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I first caught a glimpse of junior welterweight prospect Jesse Vargas in April of 2010. At the time Vargas was getting ready for an appearance on the undercard portion of Floyd Mayweather’s drubbing of Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand and he [...]
After catching a glimpse of David Diaz in person for the first time, “Hammerin’” Hank Lundy left Thursday’s weigh-in deathly afraid – not for his own well-being, but for that of his opponent.“He’s small!” Lundy said after [...]
WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion Amir Khan believes 2010 ‘Fight of the year’ opponent Marcos Maidana is fortunate that Robert Guerrero is unable to move forward with their August 27th fight date. Guerrero withdrew on Thursday [...]
In the latest WBC ratings, undefeated super middleweight contender Anthony Dirrell (23-0, 20KOs) has grabbed the number one spot in the WBC's rankings. The current champion, Carl Froch, will return on October 29th in a unification bout with WBA [...]
Olympic gold medal winner Audley Harrison (27-5, 20KOs) is itching to get his hands on British/Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (15-0, 10KOs), who returns on September 17th at Kings Hall in Belfast, North Ireland. Harrison has [...]
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan has promised to fight, and beat, Floyd Mayweather Jr. within twelve months time. Khan will defend his WBA/IBF junior welterweight titles on December 10 in the United States. He is scheduled to fight [...]
A bout between WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KOs), and undefeated WBO super flyweight champion Omar Narvaez (35-0-2, 19 KOs), is getting very close to a deal. The fight would take place on October 22nd, likely in [...]
After what has truly been a stellar run for ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights in 2011, boxing arrives at what annually is one of its worst times of year.Are you ready for some football?Beginning a few years ago, ESPN has drawn the curtain on the sweet [...]
Contrary to several reports, the UFC's first event on FOX will not directly compete with Manny Pacquiao's scheduled pay-per-view trilogy clash with Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. On Thursday, UFC and FOX [...]
According to WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (49-7, 43KOs), his upcoming title defense against Roger Mtagwa (27-14-2, 19KOs) on September 15th in El Paso, Texas, will be televised in the United States as a special event on ESPN and [...]
Arthur Abraham (34-3, 27 KOs) secured another world title shot with a clear points victory over Piotr Wilczewski (30-3, 10 KOs) on Saturday night. 'King Arthur' will face the winner of the WBO super-middleweight title fight between George Groves and [...]
Chris Eubank Jr will have his third professional fight at Belfast s Odyssey Arena on the supporting bill to Tyson Fury s battle with Martin Rogan for the vacant Irish heavyweight title on April 14 and says he is keen to show fans he has what it takes [...]
Tony Bellew has promised Merseyside he will kick-off next week s huge sporting weekend with victory against Danny McIntosh inThe Big Bangon Friday April 13 live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1 from the Echo Arena, Liverpool. The Everton-mad British light-hea [...]
WBO Interim cruiserweight champion, Ola Afolabi arrived in Germany today to start the final preparation for his May 5th rematch with WBO 'full fat' champion Marco Huck. Both fighters will be present at the official press conference scheduled for tomo [...]
Scotland s Prospect Boxing have joined forces with Frank Maloney Promotions, to further the career of Motherwell's flyweight boxing starlet, Iain Butcher (3-0) who yesterday signed a deal with the Kent-based promoters. Former professional boxing refe [...]
Just how does Eric keep doing this column? I'm not asking him - he might pack it in if he thinks about it. From Kempton Park to Ascot, Mr Armit takes us through all the runners and riders in his latest global boxing digest. March 26Kempton Park, Sout [...]
Whenever you find yourself in a predominantly male working environment you can almost guarantee a few courses of conversation will, completely naturally, find their way onto the discussion table. The runaway winner for airtime amongst men is almost a [...]
Hatton Promotions stablemates Ryan Rhodes and Sergey Rabchenko will meet for the vacant European light-middleweight title at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday 16th June. The bout is another top class fight on theRoad To Glorybill headed by the WBA int [...]
Tyson Fury has been overwhelmed by the support he expects to receive when he battles with Martin Rogan at Belfast s Odyssey Arena on April 14 on the Hennessy SportsUnfinished Businessshow. The titanic battle between Fury and Rogan will be broadcast l [...]
Carl Froch s IBF super-middleweight challenge to Lucian Bute at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham on Saturday May 26 will be televised live by EPIX in the U.S. The two-time WBC champ tackles the unbeaten IBF king in his first hometown fight since be [...]