Michael McKinson

Michael McKinson Returns, Boxes Past Lawson To Unanimous Decision

Chris Billam-Smith’s WBO cruiserweight title defence against Mateusz Masternak will headline tonight’s Sunday night show in Bournemouth but there were six fights on the undercard before the world title action.

Billam-Smith, Masternak Both Within Cruiserweight Limit For WBO Title Fight In Bournemouth

Chris Billam-Smith extended his arms and soaked in the ambiance as he stepped off the scale ahead of his second straight hometown headliner. The reigning WBO cruiserweight title clocked in at a finely-tuned 199 pounds ahead of his maiden title def...

Chris Billam-Smith vs. Mateusz Masternak - Undercard Information

The stage is set for another night of boxing in Bournemouth as local hero Chris Billam-Smith makes a return to defend his WBO world cruiserweight title against Mateusz Masternak on Sunday, December 10th live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Pe...

Avanesyan's Trainer Says McKinson FIght Not Happening For Now, Hopes it Happens in 2024

David Avanesyan will not be fighting Michael McKinson. Not this side of Christmas anyway. Hopefully, negotiations can be restarted early next year because it is a fight that make too much sense not to happen. Two welterweights who have found it diffi...

Michael McKinson Reacts To David Avanesyan: I’m Very Confident I Beat Him

Michael McKinson has spent months waiting for his phone to ring. On Wednesday, the welterweight contender got a nice surprise. Suddenly, he was inundated with notifications as people tagged him into a BoxingScene.com article in which the world ranked...

David Avanesyan Has No Problem With Answering The Call of Micheal McKinson

David Avanesyan is plotting a route back into world title contention and the 35 year old Armenian is ready to return to some productive hunting grounds. Avanesyan (29-4-1, 17 KO’s) trains in Newark, Nottinghamshire and has spent a good part of his ca...

Okolie-Billam-Smith Results: Sam Eggington, Karriss Artingstall Win Bouts

Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth - In a junior middleweight scrap, Sam Eggington (34-8, 20 KOs) broke down and brutally stopped undefeated Joe Pigford (20-1, 19 KOs) in the fifth round.

Michael McKinson Bounces Back With Win on Billam-Smith-Xhojhaj Card

Michael McKinson got back to winning ways after his defeat to Vergil Ortiz Jr in August as he claimed a six-round decision over Nicaragua’s Roberto Arriaza on the Billam-Smith-Xhojhaj undercard in Bournemouth.

Dan Azeez vs. Rocky Fielding To Have Commonwealth Strap at Stake

‘Super’ Dan Azeez will fight Rocky Fielding for the vacant Commonwealth light-heavyweight championship title when they battle on the beach at the Bournemouth International Centre on Saturday, December 17th

McKinson On Ortiz Loss: I Went Into The Lion's Den With No Fear So I’m Proud Of Myself

Michael McKinson knows he proved his worth in his latest venture inside the ring even if he doesn’t have a win to show for it. The 28-year-old British southpaw came up short against Vergil Ortiz Jr. in their 12-round welterweight bout last Saturday n...

Vergil Ortiz Maintains His Forward March: Weekend Afterthoughts

Vergil Ortiz might be no worse than the second most promising young welterweight in boxing. Time may tell that he was the best of a bunch that also includes the talent Jarron Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis.

Vergil Ortiz Eyes Quick Ring Return: I Want To Fight As Often As Possible

Vergil Ortiz Jr. can now move on from the longest layoff of his career. A 51-week ring absence ended this past Saturday for Ortiz, who scored a ninth-round stoppage of England’s Michael McKinson in their battle of unbeaten welterweights. The nearly y...

McKinson: I Know I Was Losing, Never A Time I Thought I Was Going To Get Stopped

Michael McKinson didn’t get the win or even fully accomplish a secondary goal of becoming the first to go twelve full rounds with Vergil Ortiz Jr.

Vergil Ortiz: I Was Headhunting, Should Have Been Chopping Down That Tree

Vergil Ortiz Jr. was less bothered by how long it took to produce his latest victory than the approach he took to get the job done. By his own admission, the 24-year-old contender from the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie, Texas got ahead of himself in...

Vergil Ortiz Drops Michael McKinson Twice, Stops Him in Ninth

By Jake Donovan - Vergil Ortiz Jr. ended the longest layoff of his career with his deepest knockout win to date. The rising welterweight star went past the eighth round for the first time, though not much longer than that in scoring a ninth-round sto...