship fights.
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David Haye has accused IBF/WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko of taking the ‘cowards way out’ for opting to face the inexperienced Dereck Chisora instead of him in a unification battle.
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Just when you thought Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye had agreed terms to face each other in a heavyweight unification match, British promoter Frank Warren announced that British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora would be challenging Wladimir Klitschko On April 30.
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Promoter Frank Maloney has pleaded with any top British heavyweight to step up and face Olympic bronze medallist David Price.
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WBO No.1 ranked welterweight Kell Brook is fuming over comments made by WBA junior-welterweight boss Amir Khan.
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By Paul Upham: Among a grouping of high quality battles, Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana has been selected as SecondsOut’s Fight of the Year for 2010. The rugged twelve round match for the WBA super lightweight boxing world title was held on December 11 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, USA.
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Legendry trainer Emanuel Steward has urged Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye to stop arguing over chump change and give boxing fans the fight heavyweight boxing so desperatly needs.
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Unbeaten Ryan Brawley will face Stuart Green from Kirkcaldy for the Scottish lightweight title at the St Andrews Club in Glasgow on January 24.
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Ashley "Treasure" Theophane, the current IBO International welterweight champion believes his shot at the British junior welterweight title is now three years overdue.
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WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is deeply upset at totally unfounded rumours of drug use by himself and training partner Manny Pacquiao.
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Breidis Precott has laughed off Amir Khan’s recent boast that he would stop the Colombian puncher inside three rounds.
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Martin Murray will have the opportunity avenge his defeat to John Simpson a few weeks ago when the two rematch for the British featherweight title sometime in March, 2011.
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Ireland’s former undefeated European super-middleweight champion Brian Magee is set to challenge Canadian Lucian Bute for the IBF super-middleweight title in Canada on March 19.
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WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has offered IBF and WBO Wladimir Klitschko heavyweight king a 50-50 split in order to secure a unification fight in 2010.
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WBC heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko says his brother Wladimir is ready to face David Haye in a unification battle. Wladimir holds both the IBF and WBO portions of the world title and Vitali is desperate for Haye to stop making excuses and allow the Klitschko briothers the opportunity to fight for the remaining version.
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Kiren Gray, from Telford, and Jamie Ball battled to a 10 round draw at the Holiday Inn in Birmingham on Monday night.
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Promoter Frank Warren has made WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan an offer to fight former British welterweight champion Kell Brook.
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Nottingham’s Jason Booth is set to defend his British super-bantamweight title against current Commonwealth champion Jamie Arthur in the New Year.
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By Tom Gray: John Simpson produced a career best performance to dethrone the previously unbeaten Martin Lindsay on Wednesday night at the King’s Hall in Belfast.
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Unbeaten British Tyson Fury, 12-0-(9), will face replacement opponent Galen Brown this Saturday night in an eight round bout
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Check out all the weekend boxing results from around the UK
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Tuesday(Dec 14) sees the Mayfair Sporting Club stage their final pro dinner show of 2010 with yet another night of boxing action.
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WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is confident the eagerly awaited heavyweight unification showdown with IBF and WBO titleholder Wladimir Klitschko will take place in 2011.
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Freddie Roach, the trainer of Amir Khan has revealed he thought about pulling Amir Khan out of his thrilling points win over Marcus Maidana in Las Vegas over the weekend.
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Despite labouring to a disappointing 12 round points win over late replacement Nadjib Mohammedi over the weekend Nathan Cleverly has seen the positives in his performance.
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By Clive Bernath: Promoter Oscar De La Hoya described Amir Khan’s exciting win over Marcus Maidana on Saturday night as ‘Unbelievable’. The 24 year-old champion retained his WBA junior welterweight title against the big punching interim titleholder in what De La Hoya also insisted was the ‘Fight of The Decade’.
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Nathan Cleverly may have won the WBO interim light-heavyweight title and preserved his unbeaten record in out-pointing late replacement Nadjib Mohammedi but he struggled to impress at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday night.
