Following the withdrawal of Anthony Buttigieg through injury from his Commonwealth super welterweight title defence against England’s Adam Harper, scheduled for the Melbourne Pavilion in Flemington, Australia, tonight (March 16)-The Commonwealth Boxing Council has allowed Michael Zerafa to step in and fight for the vacant title.
The British Boxing Board of Control have released their latest Championship news as of March 14, 2018.
The heavyweight showdown between Britain’s Dillian Whyte and Australian Lucas Browne for the WBC Silver title at The O2 in London on Saturday, March 24 will be televised live in the U.S. exclusively on HBO beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Mikaela Laurén will face Verena Kaiser for the IBO Female Super Welterweight title on April 21 in Sundsvall, Sweden.
The WBO welterweight title clash between champion Jeff Horn from Australia and American challenger Terence Crawford, scheduled for April 14, has been postponed due to Crawford suffering a reported hand injury.
John Ryder and Jamie Cox will clash in a crunch Super-Middleweight battle at The O2 in London on May 5.
Boston Boxing Promotions has announced a four round light heavyweight fight between Boston’s Julio Perez Campusano and Schenectady, New York’s Eric Abraham to take place on Saturday, April 28 at the Castleton Banquet and Conference Center in Windham, New Hampshire.
WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko is to step up in weight and challenge WBA lightweight titleholder Jorge Linares at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 12.
Luke Campbell has revealed that there is talk of him facing classy pound for pound top 10 world champion Vasyl Lomachenko.
By J.R. Jowett reporting from ringside: The old farming town of Lebanon, in Upstate Pennsylvania, has kept a low profile in boxing for years, always with a fighter or two and an occasional amateur show but never developing into an ongoing success story.
Australian Cruiserweight Jai Opetaia has achieved plenty in his 14-fight career to date. The 22 year old has secured State and National titles and is the current OPBF (WBC) and IBF World Youth Champion. The WBO has installed him at # 15 in their latest world ratings in recognition for his efforts.
Despite being 10 years younger than British Heavyweight Champion Sam Sexton, challenger Hughie Fury believes his experience against WBO Champ Joe Parker will take him to victory when they clash on Saturday, 12th May at the Macron Stadium, Premier Suite in Bolton.
By Marc Livitz at ringside in San Antonio, TX: Richard Commey pounded his way to a sixth round technical knockout victory over Alejandro Luna in the opening contest of a Showtime Extreme telecast at the Freeman Coliseum in an elimination bout for the IBF world lightweight title.
By Marc Livitz at ringside in San Antonio, TX: Local favorite Mario Barrios gave the crowd at the Freeman Coliseum a reason to celebrate and scream for joy. He scored a technical knockout victory over Eudy Bernardo just forty-five seconds in the second round.
By Marc Livitz at ringside in San Antonio, TX: Saturday was a different story compared to May of last year. This time, Rances Barthelemy had no answer for the nonstop output thrown at him by Kiryl Relikh
By Marc Livitz at ringside in San Antonio, TX: Mikey Garcia put on a superb performance on Saturday night in San Antonio as he claimed his fourth world title in as many divisions with a resounding unanimous decision win over Sergey Lipinets at the Freeman Coliseum.
WBO featherweight champ Oscar Valdez, 24-0-(19), retained his title via 12 round unanimous decision in a real war against British challenger Scott Quigg at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on Saturday night.
Robert "The Nordic Nightmare" Helenius is to fight Yuri Bykhautsou on Saturday, March 17. The fight is part of the Yakuza Fight Gala in the Estonian town of Rakvere.
Scott Quigg failed to make the 126lbs featherweight limit at the weigh in Friday for his WBO title challenge against Oscar Valdez at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on Saturday.
Erislandy Lara, the longest reigning world champion at 154-pounds, will clash with IBF champion "Swift" Jarrett Hurd in a super welterweight title unification at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.