Bradley Skeete has told Sam Eggington he’s ready to outbox and outfight him to rip the British and Commonwealth titles away from him at the Genting Arena in Birmingham,England on Saturday night (March 5).
Sonny Upton feels he has been left in the lurch after a second opponent pulled against him.
Undefeated Super Middleweight Zac Dunn captured the vacant WBC International Silver Super Middleweight championship with a spectacular one punch KO over Brazilian Rogerio Damasco at The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, Australia on Monday.
By Derek Bonnett: After last week’s Sturm-Chudinov reversal of fortune, my mind was on rematches this week. With Ola Afolabi and Marco Huck squaring off for the fourth time, I was thinking Ola’s chances of winning had to be at their highest given Huck’s recent defeat. I pondered, but expected Huck to still win a decision.
The pre-fight hype was all about Braulio Hernandez, and how Hernandez was going to put a real, big boy beating on the visibly scared, quiet, and over hyped Maynard Allison.
Anthony Wheeler talks to Lucas Browne 23-0-(20) ahead WBA heavyweight title challenge against regular champion Ruslan Chagaev 34-2-1-(21) in Russia on March 5.
By Olly Campbell: For all the hype and talk of 50/50 going in, there was only one winner for the majority of observers in Saturday’s super-bantamweight world title unification between Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg in Manchester, and it wasn’t the ’home’ fighter.
The long-awaited matchup of unbeaten champions got off to a slow and tactical start, but Belfast native Frampton established himself as the aggressor and worked his jab to pocket the early rounds in Manchester on Saturday.
Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz successfully defended his WBA Featherweight Championship in convincing fashion on Saturday night, knocking down Kiko “Sensación” Martinez twice in the first round, then ending it on a barrage of punches as the fight was called at 2:09 in the fifth round in the main event of at Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
By Derek Bonnett Terence Crawford made the second defense of his WBO junior welterweight title against "Hammerin" Hank Lundy at Madison Square Garden on February 27. The HBO televised bout was Crawford ninth appearance on the network and represented his New York debut. Opening the festivities was former Puerto Rican Olympian Felix Verdejo against unbeaten Brazilian William Silva in a ten round lightweight affair.
WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz and challenger Kiko Martinez weighed in Friday ahead of their title clash on Saturday night.
WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford and challenger Hank Lundy both weighed inside the official weight Friday ahead of their fight at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday.
King’s Promotions returns to Washington, D.C on Saturday with a night of professional boxing at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
IBF champion Carl Frampton and WBA titleholder Scott Quigg battle it out in a super bantamweight unification battle and the Manchester Arena in the north of England on Saturday night. SecondOut’s writers once again put their reputations on the line to predict the outcome.
Radio Rahim Speaks to Carl Frampton’s trainer Shane McGuigan about his Fighter’s super bantamweight unification battle against Scott Quigg in Manchester, England on Saturday night and also about his bitter rivalry with Joe Gallagher.
The playful ribbing between Hank Lundy and Terence Crawford that began in mid-January continued at Thursday’s final press conference when Crawford’s trainer, Brian McIntyre -- a former fighter himself -- walked to the podium at Chase Square with a T-shirt that read, "I went to the Madison Square Garden and all I got was knocked out by Terrence Crawford," an obvious jab at Lundy.
This Saturday undefeated world featherweight Champion Leo "El Terremoto" Santa Cruz puts his title on the line against the former IBF champ Kiko "La Sensacion" Martinez at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA.
Undefeated 122-pound world champions Carl Frampton (IBF) and Scott Quigg (WBA) took part in media workouts on Tuesday in Manchester, England, as they finalize preparation for their long-awaited super bantamweight unification showdown this Saturday (Feb. 27) at Manchester Arena in the north of England.
Rashid ‘The Dream’ Kassem is promising another exciting performance when he steps through the ropes on March 19 to face Vincenzo Finiello at the Albertslund Musikteatret in Copenhagen.
Not only is Hank Lundy confident as ever heading into Saturday’s world-title bout in New York City against champion Terence Crawford, he’s certain Crawford isn’t even the best fighter he’s faced, a bold statement considering his opponent’s spot on most experts’ pound-for-pound lists.