TJ Doheny has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing USA and will make the first defense of his IBF Super-Bantamweight title at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York on Friday January 18.
World ranked lightweight contender "Ferocious" George Kambosos Jnr. returns to the ring when he faces Rolando Chinea (15-2-1, 6 KOs) on Saturday, January 19, in a scheduled eight-rounder on the undercard to the Manny Pacquiao-Adrien Broner Welterweight World title clash at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
Alberto “Explosivo” Machado, 21-0-(17), will defend his WBA super featherweight title against Andrew “El Chango” Cancio, 19-4-2-(14), at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California on February 9.
Having recently moved from Miami to Las Vegas, hard-hitting light heavyweight Ahmed Elbiali shared his thoughts on training camp as he prepares to face Oklahoma’s Allan Green on Sunday, January 13 from the Microsoft Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California.
Abdul Khattab will have a familiar face in his corner when he enters the ring for his eight-round Scandinavian middleweight thriller against Oliver Flodin on January 19 at the Struer Energi Park in Denmark.
Female world champion Amanda "The Real Deal" Serrano will fight for a record seventh weight division world boxing title on Friday, January 18, 2019 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Chris Algieri believes he can return to World title level in 2019 – but the returning American knows that his dreams could be shattered by defeat against Danny Gonzalez on Friday January 18 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Marc Livitz: On occasion, the casual viewer of professional boxing may find it odd when the sport’s top attractions aren’t listed among the top names in the field. While houses, pubs and arenas may fill to thrill American audiences, it’s often across the Atlantic where the best talent lies, especially when bouts are set in a tournament format and not simple mandatory meetings set forth by various sanctioning bodies.
Multi-weight world champion and future Hall of Famer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs), has a goal. That goal is to knock out his next opponent, Cincinnati’s Adrien "The Problem" Broner (33-3-1, 24 KOs), when they collide on Saturday, January 19, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Former world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux will return to ring against Mexico’s Giovanni Delgado in an eight-round bout on Sunday, January 13 at the Microsoft Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
Demetrius Andrade has vowed to dominate the Middleweight division in 2019 – starting with the first defense of his WBO title against Artur Akavov on Friday, January 18 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York.
By Derek Gionta: It is that time of year again. 2018 was another eventful one in professional boxing. The year end is a good time for reflection of the good, bad, and ugly of the sport. We always have our fair share of new faces, great fights, bad decisions, emerging prospects, and noble contributors outside of the ring.
By Andy Rivera. The year of 2018 was a good one for boxing in the New Mexico region, the fans are still clamoring for the next Johnny Tapia or Danny Romero, a few made strides in the right direction by taking chances to showcase their skills so in time we may find out if one will shine.
Roy Jones, Jr. Boxing CEO-Co-Founder Keith Veltre has slammed the Professional Boxing Commission New Zealand (PBCNZ) regarding the controversial Joseph Parker vs. Alexander “The Great” Flores heavyweight fight, held earlier this month, due to numerous obvious low blows, resulting in Flores being knocked out in the third round.
New WBC flyweight champ Charlie Edwards has turned his thoughts towards unification fights after claiming the title in a huge upset against Cristofer Rosales at the 02 in London on December 22.
World heavyweight title contender Dillian Whyte has announced that he wants to fight WBA/IBF and WBO champion Anthony Joshua now but feels his fellow Briton may just seek easier paydays.
At the age of 36, veteran South African Morti Mthalane, 37-2-(25), retained his IBF flyweight title via 10th round retirement over Masahiro Sakamotom 13-2-(9),from Japan at the Wynn Palace Cotai, Macao in China on Monday.
Japanese puncher Hiroto Kyoguchi secured his second world title in Macao, China on Monday when he scored a 10th round tko win over current WBA light flyweight champ, Hekkie Budler.
By Derek Bonnett: Kazuto Ioka was eying a Comeback of the Year finish for 2018 and these eyes felt he pulled it off, but the ruling parties saw it differently.
Unbeaten former pound for pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather completely destroyed Japanese kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa in less than one round at the Saitama Arena in Saitama, Japan on Monday.