By Derek Bonnett Vasyl Lomachenko put his WBO 130-pound title on the line against Miguel Marriaga at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA. The match-up, shown live on ESPN without a premium price tag, did little to inspire the imagination, but it did conjure my recollection of another boxer I had not thought of in some time: Jimmy Garcia.
J.R. Jowett reporting from ringside: The Philly-AC area is infested with promoters, and on 8/5/17 Sacred Downing (MIS Downing Prom’ns) moved from Bristol, PA, to The Claridge in Atlantic City, and teamed with Roy Jones’ Square Ring Prom’ns for her second card.
In a dominating and emphatic performance, hometown favorite Claressa Shields captured the WBC and IBF Super Middleweight World Championships in just her fourth professional fight Friday night.
WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko and challenger Miguel Marriaga both made weight Saturday ahead of their world title clash at the Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California on Saturday.
WBC Super Middleweight Champion Nikki Adler and hometown favorite, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields officially made weight on Thursday, one day before they headline a doubleheader tomorrow/Friday, Aug. 4 on Showtime (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from MGM Grand Detroit.
The World Boxing Association Championships Committee has ordered the teams behind Anthony Joshua, current Heavyweight Champion, and Cuban Luis Ortiz, number one in the ranking , to start negotiations for a fight between them.
CAMP LIFE, the digital series produced exclusively by Top Rank®, returned Wednesday with Episode No. 2 of the three-part feature on two-division world champion and top pound for pound fighter VASYL "Hi-Tech" LOMACHENKO.
CAMP LIFE, the digital series produced exclusively by Top Rank®, returns today with Episode No. 3 of the three-part feature on two-division world champion and top pound for pound fighter VASYL "Hi-Tech" LOMACHENKO. Designed to give a behind-the-scenes look at training camps of fighters in the Top Rank stable, CAMP LIFE gives fans a real taste of training camp as fighters prepare for their battles.
On Wednesday it was announced that an agreement had been reached for the rematch between WBA regular middleweight champion Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam and challenger Ryota Murata following N’Dam’s controversial win earlier his year.
DiBella Entertainment has signed top rated lightweight contender Richard Commey of Accra, Ghana, to an exclusive promotional contract it was announced today by its President Lou DiBella and Commey’s manager Michael Amoo Bediako .
Last weekend’s junior welterweight clash between Mikey Garcia and Adrien Broner, televised live on Showtime, was watched by 937,000 viewers overtaking Showtime’s 881,000 average.
The August 19 Lee Baxter Promotions card at the Brampton Powerade Centre isn’t just a showcase for one of the most successful Ontario fighters of the past ten years in Samuel Vargas, it’s a proving ground for some of Canada’s best prospects as well.
Ever wondered what it is like to see inside the training camp of a world champion boxer? Wonder no more because promoter Top Rank has produced an exclusive behind the scenes digital series looking at the training camps of their promoted fighters.
Ryan Burnett will face Zhanat Zhakiyanov in an historic unification clash for the IBF and WBA Super World Bantamweight titles at the SSE Arena in Belfast on Saturday October 21.
On the day that tickets for the opening World Boxing Super Series Super-Middleweight quarter-final between Callum Smith and Erik Skoglund go on sale, the Liverpool fighter spoke of how long-term ambition has brought him to the edge of greatness.
An official eliminator for the British Super Middleweight Championship between undefeated prospect Zach Parker and the former Commonwealth Super Middleweight Champion Luke Blackledge will take place on September 16th at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.
When junior welterweight world champions Terrence Crawford and Julius Indongo clash at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 19, four world titles will be on the line.
Despite losing comprehensively on points over 12 rounds against Mikey Garcia on Saturday Adrien ’The Problem’ Broner still believes he is the ’can man’.
By Ron Valderrama: Sadam Ali defeated a crafty Johan Perez last night in Tucson, picking up the vacant WBA International welterweight title. The event was held at the Casiino Del Sol and was presented by Golden Boy Promotions in Association with Showdown Promotions and televised on ESPN
The term "Theatre of the Unexpected" is often used in Boxing, and on Friday night July 28th at the Paramount in Huntington, Long Island, NY, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing certainly provided the capacity crowd with something they won’t soon forget.