Kevin Mitchell Boxing News

Kevin Mitchell is aiming for a big summer showdown with rival Ricky Burns once he has smashed Felix Lora this Friday night.

This coming Friday World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental Lightweight Champion Kevin Mitchell is set to face Spain based Felix Lora in a non-championship bout at the famous York Hall in Bethnal Green, London.

By Scott Gilfoid: Lightweight Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) faces Felix Lora (14-8-5, 8 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout this Friday night at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, UK.

Amateur ace Bradley Saunders is looking to make a big impact when he makes his highly anticipated professional debut on Friday 10th February at London’s sold-out York Hall.

By Scott Gilfoid: Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) is fighting Felix Lora (14-8-5, 8 KO’s) on February 10th in a scheduled 10 round bout at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, UK. This is supposed to be a stay busy tune-up fight for 27-year-old Mitchell to get him ready for a possible bout against [...]

MITCHELL HEADLINES SOLD-OUT YORK HALL East End favourite Kevin Mitchell is relishing his London return on Friday 10th February at a sold-out York Hall.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO interim lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) hasn’t even gotten past his next opponent former World Boxing Association (WBA) World lightweight champion Paulus Moses (28-1, 19 KO’s) and he’s already looking past him towards a hoped for summer bout against lightweight contender Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s).

By Scott Gilfoid: Former British super featherweight champion Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 Ko’s) thinks he would make former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KO’s) look bad if they were to fight.

By Scott Gilfoid: Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) was supposed to have a soft fight next month on February 10th against little known 2nd tier fighter Stephen Ormond. However, Ormond pulled out of the fight leaving the 27-year-old Mitchell without an opponent for his fight at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England.

Kevin Mitchell has promised to win a world title this year after a nightmare 2011. The Dagenham Destroyer returns to action on Friday 10th February to defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercontinental Lightweight title at London’s York Hall.

By Sean McDaniel: A bout between former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KO’s) and Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) is reportedly a possibility for March 3rd. Mitchell, 27, missed out on fighting Rios last month on December 3rd on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito fight at Madison Square Garden [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Lightweight contender Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) is taking a huge backwards step against little known 2nd tier fighter Stephen Ormond (11-0, 5 KO’s) next year on February 10th at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London.

By Scott Gilfoid: I knew they’d start coming out of the woodwork after last Saturday’s fight, but didn’t think it would start so fast. Check this out. Lightweight contender Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) wasn’t impressed with what he saw from former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22 KO’s) last Saturday night in his [...]

By William Mackay: Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) is hoping to get a shot against WBO interim lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) in the early part of 2012 and thinks he can beat him. If this fight can be made it would be a huge one. Burns recently defeated Michael Katsidis by a [...]

By Kasim Aslam: British lightweight boxer Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) last night challenged Paul Malignaggi (30-4, 6 KO’s) to a showdown on social networking site twitter. Mitchell, looking for an opponent after a TKO decision against fellow country man John Murray decided to try and get under the skin of Malignaggi through various tweets [...]

By William Mackay: WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s) was hoping to get a fight against Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) on December 3rd. However, Mitchell is dealing with some legal issues right now and can’t make it over to the U.S.

By Sean McDaniel: Former WBA light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (35-1, 16 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his European Boxing Union (EBU) lightweight title on Saturday night against Derry Matthews (29-5, 15 KO’s) at the Newport Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales.

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan is picking fellow countryman Kevin Mitchell to beat hard hitting Australian Michael Katsidis in a rematch if they end up fighting next. There’s a lot of speculation that Frank Warren, the promoter for Mitchell, will go ahead and make this fight next for Mitchell.

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s been a year since Australian Michael Katsidis (28-4, 23 KO’s) blew out Brit Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) in a third round TKO in May 2010. In that fight, Katsidis turned up the heat on Mitchell suddenly in the 3rd round, and had Mitchell turning his back and cowering to signal [...]

International Boxing Organization (IBO) Lightweight Inter-Continental Champion Kevin Mitchell will be making a personal appearance at David and Stephen Smith’s ‘THE BOXERS BAR’ in Christopher Street, London EC2, from 7pm this Saturday night.

By Jason Kim: Michael Katsidis (28-4, 23 Ko’s) is back in training in Thailand for a fight in October or November against one of the following opponents: Kevin Mitchell, Lovemore N’dou or Joel Casamayor. Mitchell, a fighter that Katsidis destroyed in three rounds last year in May, is leading the pack for a fight that [...]

By William Mackay: WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s) is reportedly looking to fight on December 10th against possibly Britain’s Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s). Rios, 25, was previously being mentioned for a fight on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez undercard on November 12th, but instead may [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Australian Michael Katsidis (28-4, 23 KO’s) is perfectly willing to travel to the UK just to get another chance to destroy Britain’s Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) in another easy payday in front of Mitchell’s adoring fans.

By Scott Gilfoid: Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) has had over a year to thoroughly lick clean his wounds from his 3rd round knockout loss against Australian knockout artist Michael Katsidis (28-4, 23 Ko’s), but now he wants more and is chomping at the bit to get a second helping after an 8th round stoppage [...]

By Adam Fillingham: Matthew Macklin has turned down a rematch with World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight champion Felix Sturm which was scheduled for November. Matthew has stated the money was not good enough and would rather fight in America and make a name for himself on those shores.

By Scott Gilfoid: The currently non-top 15 ranked lightweight Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) is hoping to get a bump up in the World Boxing Organization lightweight ranking so that he can get a big fight. Mitchell, 26, recently beat lightweight contender John Murray by an 8th round TKO on July 16th. Mitchell wants to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s reported that Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) will be the next opponent for World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s) on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez undercard on November 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although it’s not a done deal yet, [...]

By William Mackay: Boosted by the confidence that he got by stopping previously unbeaten lightweight contender John Murray last Saturday night in an 8th round TKO win, Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) is now targeting WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s) for his next fight.

By William Mackay: Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) is riding high right now after his 8th round TKO win over John Murray last weekend at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. It was a good win for Mitchell with him coming off a year of inactivity and a knockout loss in his last fight against [...]

Kevin “Mighty” Mitchell has gate-crashed the Ring Magazine top 10 lightweight rankings after his sensational stoppage win over John Murray.