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Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing proudly announces the signing of boxing 'wonder kid' David "El Bandera Roja" Benavidez to a promotional contract.   Benavidez, already 10-0, 9 KOs as a super-middleweight professional, hails from Phoenix and is the younger brother of undefeated Interim WBA World Super Lightweight Champion Jose Benavidez Jr.   Considered a boxing prodigy by many, Benavidez has been trained since age two by his father Jose Benavidez Sr. He turned professional at 16, but was forced to ply his trade in Mexico until age 18, when he was legally allowed to fight in the United States. The ultra-talented youngster has already sparred with many of the best fighters in the world including Kelly Pavlik, Gennady Golovkin and Nobuhiro Ishida to name a few He has also trained at the Wild Card Gym with Freddy Roach.   "I feel really blessed," said Benavidez of the promotional deal. "It's a great opportunity for me and g...

Pound-for-pound ace Gennady Golovkin believes his unification world title clash with fellow hard-hitter David Lemieux will rank alongside some of the middleweight divisions best ever. The Kazakh assassin will put his WBA and IBO world titles on the line in a 160-pound meeting with Canada’s IBF champion Lemieux this Saturday night at the iconic Madison Square Garden, live and exclusive on BoxNation.  The showdown pits together two of the world’s biggest punchers, who average a near 90% knockout ratio between them, with the electrifying Golovkin saying that the clash will be an all-action affair to follow the great battles of the past.  “This is a true fight, an original fight. It’s going to be a present for people. Boxing isn’t a game; it’s very important who the true number one is. This is my big test and my first step to history and to a new story,” said Golovkin.  “This is my first unification fight and my first pay-per-view fight. It’s about being...

WBO #10 lightweight Josh King says he's ecstatic to be facing former two-division world champion Ricky Burns (38-5-1, 12 KOs) for the WBO Inter-Continental Lightweight Championship at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on November 7 .   The event will also be broadcast live on Sky Sports.   King (19-3, 9 KOs), from Townsville, Queensland, Australia, has already held the Australian Super Lightweight, WBF World Super Lightweight, WBO Oriental Lightweight and WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight Championships as a professional. But adding a name like Scotland's Ricky Burns to his resume would propel the 30-year-old onto the world stage.   "A victory will give me the opportunity to fight for the world title," he added, "but I know he's a two-time world champ and it's not going to be easy. Ricky has done some great things in the ring."   King says he'll be coming into the fight in top shape, as he's been training for months for two consecutiv...

                                                      Thrilling middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has admitted that he faces his toughest test to date this Saturday night.  The potential heir to Floyd Mayweather’s mythical pound-for-pound throne has taken the boxing world by storm over the last year by blitzing his way to the very top of the 160-pound division.  Now, however, the undefeated 33-year-old big puncher, who has 20 knockouts in a row from a record of 33 wins and 30 stoppages, goes up against an equally formidable foe in IBF champion David Lemieux, exclusively live on BoxNation.  The WBA and IBO world champion is well aware that the clash with Canadian Lemieux will be his hardest fight yet, in a division brimming with talent, including Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez who meet next month and Andy Lee a...

                                                                  CAMERON HAMMOND is in a hurry to get his hands on the Commonwealth welterweight crown.   The Indigenous Moree hitter, 13-0 (7 KOs), represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games as an amateur before going on to star at the London Olympics in 2012 and wants to become the 53 nation alliance's champion as a pro. Hammond won an eliminator for the belt currently held by England's Sam Eggington when he halted Jese Ravudi in May. And he warms up for the challenge when he meets Thai southpaw Denkamon Pakdee Gym at Alexandria Basketball Stadium in Perry Park, New South Wales this Saturday night ( October 3 ). He said: "I travelled all over the world as an amateur and I don't mind getting my passport stamped again to fight for the Commonwealth belt. ...

                                                      Waleed Din says he will settle a score with Thomas Essomba when the pair meet for the vacant Commonwealth flyweight title on October 17, live on Spike TV   (Channels: Sky 160, Freeview 31, Talk Talk 31, Freesat 141, BT TV 31). Taking place at Rotherham’s Magna Centre, Din says there won’t be a repeat result this time after Essomba picked up a controversial decision over the Sheffield starlet in the amateurs. “We boxed in the 2014 senior ABAs,” explained Din, “and he got a disputed split decision win over me.  He's very experienced, has been to the Olympics twice so he's got good pedigree, but that's in the amateurs and over the three round distance.  Now we're in the pro game, over 12 rounds, and I’ll beat him in every aspect.” Din, 22, could be the UK’s next big boxing sens...

                                                      Cyclone Promotions are proud to announce  ALL ON THE LINE , a fantastic night of championship boxing on Friday  November 20  headlined by a local derby for the vacant BBBofC Celtic Middleweight title fight between Coalisland's  Conrad 'Dynamite' Cummings  and Belfast's  Alfredo Meli . These two outstanding undefeated prospects clash at Belfast's famous Waterfront Hall in a ten-round championship contest. Tyrone's highly-rated Conrad Cummings has made an impressive start to his professional career since making his pro debut in February 2014. The Cyclone Promotions' prospect is trained by world renowned coach Shane McGuigan and managed by former World Featherweight Champion and Hall of Famer Barry McGuigan. In his most recent outing Cummings made his US ...

