By Juan Francisco Arias: The World Boxing Association (WBA) granted a special permit to Yunier Dorticos, current Cruiserweight champion of the body, to unify his belt against Murat Gassiev, International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion of the division, on February 3.
After a successful 2017 Alfredo ’Ojo’ Santiago and prospect, Subriel Matías Matthew, will be defending their respective undefeated records on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Municipal Equestrian Park of Fajardo, Puerto Rico .
At the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield,England this Friday(Feb 2) Barnsley’s Josh Wale will make the second defence of his British bantamweight crown against Bobby Jenkinson.
IBF Cruiserweight Champion Murat Gassiev and WBA titleholder Yunier Dorticos entertained a big crowd at the public workout in Sochi before the Ali Trophy semi-final on Saturday at the Bolshoy Ice Dome.
Isaac Chamberlain wants to celebrate three years as a pro by inflicting a first career defeat to Lawrence Okolie at The O2 in London on Saturday night.
The rematch between WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO Middleweigh Champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin and Mexican boxing icon Saul ’Canelo" Alvarez will take place on Saturday, May 5.
Lee Selby will make the fifth defence of his IBF Featherweight Championship against Mandatory Challenger Josh Warrington at the home of Leeds United, Elland Road on Saturday 19th May
Ohara Davies has signed an exclusive promotional deal with Promoter Frank Warren and will make his BT Sport and BoxNation debut at The 02 on Saturday 14th April.
Undefeated super lightweight Montana Love will face Philadelphia prospect Sam Teah in the opening bout from the WinnaVegas Casino Resort in Sloan, Iowa on February 2.
DiBella Entertainment (DBE) has signed undefeated heavyweight prospect Oleeksandr "Sasha" Teslenko to an exclusive promotional contract. Teslenko will make his DBE debut on Broadway Boxing, next Wednesday, February 7, at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in Times Square, New York City.
IBF Cruiserweight Champion Murat Gassiev and WBA titleholder Yunier Dorticos met at a press conference Tuesday before their Ali Trophy semi-final at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia on Saturday.
Undefeated super middleweight Ronald Ellis is preparing in Los Angeles for his main event matchup against fellow undefeated Junior Younan that headlines a Showtime televised quadrupleheader on Friday, Feb. 2, from Winna Vegas Casino in Sloan, Iowa.
While Jai Opetaia is relatively unknown on the international scene, hopefully that is all about to change as his manager Michael Francis today announced that an official challenge has been lodged with the Commonwealth Boxing Council for Opetaia to challenge current Champion Luke Watkins.
Tom Farrell makes a return to the ring on March 10th, when he headlines an exciting night of boxing at Liverpool’s BT Convention Centre.
By Dmytro Mossienko: Ukraine’s Cruiserweight WBO cruiserweight Champion Olexander (Alex) Usyk won majority decision against Latvia’s first ever WBC Cruiserweight Champion Mairis Briedis.
By Stephen Tobey: WINDHAM, N.H. – With Tommy O’Connell’s hometown of Haverhill, Mass. just over the state line from the Castleton Banquet and Conference Center, a significant percentage of the crowd on hand for Saturday’s Boston Boxing promotions was there to see him make his pro debut.
Former weight world champion Zab “Super” Judah returned on Saturday night to score a unanimous 10 round decision win over Noel Mejia Rincon at the Grey Eagle Resort and Casino in Calgary, Canada.
Jorge Linares made the necessary adjustments at the Forum in Inglewood, California on Saturday to retain his WBA lightweight crown against Filipino born boxer Mercito Gesta.
Frenchman Nicholas Salsi won his fourth fight in a row to capture the vacant WBF Eurasia Cruiserweight title on Thursday in Grenoble, only a few kilometres from his home-town Pont-de-Claix.
Zimbabwean Elvis Moyo continued the impressive resurrection of his career on Friday night, January 26, as he retained the WBF All Africa Heavyweight title on home ground at the City Sports Centre in Harare.