Vincent Feigenbutz can write boxing history on Saturday night by becoming Germany’s youngest ever World Champion with the vacant WBA Super Middleweight title now on the line in his rematch with Giovanni De Carolis at the Baden-Arena in Offenburg, Germany.
2016 promises to be a big year for Ghanaian lightweight star Richard Commey with the undefeated 28 year-old set to fight in a final eliminator for the IBF title.
Following the news that Australia’s Billy Dib had been ruled out of an undercard appearance at David Haye’s comeback fight in London on January 16.
By Derek Bonnett: It is very hard for me to let go of 2015. The boxing calendar over the last 12 months was absolutely scintillating. Boxing returned to non-premium television, making me aware that such channels as TruTv and Spike existed. For much of that, I have to applaud Al Haymon and his Premiere Boxing Champions series, which yielded no less than four legit Fight of the Year candidates and several other dark horse favorites, which lost ground as the year unfolded.
Joe Selkirk and Gary Corcoran will clash in a battle of the undefeated when they face each other at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, 6th February.
By Olly Campbell: At the start of 2015, SecondsOut.com ’breakout star,’ Lee Selby was envisioning a year that would see him finally claim the world title he always believed would be his destiny.
By Jeff Jowett: The Army-Navy football game is one of the longest-running, intensely contested, and mythically portrayed events in all of sports.
By Jason Pribila: A quick Google search for the definition of the word “knockout” perfectly illustrated what fight fans witnessed at Minute Maid Park in Houston, USA on the evening of May 9.
By Derek Bonnett: Many SecondsOut readers were first introduced to Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez back in June 2008. It was then that Gonzalez was profiled in my Each Nation’s Best column centered on Nicaragua. Gonzalez, then twenty years old, was an 18-0-0 (16) prospect just three fights away from capturing his first world title.
Chinese boxing superstar Zou Shiming will return to the ring on January 30 when he takes on unbeaten 21-year-old Brazilian Natan Santana Coutinho, 12-0-(10) in his first fight since losing to Amnat Ruenroeng last March.
By Derek Bonnett: The transition from Prospect to Contender can be as fine as fishing line. A prospect’s arrival to contender status may come after a step up in class or the through the good graces of the organizing bodies’ monthly rankings. Popularity, certainly, never hurts. In 2015, the world of boxing witnessed the development of copious newcomers, each progressing in his own manner.
A full night of boxing comes to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, (Jan16) in an event headlined by two heavyweight world title fights.
Noel Gevor can start the New Year on a high when he takes on former interim WBA Cruiserweight Champion Valery Brudov on January 9 at the Baden-Arena in Offenburg, Germany.
By: Mikko Salo: During the weeks leading up to his Championship challenge against long-time Heavyweight King Wladimir Klitschko, then-TBRB #2 contender Tyson Fury presented himself with unwavering confidence.
By Jason Pribila – Ringside in Bethlehem: The latest installment of the Premier Boxing Champions Tuesday Night “Toe to Toe” fights aired live from the Sands Events Center in Bethlehem, USA.
Akira Yaegashi scored a highly impressive 12 round unanimous decision on Tuesday to claim the IBF junior flyweight title from defending champ Javier Mendoza In Tokyo, Japan.
By Jason Pribila: The spirit of the holiday season has spread to the Secondsout.com Team as we continue to reveal our 2015 award winners. I was selected to write about the winner of our “Services to Boxing” category: Al Haymon (Premier Boxing Champions).
With just a few days away from his first world title opportunity super-featherweight contender,Oliver Flores talks about his upcoming fight with WBA champion Takashi Uchiyama.
All four boxers made weight Monday ahead of their respective world title fights at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday.
British Featherweight Champion Ryan Walsh will make the first defence of his title against Scottish challenger Darren Traynor on Friday 22nd January at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, on promoter Frank Warren’s first show of 2016.