Amir Khan continued his return to action in Birmingham, but was given a scare after being dropped by considerable underdog Samuel Vargas in the second round of their welterweight contest. Fighting at 147lbs for the first time since a May 2015 bout with Chris Algieri, Khan began the contest in sharp fashion, boxing behind the […]
Undisputed Cruiserweight World Champion Oleksandr Usyk has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing. The pound-for-pound star will team up with Matchroom Boxing alongside K2 Promotions with his next fight to be shown live on streaming giant DAZN and Sky Sports. Ukrainian Cruiserweight king Usyk took the WBO and WBC belts into the World Boxing […]
Irish star Jono Carroll has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing. The unbeaten Super-Featherweight talent turned in arguably the performance of his career in June when he halted Declan Geraghty over nine brutal rounds in Belfast to retain his IBF Intercontinental title. With IBF World Champion Tevin Farmer making the first defence of his […]
Josh Taylor (Scotland) vs Ryan Martin (United States) and Ryan Burnett (Northern Ireland) vs Nonito Donaire (Philippines) will battle it out as they begin the quest for the Muhammad Ali Trophy on November 3 at the SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland. Taylor, Martin, Burnett and Donaire are the marvelous ingredients when the World Boxing Super Series […]
Belfast amateur Caoimhin Agyarko has signed a management and promotional deal with Frank Warren Promotions as he makes the decision to turn over to the professional ranks. His decision to enter the pro game became easier after witnessing professional boxing first hand a short while ago in his native Belfast. “I was invited down to […]
The Season II Quarter-Finals of the World Boxing Super Series will feature doubleheaders over six fight nights on back-to-back weekends, starting on Sunday 7 October at the Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan. The WBA ‘Regular’ World Bantamweight Championship between ‘Monster’ Naoya Inoue (Japan) and Juan Carlo Payano (Dominican Republic) opens the 2018/2019 season together with another […]
Scott Fitzgerald is keen for a match-up with fellow rising star Anthony Fowler, should he come through his clash with Craig Morris at Arena Birmingham on September 8, shown live on Sky Sports. A fight against ‘The Machine’ has been welcomed by the Preston man, who wants to work his way into title contention after 10 wins, […]
Daniel Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs) and Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs) will clash for the vacant IBF World Middleweight Title and Alberto Machado (20-0, 16 KOs) will defend his WBA Super Featherweight Title against Yuandale Evans (20-1, 14 KOs on Saturday, October 27 at the Hulu Theater from Madison Square Garden in New York. The […]
Carl Frampton has goaded IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington telling his arch rival that he isn’t in his league. Warrington is set to make the first defence of his world title against Belfast’s Frampton later this year in what would be an epic encounter. Frampton who hammered Aussie Luke Jackson earlier this month wrote in his […]
Archie Sharp is full of confidence going into his clash with Lyon Woodstock and states that his opponent’s downfall will be because of his ‘one dimensional’ boxing ability. Sharp (13-0) had the opportunity to do some homework on Woodstock (11-0) when he witnessed the fight in which Lyon beat Craig Poxton to claim the WBO […]
Former undisputed World heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has revealed that he believes Anthony Joshua to be the standout heavyweight in the world at the moment. Tyson, who held five versions of the World heavyweight championship in the 80’s and 90’s, stated that the British superstar – who currently holds the WBA, IBF and WBO titles […]
Eddie Hearn: “Good afternoon everyone and thanks for coming along to the press conference to announce our second Newcastle show, October 13 at the arena, following a wonderful experience last time out when Lewis Ritson won the British title outright. This press conference will be streamed live around the World on our social channels, it’s […]