                                        KIRYL RELIKH says he'll prove his potential for the top when he faces experienced Argentinian Christian Ariel Lopez in Monaco this Friday night (October 2). The explosive Belarusian makes the first defence of his WBA Intercontinental super lightweight crown and he believes it is only a matter of time before he'll be strapping a world title around his waist. Relikh, 25, has been trained by former four-time world champion Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton for the past 18 months and believes he now has enough weapons in his arsenal to follow in his idol's footsteps. Relikh is already ranked number ten in the world by the WBA thanks to an unbeaten run consisting of 19 fights with 17 knockouts, and could move into the top five with a stellar showing against Lopez. "It's every boxer's dream to win a world title and with every fight I get a step closer,"...

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                                                  ANTHONY UPTON has been added to the eagerly anticipated Black Country Boxing/ Hatton Promotions show at Banks's Stadium, Walsall on October 10 . The popular 23-year-old, who is trained by Ricky Hatton, took his unbeaten run to ten this past Saturday (September 19) with a six round points victory over Tottenham's dangerous Mark McKray and is keen to get back into the ring as quickly as possible. Originally, he was due to box alongside brothers Pauly and Sonny at York Hall on October 17 , but jumped at the chance to fight a week earlier. "If it was up to me I'd box every week," he said. "I love showing a crowd what I can do and being in that ring is like a second home to me. "Obviously, it's only three weeks from my last fight, but Ricky, Mike Jackson and Blain Younis make sure I'm in the best possible ...

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Glenn Foot came through an all action classic against fellow Sunderland boxer, Kirk Goodings in what was an electric atmosphere at The Lancastrian Suite, Dunston. Phil Jeffries' latest promotion was always going to be a sell out, especially after the bout between the Wearside pair was added. Both men were coming off the back of a defeat and it was Foot who called out the region's local fighters at welterweight and Goodings duly answered the call, stepping up two weights for the bout. As soon as the fight was added to the 'Impact: Fighters Will Fall' show, the whole region's boxing community was on red alert. There have been some big local derby match ups in recent times but this was surely the most hotly anticipated. Foot started off well from the opening bell, using an educated jab to pressure Goodings and it wasn't long before he started landing solid right hands. As the first round progressed, Goodings began to get into things and the touch paper w...

With the new boxing season back in full swing, Dave Coldwell is a figure within the fight scene who has sported a wide grin since things kicked off again at the month’s start. Residing in Texas for a number of weeks ahead of Jamie McDonnell’s brilliant win over Japanese superstar, Tomoki Kameda, Coldwell was reduced to watching his cruiserweight charge, Tony Bellew, stay busy via a television screen as the Liverpool man halted Arturs Kulikauskis in five rounds in Leeds. Coldwell handed corner duty to Tony Sims for one night only and he was pleased that his man was able to get the win. “It was a bit of a last minute job in terms of opponent and watching the fight you could see he was desperate to survive from the moment the first bell went and it was a just a case of Tony chopping away and taking his opponents legs away from him. We’re after big fights in the cruiserweight division and there’s a number of exciting opportunities for Tony that can be sorted out imminently but the most...

The scintillating showdown between reigning welterweight world champion Timothy Bradley and the all-action Brandon Rios will be screened exclusively live on BoxNation on November 7th . The pair collide at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas in an explosive contest for Bradley’s WBO title that is guaranteed to have fight fans on the edge of their seats.  The ‘Channel of Champions’, BoxNation, through their exclusive output deal with leading promoters Top Rank, will once again bring boxing lovers another thrilling clash to add to a mightily impressive upcoming schedule.  BoxNation has already confirmed a host of live fights including Miguel Cotto’s superfight with Canelo Alvarez , Lucas Matthysse against Viktor Postol, the meeting between knockout kings Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux and next Saturday Frank Buglioni’s world title shot against champion Fedor Chudinov .  The meeting between two-time champion Bradley and former world champion R...

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says his club wouldn’t be best pleased if the former amateur boxer was to lace up the gloves again. The 29-year-old was speaking exclusively to boxing channel BoxNation ahead of his friend and fellow Liverpudlian Liam Smith’s world title showdown next month against John Thompson.  The super-welterweight ace is taking on the American Thompson at the Manchester Arena on October 10th , with England’s all-time leading goalscorer recalling his fighting days and saying the Old Trafford club wouldn’t be too happy if he was to return to the ring.  “My uncle runs a gym in Liverpool I used to go there from the age of 9 until I was 15. It was great, I really enjoyed it, but Everton made me stop and I had to choose between boxing and football but I think I made the right decision,” Rooney told BoxNation.  “I used to go round to different gyms sparring which I really liked. It was quite easy in the end to choose football becau...