WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder talks to Mark Kriegel about his desire to face the best fighters in the heavyweight division in his pursuit of title unification. Wilder defends his belt against Polish challenger Artur Szpilka in New York on Saturday, January 16.
Vincent Feigenbutz and his opponent Giovanni De Carolis both performed a public workout today ahead of their vacant WBA Super Middleweight title fight on Saturday night at the Baden-Arena in Offenburg, Germany.
On Saturday night, Vincent Feigenbutz and Giovanni De Carolis renew their rivalry at the Baden-Arena in Offenburg, Germany, with the WBA Super Middleweight title on the line.
Undefeated lightweight Alejandro Luna will meet Mexico’s Alan Herrera in a 10-round bout as part of a full night of undercard action on Saturday, January 23 from Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Australian heavyweight Mark de Mori says that even if he defeats against David Haye on January 16 there is every chance he could retire.
UKTV has landed the exclusive UK rights for former two weight world champion David Haye’s comeback fight from the 02 in London on January 16. The fight will be shown on UKTV’s free-to-air entertainment channel, Dave, at 9pm.
Paul Butler is more determined than ever to become the first Englishman in over 100 years to drop down a weight division and win a second world title.
Welshman Liam Williams will defend his British and Commonwealth junior middleweight titles against Nav Mansouri on Promoter Frank Warren’s show on Saturday 13th February at Liverpool’s Echo Arena.
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.
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.
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.
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.