Dunne vs. Cordoba

By Sean McDaniel: Newly crowned WBA super bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne (28-1, 15 KOs) received an award earlier today from the World Boxing Association, who named him ‘the boxer of the month’ for Dunne’s 11th round stoppage victory over champion Ricardo Cordoba (34-2-2, 21 KOs) on March 21st at the O2 Arena, in Dublin, Ireland.

By Sean McDaniel: Super bantamweight challenger Bernard Dunne (28-1, 15 KOs) defeated Panamanian WBA super bantamweight champion Ricardo Cordoba (34-2-2, 21 KOs) in the 11th round in an exciting fight on Saturday night at The O2, in Dublin, Ireland. Dunne, 29, knocked Cordoba down four times in the fight, once in the 3rd and three [...]

By Gary Burns: As Bernard Dunne prepares to challenge Panamanian Ricardo Cordoba for the WBA super-bantamweight) world title (Celestino Caballero was made super champion by the WBA hence vacating the regular WBA title) tonight in the O2 in Dublin, it is a good opportunity to reflect on the state of Irish Boxing.

NEW YORK – Light-heavyweight contender Shaun George entered his bout with Jaffa Ballogou intent on sending the division a message it could not ignore. It took him only 86 seconds to accomplish his mission, finishing off “The African Assassin” in spectacular fashion in New York City’s BB King Blues Club & Grill.

Former world cruiserweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has offered to box in Germany on a K2 Promotions show in order to revive negotiations for a summer showdown with WBO and IBF world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Originally scheduled to take place on June 20 at Stamford Bridge in London, Haye’s eagerly anticipated duel with [...]

Welterweight hot-shot Kell Brook is backing Michael Jennings to beat Miguel Cotto on February 21 – so he set up a huge all-British showdown with his rival. Jennings will face Cotto in Madison Square Garden in New York on February 21 for the vacant WBO World title, and Brook will be keeping a close eye [...]