Josh Taylor faces the toughest test of his unbeaten 12 fight career at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday when he faces former world champion Viktor Postol from Ukraine.
In the main event of the Broadway Boxing card on Thursday, Brooklyn’s Mikkel Lespierre expertly picked apart and gradually broke down Gustavo Vittori of Concordia, Argentina.
Martin Murray lashed out at WBC Silver Middleweight Champion Roberto Garcia ahead of their title clash on Saturday night at London’s o2 Arena.
Lewis Ritson has signed a new five fight deal with Matchroom Boxing.
Promoter Frank Warren held the final press conference on Wednesday ahead of Saturday’s o2 Arena show headlined by Roberto Garcia’s WBC Silver Middleweight Title defence against Martin Murray.
Danny Roman successfully defended his WBA super bantamweight title with a one-sided 12 round points win against No. 1 rated challenger Moises Flores Saturday night from Friso, Texas.
Ohara Davies appears to have rekindled his mojo after signing with Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren earlier this year.
Lewis Ritson says he feels unstoppable after producing another stunning display of power to destroy Paul Hyland Jnr in one round to take home the British Lightweight title for keeps.
Carl Frampton will realise a career-long dream when he defends his WBO Interim Featherweight Title against Luke Jackson on the pitch at Windsor Park, Belfast, on August 18.
By Dmytro Mossienko at ringside: Ukraine’s hard punching Artem Dalakian from southern city of Dnepr stopped top ranked contender Sirichai Thaiyen from Thailand in round eight of their championship fight on the ring in Parkovy Conventional Centre in uptown Kiev on Sunday.
By Derek Bonnett Once again, an active pugilist proved the point that a fighter talking about retirement is already retired. Cristian "El Diamante" Mijares, a thrice super flyweight titlist, told fans back in March that he planned to end his career in 2018 and he said good-bye to his fans in Cancun as he was certain he would never compete in that same ring again. As fate would have it, Mijares should have said good-bye to everyone that night and spared himself a crushing defeat.
- Rising Hartford folk hero Richard "Popeye The Sailor Man" Rivera kept his pro record perfect (8-0) intact, knocking out his tough opponent,Jaime "Zarco" Solorio in the eighth round to capture the vacant ABF Continental cruiserweight on Saturday.
Angel “Tito” Acosta retained his WBO light flyweight title with 12th round stoppage over challenger Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on Saturday night.
J.R. Jowett reporting from ringside: Maryland boxer/promoter Tony Jeter (Jeter Prom’ns & GQ Prom’ns) returned to action on 6/16/18 after a short hiatus. The show was billed as being in “Laurel”, but heaven knows where we really were
Weights And Running Order From Newcastle
The official weigh in was held Friday for Saturday night’s 12-round main event between WBO Light Flyweight Champion Tito Acosta and challenger Carlos "Chocorroncito" Buitrago airing live on PPV from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
Unbeaten British super middleweight Zach Parker returns to action on July 14 in an eight-round contest with Geard Ajetovic on the undercard of Tyron Zeuge’s WBA World title defence against Rocky Fielding in Offenburg, Germany.
As expected British heavyweight prospect Joe Joyce barley broke sweat in taking out late replacement Ivica Bacurin inside a round at the York Hall in London on Friday night.
Lewis Ritson wins the British Lightweight Title outright with a devastating first round knockout over Paul Hyland Jnr whilst Sunderland’s Josh Kelly wins the Commonwealth Welterweight Championship against Australia’s Kris George.
Martin Murray can start dreaming of a rematch against Gennady Golovkin if he can defeat Roberto Garcia for the Mexican’s WBC silver middleweight title at the 02 in London on June 23.
