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Cleverly-Hopkins to fight soon

11/03/2013 20:11

WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (25-0) expects to fight IBF holder American Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2) soon. Hopkins, 48 beat Tavoris Cloud in New York on Saturday, breaking his own record as boxing's oldest world champion. Welshman Cleverly tops the bill at Wembley Arena against...

Broner-Malignaggi set for June 22

11/03/2013 16:27

WBA Welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi will face WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner on June 22 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Even in moving up two divisions to 147 lbs you would think Broner (26-0) would beat Malignaggi (32-4) with the more power, more speed,...

Burns confirmed at Matchroom

11/03/2013 15:18

WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2) has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom and will make his debut for them on May 11 in Glasgow. Burns follows Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves in making the switch as Eddie Hearn looks to be building a formidable stable. "I'm...

Stateside Round up

10/03/2013 14:12

At the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday night, 48-year-old Bernard Hopkins took a unanimous decision over Tavoris Cloud to claim the IBF light heavyweight title and break his own record as the oldest champion in boxing history. Hopkins, now 53-6-2, primary skills at this late stage in...

Wembley Arena Round up

10/03/2013 10:00

Darren Barker stopped Simone Rotolo after four rounds to claim the vacant IBF Inter-Continential middleweight title on Saturday night. Rotolo was forced to withdraw due to a hand injury before the start of the fifth round, although the 37-year-old had probably had enough after Barker had dominated...

DeGale set to challenge Ward

09/03/2013 13:51

James DeGale (14-1) looks set to fight unbeaten WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (26-0) in late 2013. DeGale's promotor Mick Hennessey is confident DeGale will be Ward's mandatory challenger before the end of the year and will get a title shot after that. It seems like Hennessey is...

Broner vs Malignaggi could be on

08/03/2013 12:37

WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0) looks set to fight WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4) either in Abu Dhabi on May 18 or at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 22. Broner will be moving up two weight divisions to make the fight however it would be tougher say a first...

Fury wants Wladimir

08/03/2013 10:55

Undefeated British heavyweight Tyson Fury (20-0) set his sights on Wladimir Klitschko at a recent press conference to promote his IBF eliminator for the number 2 spot against former two time cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (25-5) on April 20 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Fury said...

Juan Diaz returning to the ring

07/03/2013 18:48

Former lightweight champion Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz is set to make a return to the ring against Pipino Cuevas Jr,Which headlines a Fox sports Golden Boy card on April 13 from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Diaz (35-4) ends a three-year retirement as he last fought in July 2010,...

Barker eyes world title

07/03/2013 13:06

British middleweight Darren Barker meets Simone Rotolo on Saturday night aiming to make a big statement and get back on track for a second world title fight. Barker (24-1) is looking to continue his comeback from over a year of injury frustration against Italian champion Rotolo (35-3). After...

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