By Marc Livitz: It’s been nearly two years since we last saw Miguel Cotto in action. As the first Puerto Rican fighter to win titles across four divisions and now at the age of 36, he will look to pick up where he left off, so to speak when he faces Yoshihiro Kamegai of Japan on Saturday, August 26.
Former two weight world champion Carl Frampton has confirmed that he has parted Company with long time manager Barry McGuigan and promoter Cyclone Promotions.
Paul Hyland Jnr will defend his IBF European Lightweight title against Stephen Ormond at the SSE Arena Belfast,Northern Ireland on October 21
Neilson Boxing in association with Sanigar Events promote the first ever Commonwealth title fight in Swindon,Wiltshire in rematch between South Africa’s Michael Ramabeletsa and Bristol’s Ashley Lane.
Alberto “Explosivo” Machado scored an impressive unanimous decision victory against Carlos “The Solution” Morales to unify the NABO and NABA Super Featherweight titles in the main event of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at Ferial de Puerto Rico in Ponce.
J.R. Jowett reporting from ringside: Vinnie LaManna’s Rising Star Prom’ns ran a card at the active Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City on Saturday.
By Jason Pribila: Terence Crawford headlined Top Rank’s ESPN Card on Saturday Night. He used his biggest stage to date to put on an electric, history-making performance by stopping the over-matched Julius Indongo with a wicked body shot. In the process, Crawford has now accomplished his goal of unifying all four major belts in the junior welterweight division.
Oleksandr Gvozdyk scored a sixth round stoppage win over Craig Baker at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday.
After being ko’d by Terence Crawford in his junior welterweight unification battle in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday night Julius Indongo had nothing but praise for the new undisputed 140lbs king.
Samoa is set to play host to the ‘Showdown In Paradise’ featuring undefeated Cruiserweight prospect in Samoan/ Australian Jai Opetaia who is facing undefeated American Frankie Lopez for the vacant IBF Cruiserweight World youth title in Apia.
TORONTO, ON: Samuel Vargas and Ali Funeka made weight Friday in Toronto,Canada.
Unbeaten David Benavidez and fellow contender Ronald Gavril will battle for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight Championship on Friday, Sept. 8 in the headlining attraction of a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas.
Erik Skoglund met the Swedish press at an Open Gym session today in Stockholm,Sweden and talked about sparring Danish legend Mikkel Kessler and feeling confident ahead of facing Callum Smith in Liverpool,England on September 16.
By Marc Livitz: Call it whatever you like. Proclaim that it’s nonsense or that its potential damage to either boxing or mixed martial arts is bound to be irreparable.
Terence Crawford and Julius Indongo took part in a media conference call on Wednesday to discuss their world title showdown in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 19.
By Derek Bonnett Twenty-two year old Mexican, Luis "Pantera" Nery crashed Shinsuke Yamanaka’s bantamweight world title reign with a devastating performance that just may lead the dethroned champion toward retirement like his countryman Takashi Uchiyama and Takashi Miura last month. The challenger traveled from Tijuana, Mexico to Shimazu Arena in Kyoto, Japan.
Former World Champion Krzysztof Glowacki and fellow Polish star Mateusz Masternak have signed-up to act as reserves in the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight quarter-finals.
Another retiring announcement surprised the boxing world in the last hours. It is from the several times World Champion, Juan Manuel Marquez, who after much thought finally decided to give up boxing.
J.R. Jowett reporting from ringside: On Saturday, husband & wife promoters Jarod & Tatiana Moton (Nations Fight Night) ran the first-ever pro boxing show at the Howard Theatre in Washington, DC.
Kieran Farrell Promotions take his Friday Night show to the Middleton Arena on September 22 with a concert by the Fireflys guaranteed to knock your socks off if there’s anything left after the boxing.