04 Jan 2017

Linares-Crolla II set for March 25th in Manchester

WBC Diamond, WBA and Ring Magazine Lightweight World Champion Jorge “El Niño de Oro” Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) and Anthony “Million Dollar” Crolla (31-5, 15 KOs) are set to meet again in a rematch for Linares’ titles at the Manchester Arena on March 25, live on Sky Sports and sponsored

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24 Sep 2016

Linares defeats Crolla, wins WBA lightweight title

WBC lightweight champion-in-recess Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) won a close, but one-sided battle against WBA lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Crolla’s backyard on Manchester, England. Linares showed a skill difference as his hand speed and angles were too much for

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23 Sep 2016

Fury-Klitschko II off again, Fury more than likely out for 2016

WBA and WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has pulled out of his October 29 rematch against former champ Wladimir Klitschko for the second time this year as Fury was declared “medical unfit” to fight. The first time the bout was postponed was due to an ankle injury for Fury. Fury also

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21 Sep 2016

Anthony Crolla-Jorge Linares media workout quotes

Anthony “Million Dollar” Crolla (31-4-3, 13 KOs) and Jorge “El Nino de Oro” Linares (40-3, 27 KOs) hosted a public media workout today at the National Football Museum, in Manchester ahead of their unification blockbuster for the WBA, WBC Diamond and vacant Ring Magazine Lightweight Championships at the Manchester Arena

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21 Sep 2016

Andy Ruiz Jr no longer fighting Hughie Fury on October 29th

Andy Ruiz junior pulls out of fight October 29th. Against @hughiefury. News just in today. — peter fury. (@peterfury) September 21, 2016 Via Twitter yesterday, Peter Fury, the trainer of Hughie Fury, announced that Andy Ruiz Jr had pulled out of the fight on October 29th which was going to

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09 Apr 2016

Fury-Klitschko rematch set for July 9th in Manchester

Though the bout has not been officially announced, an agreement between Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko for the WBA and WBO heavyweight titles to take place in Manchester on July 9 has been confirmed to The Independent. The long-awaited rematch that has been in talks since Klitschko lost is title in

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21 Nov 2015

Crolla defeats Perez to win WBA lightweight title

Though the first bout might have gone to a draw Anthony Crolla(30-4-3, 12 KOs) left no room for debate with a fifth round knockout of Derleys Perez (32-2-1, 20 KOs) on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Crolla dominated from the early moments of the bout, but sealed the

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20 May 2015

Flanagan vs. Zepeda for vacant WBO lightweight title

Terry Flanagan was hoping to face Ray Beltran, who was suppose to win the WBO lightweight title after knocking out Takahiro Ao in the second round of their contest on the debut of boxing to the truTV network. The problem was Beltran was TKO’ed on the scales as he came

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