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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Front Page Fight Sports Boxing Awards 2022
As the first calendar year of Front Page Fight Sports’ existence comes to a close, we look back at boxing in 2022 and choose the best examples of the sport from the past 12 months.
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”.
28 Tyson Fury matches that would be more interesting than Chisora III
Fury-Chisora III has precisely no intrigue, no intangibles, nothing with which to sow even the smallest seeds of uncertainty, not even the curiosity value of an unknown opponent. So, who might have been a more marketable foe for Fury? Here are TWENTY EIGHT suggestions.
Confirmed: Naoya Inoue vs Paul Butler for undisputed championship
Paul Butler goes in search of boxing immortality in December when he faces Naoya Inoue for the undisputed world bantamweight title.
The WBO champion tackles Japanese hero Inoue, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, on December 13 on a historic night for the sport,
From tainted steaks to female fertility pills… why it’s high time for a hard line on PEDs
I’m being framed. It was in a supplement I took. I ate contaminated beef. My brother spiked my drink.
Just some of the excuses that are trotted out when a boxer fails a PED test.
Such testing failures are sadly common, but even then the true scale of the problem is surely even bigger. One has to assume that for every fighter who fails a drugs test, there are yet more who evade detection.
Paul Peers ruins opponent’s unbeaten record with one punch
Paul Peers travelled 1,500 miles to fight less than two rounds and deliver a knockout punch that travelled just inches.
The WBU and PBC welterweight champion took matters out of the officials’ hands with a devastating overhand right to remove 23-year-old Artem Vitryak from both his senses and his ‘0’.
Ring Of Brotherhood launches to aid athletes in their biggest fight
Gerald McClellan was on top of the boxing world, a former middleweight champion riding a 21-fight winning streak into his bout against Nigel Benn and on the verge of mega-fights.
By the next morning, McClellan’s life had changed forever. Permanently injured in the fight with Benn, the Illinois native has been under the care of his sister, Lisa, for the past 27 years.
Far from the bright lights, boxers like Gerald McClellan continue to fight in the shadows.
No longer.
New champ Paul Peers returns just two weeks after title win
New WBU and PBC champion Paul Peers is back in action less than a fortnight after his double title-winning efforts against Samuel Akrogo – this time travelling to the Czech Republic to face a young prospect with a 100% knockout ratio.
1 punch 2 belts – Paul Peers becomes a double champ
Paul Peers found the punch of his career to become the new WBU and PBC world welterweight champion on Saturday’s Battle For the Belts staged in front of a packed and raucous crowd in Mansfield.
Paul Peers guns for titles, and dreams of revenge
Victory would land Paul Peers two world title belts, but defeat would be an enormous setback. While he knows averting such defeat is crucial, Peers also believes victory could set him up for some very big things – including the fight he wants most of all.
Wins for Welsh champ Warburton and unbeaten Yaxley
Gerome Warburton won for the first time since being crowned Welsh champion, outpointing Jordan Grannum at Bolton Stadium, while Sion Yaxley thrashed Scott Williams in two rounds to extend his undefeated record to 11-0.