Rising featherweight starlet Hailey Pennington may have found her perfect Management home after inking a deal with Eruption Boxing Management. Pennington is already being tipped by many as a future champion, and her new Manager, Eruption Boxing Management Owner & Manager Gwen Legge, is especially pleased with her new signing.
Guillermo Gutierrez begins Eruption Boxing Management deal with immediate title shot
Unbeaten super-flyweight hope Guillermo Gutierrez has secured a title shot in his very first fight under new management team Eruption Boxing Management. The 25-year-old will challenge for the WBC Youth Intercontinental championship on April 20 in Laredo, Texas.
Issa back on the judo podium with Jakarta Open silver
Syrian strongman Fadi Issa took a judo silver medal home from the recent Jakarta International Open 2023. In doing so, Issa returned to triumphant form in the sport in which he made his name, after successful sojourns into the boxing, kickboxing and MMA rings.
47 seconds that showed a 58-year-old the importance of knowing your level
He was 58 but matched about as soft as you could get in the pro ranks: his opponent had an 0-6 record, with five of those losses coming by first-round knockout. And yet England was floored by the very first attack.
Boxer, wrestler and model Anthony Stallone Patanella announces upcoming runway feature
The Italian Gladiator is taking the world by storm with a series of upcoming events on the heels of recent red carpet movie premieres, exhibition fights and modeling engagements.
Shock and awe in Bangkok twin title fight night
Whether you appreciate hard-hitting aggression, sublime skill, quick knockouts, or seeing prospects tested by dangerous opponents, the latest edition of XBC Sportech/The Box Promotions’ critically acclaimed series of fight nights delivered on all fronts.
Champion Jets in to top sensational night of international boxing
Two Asian championships will be decided at the same time as fans will get a glimpse of the future as XBC Sportech stages its latest fight spectacular at The Box in the heart of Bangkok.
Legends never die: Teacher Tajiri spoils Shivam’s graduation day
In many ways, Episode 14 was a graduation night for SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling – if not for their flagship competitor Shivam, who gave his all in a classic main event but eventually succumbed to the guile and experience of his legendary Japanese opponent, Tajiri.
Tajiri v Shivam: The biggest match in Thai wrestling history
It’s one of the classic confrontations in fight sports – youth vs experience, old master vs young lion, ex-champ vs next champ. And it all plays out in the main event of the most important night in Thai wrestling history, as ‘Japanese Buzzsaw’ Tajiri takes on the rising local star, Shivam.
Shivam secures the right to fight a legend
Knowing the glare of the international spotlight was beaming down on them, Shivam and Monomoth went to war once more, and it was Shivam who emerged as the victor, both exhausted by the battle and enthused by the opportunity that now awaits him atop a sold-out Episode 14 – a match with the ‘Japanese Buzzsaw’ Tajiri.
In a venue laden with history, Mehrabi makes his own
Sajad Mehrabi became Iran’s first Asian boxing champion with a resounding third-round stoppage of Emmeric Dewaele in Bangkok. Mehrabi was boxing professionally for only the fifth time – yet he made a mockery of any predictions that this chance had come too soon, as he left the historic Lumpinee Stadium with the WBC Asia light-heavyweight belt.
Overall, he’s a champion: Thrilling finish to SEA FC Homeland
The experienced and respected Singapore-based American Major Overall had to contend with a late change of opponent, but stayed focused and grabbed the opportunity to showcase his skills against a game co-challenger in SEA FC’s first branded championship fight.
‘Japanese Buzzsaw’ Tajiri to compete at SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling
Tajiri will compete at SETUP Episode 14 in Bangkok on July 22. It would be both a risk and an honour to face the formidable Tajiri in his Thai debut. So, who will do so?
Drunken King descends on SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling
Having last year celebrated a decade of Thai wrestling, SETUP now rewards a man who proved instrumental in the scene’s foundation – Japanese icon Masa Takanashi – with a shot at the Kingdom’s top prize in the sport.
Marupu wipes out Wisanu for two titles at Fist of Glory
Two rounds was all it took for Hebi Marupu to send Wisanu Kokietgym to the canvas three times and end their highly anticipated double-title boxing showdown in Bangkok.
The Indonesian, defending his WBC Asia lightweight belt and co-challenging for vacant IBA Intercontinental honours, arrived with a burgeoning reputation but expecting his toughest test to date against a Thai fan favourite who has swapped leather with the greats .
Go pro: Ryan Mac sets up next chapter with sensational belt-winning performance
Ryan Mac bade farewell to the thriving unlicensed boxing scene on Saturday night, capping off a successful stretch in the code and setting his sights firmly on turning professional.
And he couldn’t have asked for a better farewell to the scene in which he made his name, as he scored his most impressive win to date – second-round TKO of Rocky Rudkin to win the UFN British cruiserweight championship.
Even Mayweather makes an exhibition of himself by overstaying his welcome
Without fail, boxing exhibitions are either boring or horrible mismatches, or both, and that’s not a recipe for longevity. Already this trend has gone on for far too long. It can only be hoped now, that if even Floyd “Money” Mayweather can no longer generate cash from it, that it may at last be over.
Statement made: Tang wins the title – and targets more
In their third and final fight, Singapore’s Andruew ‘The Statement’ Tang ripped the AWGC Jr. Heavyweight championship from long-reigning local Shivam in the main event of SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling Episode 11. In a fitting conclusion to a rivalry that dated back three years, the pair clashed for the gold in a “two out of three falls” thriller that would settle the matter once and for all.
Beauty and the beasts: BKB brings the heat in the tropics
Few places are more beautiful, and few sports are more brutal. As contrasts go, they don’t come much starker than bareknuckle boxing in Phuket. It was the perfect setting for the combat, conquests and controversy that followed.
Titles and rivalries galore at SETUP’s latest international spectacular
SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling launches its 2023 schedule with a sensational card set for January 28 in its iconic home at Circus Studio in Bangkok.
SETUP’s Episode 11 looks to both build on the company’s position as a nascent regional powerhouse as well as settle some intense championship rivalries and, of course, thrill the fans like nobody else in the Kingdom can.
Po Denman triumphs in bareknuckle breakthrough
Multi-talented martial artist Po Denman scored the biggest win of her versatile career as she outscored highly regarded Australian Tai Emery in the chief support at BKFC Thailand 4. In her big-time debut, high up the bill in front of an international audience and under the dazzling lights of one of the world’s fastest-growing fight promotions the 25-year-old Thai flyweight rose to the occasion.
MWC launches world’s first bareknuckle muay Thai promotion
Mongkol Thai Boxing, one of the world’s most respected fight sports brands, has announced the launch of the world’s first bare knuckle muay Thai promotion, with its debut event emanating from Bangkok on December 16.
Jon Nutt suffers for his art at Fight Circus IV
Nutt didn’t have to fight this past Saturday night. Especially, he didn’t have to fight two younger men at the same time. Especially, since despite having his own legitimate martial credentials, he’s now in his mid-40s and several years removed from competition. But fight he did, in an “MMAsymmetrical match”.
Pumi Boonyatud: The godfather of Thai wrestling
To mark the 10th anniversary of his debut event, SETUP Thailand Pro Wrestling co-founder Pumi Boonyatud talks with Front Page Fight Sports about his journey.