FIGHTING fisherman and reigning Queensland welterweight champion Kris “The Silencer” George is set to take on experienced Brazilian veteran Fernando Ferreira Da Silva for the vacant WBA Oceania light welterweight title. The bout will take place on October 31st at Rumours International in Toowoomba. Kris George, who... Read more
Betting Preview: Sergey Kovalev vs. Blake Caparello
Aus-Boxing July 31, 2014 0
BIG punching WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (24-0-1, 22 KOs) has a reputation as a knockout artist but the challenger for the his light heavyweight world title, unbeaten WBO #10 Blake Caparello (19-0-1, 6 KOs) has a reputation for lasting deep into the later rounds of a... Read more
SINCE entering the paid ranks, Damien Hooper has always struggled to find willing opponents. Hooper, 22, has made relatively easy work of most of his opponents to date, adding some flashes of sheer brilliance when combined with his electrifying speed have lead Hooper to seven knockout wins... Read more
Hooper plans to make Casey eat his words
Aus-Boxing July 29, 2014 0
UNDEFEATED light heavyweight ace Damien ‘Super’ Hooper has vowed to make Joel Casey eat his words when they clash at the Jupiter’s Hotel and Casino in Broadbeach, Queensland tomorrow night. The fight, dubbed by some as the Australian grudge match of the year, was made following Casey... Read more
IN just a handful of days, unbeaten Australian Blake Caparello will look to cause a stand alone candidate for upset of the year when he attempts to end the title reign of undefeated hard-hitting WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev in Atlantic City. By the time the... Read more
Kerry looks to find Hope in Australia
Aus-Boxing July 28, 2014 0
FORMER European middleweight champion Kerry Hope has moved to Brisbane and looks set to relaunch his professional career with his revamped all-Australian team. Hope, 32, has fought some quality operators over the course of a nine-year career that has seen the well-travelled Welshman share the ring with... Read more
Gallant Geale falls in three rounds to Golovkin
Aus-Boxing July 27, 2014 0
ON paper, Australia’s Daniel Geale was the most formidable opponent Kazakh titan Gennady Golovkin had faced in the professional ranks. Multiple world titles won abroad and a credible chin at an elite level lead many to believe that Geale (now 30-3, 16 KOs) would give Golovkin (now... Read more
Live Blog: Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Geale
Aus-Boxing July 27, 2014 0
Aus-Boxing will have a live blog for round-by-round updates from the famed Madison Square Garden in New York, where Australia’s own Daniel ‘The Real Deal’ Geale will attempt to overthrow the middleweight title reign of defending WBA/IBO titlist Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin. Golovkin vs. Geale is scheduled to... Read more
TONIGHT from the Queensland State Equestrian Centre, domestic boxing takes centre stage as popular local product Jason Cooper (10-2-1, 5 KOs) headlines a four-fight professional card against Thai Phissanuthep Chaiyonggym (4-10-1, 3 KOs). The ten round fight will serve as the first defence of Cooper’s IBO Asia... Read more
VIDEO: Nigel Benn talks Golovkin-Geale
Aus-Boxing July 26, 2014 0
IN a continuation of our first interview with British boxing icon Nigel Benn, Aus-Boxing was able to sit down with former WBC and WBO super middleweight champion to get his thoughts and opinion on the upcoming Golovin vs. Geale fight. The Dark Destroyer rates Daniel Geale as... Read more
Our Experts Decide: Daniel Geale vs. Gennady Golovkin
Aus-Boxing July 25, 2014 0
ON Sunday afternoon, former unified middleweight champion Daniel ‘The Real Deal’ Geale will challenge WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin. The twelve-round tussle will take place inside of the main room, inside of the iconic Madison Square Garden. Golovkin, 32, has the highest knockout ratio of any... Read more
BELIEVE it or not, reigning Commonwealth and WBC EPBC heavyweight champion Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne is a man of many talents. In a recent video interview with The Marxmen, who are close affiliates of Aus-Boxing, Browne talks openly about his style, his personality and more importantly –... Read more
VIDEO: Nigel Benn talks to Aus-Boxing
Aus-Boxing July 23, 2014 0
IN an exclusive, Aus-Boxing sat down with two time world champion Nigel Benn aka ‘The Dark Destroyer’. Nigel is currently in Australia studying coaching and sports development, assisting at grass roots level with amateur boxers, mentoring Australia’s professional boxers and volunteering at PCYC Blacktown. Nigel has... Read more
GOING into his fight against Mexican starlet Gilberto Ramirez, Australia’s Junior Talipeau hadn’t been in the ring for just under a year. It took less than two minutes for the big-punching Mexican to make his presence known, flooring an over matched Talipeau three times in a brutal... Read more
MacKenzie finishes Garlett in seven round slugfest
Aus-Boxing July 19, 2014 0
TRUE to his word, Matt Garlett came to fight and as a result, he left the ring bloodied and beaten as he became the latest fighter to fall short against big-punching super featherweight prospect Kye MacKenzie. MacKenzie, 22, dominated the exchanges en route to an entertaining seventh... Read more
