Following up their recent culling of long-time darling of British fight fans, turned promoter, Ricky Hatton, Sky have also now shown the door to another household name on the British fight scene, promoter Frank Maloney, leaving fans wondering what the future holds for the sport in terms of regular televised coverage. The forums have been alive with speculation for some time … [Read more...]
Billy Joe Saunders-Bradley Pryce In Action Friday
by Fox Doucette Up-and-coming unbeaten British middleweight Billy Joe Saunders (13-0, 9 KOs) continues his efforts to rise to the top of the list of 160-pound prospects as he takes on journeyman Bradley Pryce (33-10, 18 KOs) Friday night at York Hall in London. Saunders, who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has a strength-of-schedule commensurate with … [Read more...]
Kevin Mitchell Back in the Ring Friday, February 10th
Englishman Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KOs) will face Felix Lora (14-8-5, 8 KOs) for a lightweight match-up on Friday, February 10th. BoxNation will air the event at 8pm GMT. At twenty-seven years of age, Mitchell is currently ranked 6th in the world among lightweights. His only loss came nearly two years ago against Michael Katsidis when the bout was halted in the third … [Read more...]
Klitschko vs. Chisora Head To Head
BoxNation has finally chimed in with their version of HBO's Face-Off promotion and frankly, the sport is better for it. I mean really, why did it take so long for somebody to figure this out?! Entitled Head-to-Head, the premise of the show remains the same: sit down two opposing fighters across a table from each other for a Q&A session before they face each other in the … [Read more...]