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.
Oleksandr Usyk and Mairis Briedis made weight Friday ahead of their cruisweight unifiacation bout at the Riga Arena in Riga,Latvia on Saturday.
Local welterweight Anthony Karperis out pointed Nelson Lara over 10 rounds at The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island, New York on Friday night.
Seven undefeated prospects have been added to an already-stacked undercard for Carl Frampton’s April 21 headline bout against Nonito Donaire in Belfast.
Inglewood, California, will be the setting for two WBA championship fights this Saturday.
Local hero Ronny Rios heads home to take on Armenian contender Azat “Crazy A” Hovhannisyan in the 10-round main event of the March 9 event at the Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif.
A decision has been made to cancel the event scheduled to take place on Saturday 10th February at the Copper Box Arena after recent changes to the card diminished its strength.
Undefeated WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay "The Bronze Bomber’’ Wilder will face his toughest opponent to date when he meets hard-hitting Cuban southpaw Luis "The Real King Kong’’ Ortiz Saturday, March 3 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn,New York.
Former two-time world welterweight champion, Kermit Cintron has been added to an already deep card when he takes on George Sosa in a ten-round bout on Tuesday, February 13th at The Sands Bethlehem Event Center.
WBO-cruiserweight champion Aleksandr Usyk and WBC-titleholder Mairis Briedis entertained the masses at an open training before their Ali Trophy semi-final clash on Saturday at the Arena Riga, Latvia.
Australian promoter Lynden Hosking announced his seventh installment of Punches at the Park, scheduled for February 24 at the St Kilda City Hall in Melbourne, Australia.
By Stephen Tobey: After a 10-year amateur career that led to two USA Boxing Elite championship finals, Julio Perez Campusano is ready to turn pro.
WBA middleweight champ Ryota Murata will defend his title against Italy’s former European champion Emanuele Felice Blandamura in Yokohama, Japan, on April 15.
Bronze medalist from the 2012 Olympics Nico Hernandez has fully recovered from an injury and will return on Saturday, February 10, against Hungarian champion Jozsef "Little Red" Ajtai in the the eight-round main event for the vacant International Boxing Association (IBA) Americas flyweight title at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas.
Promoter Frank Warren is delighted to confirm that contracts have been signed for the IBF Featherweight Championship between Champion Lee Selby and the IBF Mandatory Challenger Josh Warrington. The fight will be shown live and exclusive on BT Sport and BoxNation on Saturday May 19.
Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin is back in action on January 27 fighting on the undercard of the World Boxing Super Series semi-final between cruiserweight world champions Aleksandr Usyk and Mairis Briedis in Riga.