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Matthew Macklin failed to impress whilst retaining his European middleweight title against Spanish challenger Ruben Varon at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday night.
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Amir Khan and Marcus Maidana made weight ahead of their WBA junior-welterweight title bout at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday night.
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Former British and European heavyweight boxing champion Matt Skelton was today jailed for five months after a court convicted hm of attempting to pervert the course of justice
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Following the late withdrawal of Alejendro Laktatos Nathan Cleverly will now face Nadjib Mohammedi at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday night.
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Frankie Gavin has been forced to pull out of his championship fight against Dean Harrison on the massive ‘Magnificent Seven’ card at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Saturday because of flu.
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Undefeated British heavyweight Dereck Chisora insists Wladimir Klitschko must face him in his next fight. The 26 year-old Londoner was to have challenged Klitschko for his IBF/WBO and IBO heavyweight crowns in Germany this weekend but the Ukrainian fighter pulled out late yesterday(Dec 8) following a back injurym sustained in training.
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Wladimir Klitschko has pulled out of his IBF/WBO and IBO heavyweight title fight against Dereck Chisora, scheduled for Mannheim, Germany on Saturday night.
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Billy Graham, Ricky Hatton and Punch Promotions Ltd have today agreed to Put their differences behind them and have ended the court proceedings on mutually acceptable terms.
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Legendry boxing broadcaster Harry Carpenter has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.
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Amir Khan will be banking on hand and foot speed to avoid Marcus Maidana’s heavy hands when the pair clash for Khan’s WBA junior-welterweight crown at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
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Amir Khan has been given a huge confidence booster ahead of his WBA junior-welterweight title defence against Argentine puncher Marcus Maidana at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
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Wladimir Klitschko has promised to punch some respect into Dereck Chisora when the pair clash for the Ukrainian’s IBF/WBO and IBO heavyweight titles at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim, Germany on Saturday night.
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After only 11 Professional fights and two years in the pro game Anthony ‘The Pride’ Fitzgerald takes on Englishman Kevin Hammond for the WBF Inter-Continental Title at The National Basketball Arena, Tallaght on December 10.
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Stephen Foster Jr will make the first defence of his European super-featherweight on Hatton Promotions first boxing show of 2011.
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Sheffield junior-middleweight Ryan Rhodes shook off the ring rust at the Palace Hotel in Manchester on Saturday evening with a second round win over Brazilian Rocky Junior.
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By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro at ringside: Steve Goodwin’s ‘Judgement Day’ event at York Hall on Saturday night were treated to a thrilling night of pugilistic artistry at a level rarely seen these days.
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By Tom Gray at Ringside: In a major upset on the Burns/Evensen undercard in Glasgow Satureday night 8/1 favourite and local hero Paul Appleby was outscored by tough Ghanaian, Joseph Laryea.
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By Tom Gray at Ringside: Ricky Burns won a lopsided unanimous decision over game challenger Andreas Evensen at Braehead Arena in Glasgow on Saturday night. Scores were 119-108 twice and 118-109. This reporter scored every session in favour of the WBO champion, who retained his title in style.
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New WBC super-middleweight champion Froch, a superb 12 round points winner over Arthur Abraham last weekend, has already revealed plans to face his next three opponents.
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By Andrew Wake: Overdue could be the tagline for Jon Ibbotson’s British Masters and Central Area cruiserweight tilt against John Anthony at the Doncaster Dome tonight.
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London based Arab Heavyweight Ali Adams made a spectacular return to the ring, following his points defeat by Matt Skelton at the Matchroom Sports Prizefighter - Heavyweights 4 back in October, by knocking out Battersea’s fighting fireman Nick Okoth.
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By Andrew Wake: Unbeaten Newton Abbot prospect Jamie Speight is expecting a much different contest when he meets Reading-based Albanian Ibrar Riyaz for the second time in little over a month.
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Ricky Hatton has revealed that Commonwealth welterweight champion Denton Vassell is helping him fall back in love with boxing.
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