Kash Farooq

Kash Farooq, 26-Years-Old, Retires From Boxing

Kash Farooq, the world-ranked former British bantamweight champion, has retired from the ring suddenly at the age of 26. The Scottish boxer’s retirement was announced by the St Andrew’s Sporting Club, which had been his promoter prior to Farooq signi...

Lee McGregor, Kash Farooq Reach Agreement For Rematch

A deal has been struck for Lee McGregor and Kash Farooq to meet in a long-awaited all-Scottish rematch for the British, Commonwealth and European bantamweight titles. 

Hopey Price, Kash Farooq, Raymond Ford Get Wins at Fight Camp

Tall Leeds southpaw Hopey Price extended his unbeaten record to five fights against Italy’s game but limited Claudio Grande and sealed the show by dropping him with the last punch of the fight, the final Fight Camp show of 2021 in Essex. 

Buatsi-Bolotniks DAZN Weigh-In Report From Matchroom HQ Garden

There were no issues at the scale for the second season finale of Matchroom Fight Camp. All boxers made weight for Saturday’s which airs live on DAZN from Matchroom Boxing HQ Garden in Brentwood, Essex, England. In the main event, 2016 Olympic Bronze...

Joshua Buatsi-Ricards Bolotniks Headlines August 14 Matchroom Fight Camp Card

Joshua Buatsi is set to transition from rising prospect to red hot contender. The 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist steps up in class, as he faces Latvia's Ricards Bolotniks in a regional light heavyweight title fight. The bout headlines the August 14 edi...

Kash Farooq Works Hard, Wins Decision Over Espinoza at Copper Box

Kash Farooq continued his impressive climb up the bantamweight rankings, showing a high workrate and some great punch variety in recording a unanimous ten-round decision over Nicaragua’s tough Alexander Espinoza on the Benn-Vargas undercard at the Co...

Benn-Vargas DAZN/Sky Sports Weigh-In Report From Copper Box

Conor Benn aims to continue his steady progression from prospect to contender. The second-generation boxer takes his next step up in class, as he faces Canada’s Samuel Vargas in a scheduled 10-round regional welterweight title fight. Benn and Vargas...

Povetkin-Whyte PPV Card: Wardley-Molina, Cheeseman-Metcalf, Campbell Hatton

The Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte rematch on March 6, for the interim-WBC heavyweight title, will headline a Sky Box Office show. It will be supported by Ted Cheeseman bidding to regain the British super welterweight title as he faces JJ Metca...

Jack Cullen Gets Off The Floor, Stuns John Docherty By Decision

Jack Cullen got off the floor to produce the best win of his career as he snapped the unbeaten record of John Docherty, beating the Scot via a unanimous points decision in their British super-middleweight title eliminator on the Katie Taylor-Miriam G...

Taylor-Gutierrez DAZN Weigh-In Report From SSE Wembley

One of the sport’s leading attractions will enter her second straight fight behind closed doors. Irish superstar Katie Taylor (16-0, 6KOs) attempts the ninth defense of at least one lightweight title, as she faces mandatory challenger Miriam Gutierre...

Tommy McCarthy Edges Bilal Laggoune To Capture EBU Title

Tommy McCarthy called out IBF cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis after claiming the vacant European cruiserweight title as he boxed his way to a majority points decision over Bilal Laggoune on the undercard of the Oleksandr Usyk-Derek Chisora bill...

Usyk-Chisora, Kambosos-Selby Weigh-In Report From London

Oleksandr Usyk and Derek Chisora are ready to take their friendly rivalry to the ring. A heavyweight clash seemingly in the works for most of 2020 is finally set to headline this Saturday at SSE Wembley Arena in London, England. The bout had been pre...

Kash Farooq Promises To Show Improvements on Usyk-Chisora Card

Kash Farooq is promising to bring something different to the table when he finally makes his highly anticipated Matchroom debut against Mexico's Martin Tecuapetla at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday October 31, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the...

Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin in Play For August 15

Dillian Whyte’s interim WBC heavyweight title clash with Alexander Povetkin looks likely to go ahead on August 15 in the grounds of Matchroom’s headquarters in Essex after the Manchester show that was to have included it was formally cancelled.

Lewis Ritson vs. Miguel Vazquez Set, April 4 in Newcastle

Lewis Ritson will clash with former long-reigning World Champion Miguel Vazquez on a huge night of action at the Utilita Arena Newcastle on Saturday April 4, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. Geordie favourite Ritson (20-1, 12 KOs) pro...