Manchester’s Matthew Hatton will make the first defence of the European welterweight on July 16th against Yuriy Nuzhnenko. It will take place in Bolton read more ...

Welterweight Matthew Hatton (39-4-2, 15 KOs) claimed the vacant European 147lb title with a twelve round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Gianluca Branco (43-3-1, 22 KOs) on Friday night at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England read more ...

Christian Cherchi of OPI 2000 and Richard Poxon of Hatton Promotions announced today that the vacant European welterweight title will be contested between Gianluca Branco (43-2-1, 22 KOs) and Matthew Hatton (38-4-2, 15 KOS). The fight will take place on March 26 in Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England. The winner will face Yuri Nuzhnenko. Hatton Promotions will promote the fight with SKY SPORTS televised live in UK and DAHLIA TV in Italy read more ...

Title clash in which on February 19th Yuri Nuzhnenko (30-1-1, 14 KOs) was expected to fight famous Italian pugilist Gianluca Branco (43-2-1, 22 КОs) for vacant EBU (European) welterweight title has been waived. As we reported earlier, Italian promotional company «OPI2000» which represents Branco won the purse bid and then the date and the venue of the fight were named by its representative. The next logical step from «OPI2000» was to send contract to Yuri Nuzhnenko and his promoters, i.e. «K2 East Promotions», however, the Italian side did not do it read more ...

Danish Palm Promotions won the purse bid for the fight for the vacant EBU super middleweight title between Mads Larsen and Brian Magee. Palm bid 303,303 EUR while Sauerland came in with an offer for 255,309 EUR. The fight goes ahead January 30 in Aarhus. In the chief support Lolenga Mock faces Medhi Bouadla for the vacant EU super middleweight title read more ...

Tomorrow in Cherkassy Sport Palace «Budivelnik» Yuri Nuzhnenko (29-1-1, 14 KOs), former WBA World welterweight champion will fight in a ten-rounder against solid Russian journeyman Vyacheslav Yakovenko (7-7-1, 3 КОs). On the eve of the fight Nuzhnenko spoke with us about his training for the upcoming clash, his plans for the fight and shared his plans for the future, especially taking into consideration his title bout against Gianluca Branco (43-2-1, 22 КОs). Nuzhnenko and Branco will claim vacant EBU (European) welterweight title read more ...

Another huge boxing tournament will be held «K2 East Promotions», promotional company of Klitschko brothers in Cherkassy Sport Palace «Budivelnik» on November 20th. The fight card is organized with the support of world famous brand «Nemiroff» and «Inter» media-group. The presser dedicated to the upcoming event which will be the 3rd altogether this year in Cherkassy was held in this beautiful city in the center of Ukraine read more ...

Today in Rome at EBU Headquarters, OPI 2000 (Salvatore and Christian Cherchi) won the purse bid to stage the vacant EBU welterweight championship fight between former European super lightweight champion Gianluca Branco and former WBA welterweight champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko. OPI 2000 won the bid with an offer of ?73,717, easily outpacing K2 East which offered ?21,172 read more ...

Turkish fighter Selcuk Aydin (19-0-0, 15 КОs) has recently vacated his EBU (European) welterweight title which he won in a clash against Jackson Osei Bonsu (30-3-0, 23 КОs) last July. In accordance with the decision of EBU the title which has now become vacant will be claimed by boxers with the highest rating: former EBU (European) light welterweight champion Gianluca Branco (43-2-1, 22 КОs) from Italy and former WBA World welterweight champion Yuri Nuzhnenko (29-1-1, 13 KOs), leading boxer of «K2 East Promotions» promotional company read more ...

Last night WBO Junior Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto (26-0, 22 ko's) stepped into the ring before an enthusiastic sold out crowd with more than one purpose in mind. The main objective was not only to show that he could beat a solid opponent in Gianlucca Branco (36-2-1, 19 ko's), but to prove in the process that he's got the maturity, the will and capability to come back from tough fights and long inactivity read more ...