Live Stream Preview: Smith vs. Nardo ($8.95 PPV)
Aus-Boxing July 19, 2014 0
ANGELO Di Carlo’s Ace Boxing promotions returns to the familiar surrounds of the Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane, with a ten-fight card headlined by Brett W Smith, who will face rugged Filipino import Jerry Nardo in his final fight as a professional. Smith, 33, who has held state,... Read more
AUSTRALIA’S Sakio Bika will defend his WBC super middleweight title for the second time against undefeated American Anthony Dirrell, on 16th August 2014 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The bout will be televised live in Australia through Main Event pay-per-view on Sunday August 17th from... Read more
TONIGHT from the Newcastle Panthers Club in New South Wales, undefeated prospect and reigning Australian super featherweight champion Kye ‘Frenzy’ MacKenzie faces his sternest test as a professional when he faces tricky veteran and former WBC top ten world rated Matt Garlett. The fight was originally pencilled... Read more
DANIEL Dawson will be the fifth Australian boxer to headline on a major fight card in the US over as many weeks when he takes on former WBA light middleweight titlist Austin ‘No Doubt’ Trout in what is expected to be an eliminator for the WBA light middleweight... Read more
TO some Australian boxing fans, Ricky Hatton or ‘The Hitman’ as he was infamously dubbed, is the man who ended the career of Hall of Famer and all-time great Kostya Tszyu many years ago. But to others, he is seen as the man responsible for leading some... Read more
AUSTRALIA’S Sakio ‘The Scorpion’ Bika will defend his WBC super-middleweight title for the second time against undefeated American Anthony ‘The Dog’ Dirrell on August 16th at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Bika drew with Dirrell in their first world title bout last year, and the Australian... Read more
WITH each passing performance, unbeaten light middleweight standout Dennis Hogan keeps getting better and better. This time, Hogan left former undefeated kickboxing convert Steve Moxon swinging into the Melbourne winter night as he appeared to comfortably cruise to his nineteenth win, with the lone detractor forming as... Read more
JEFF Horn might just be the best prospect Australian boxing has seen in over a decade. With a mere nine fights under his belt, Horn quite literally has the world at his feet. Horn, 26, continued his unbeaten reign of pure dominance, this time adding big-punching... Read more
Weigh-In Results: Hogan 69.40, Moxon 69.80
Aus-Boxing July 5, 2014 0
UNDEFEATED Australian middleweight champion Dennis Hogan (18-0-1, 6 KOs) and his opponent, unbeaten kickboxing convert Steve Moxon (5-0, 4 KOs) both tipped the scales well inside the light middleweight limit for tomorrow’s highly anticipated main event, which will be a twelve round championship fight for the inaugural WBA... Read more
ICONIC two-division world champion and former British boxing superstar Ricky Hatton has made no secret of his affection for Australian boxing, reaffirming this by announcing a partnership with leading Australian promoter Brian Amatruda and his promotional company Big Time Boxing. Hatton was in Melbourne earlier this week... Read more
IT was far removed from the epic war they endured seven years earlier. But as many expected, Australia’s Michael Katsidis was the bigger, stronger and clearly fresher man overnight, easily outpointing the fleshy remains of former English and Commonwealth champion Graham Earl in a twelve round rematch... Read more
TONIGHT from Rumours International in Toowoomba, a controversial title fight will take place when Australia’s own Michael Katsidis (29-6, 24 KOs) will rematch former British and Commonwealth titleholder Graham Earl in a return of their epic battle in 2007. However, this fight is highly controversial for several... Read more
Our Experts Decide: Dennis Hogan vs. Steve Moxon
Aus-Boxing July 4, 2014 0
ON Sunday afternoon from Grand Star Receptions in Melbourne’s west, undefeated Australian middleweight champion Dennis ‘Hurricane’ Hogan drops down a division, where he will be challenged by a kickboxer-turned-boxer in the form of a confident ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Moxon, in a fight that will crown the winner with... Read more
VIDEO: Billy Dib vs. Alberto Garza (Full Fight)
Aus-Boxing July 3, 2014 0
FORMER IBF featherweight champion Billy ‘The Kid’ Dib made a winning return to the super featherweight division earlier today, winning a clear points decision against former world title challenger Alberto Garza in Connecticut. Despite facing some resistance from the battle-tested Garza (now 26-8-1, 21 KOs), Dib managed... Read more
Dib decisions Garza in winning return
Aus-Boxing July 3, 2014 0
IT wasn’t pretty and at times it was hard to watch. But after ten competitive rounds, Billy Dib made a winning return to the super featherweight division. On a card that served as a celebration to promoter Curtis Jackson’s birthday, Dib (now 37-3, 21 KOs) kept... Read more
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