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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
J. R. Jowett reporting from ringside: Hyper-active and ubiquitous promoter/matchmaker Marshall Kauffman (Kings Prom’ns) ran a 10-bout card of 4s & 6s promoting young talent, at Philadelphia’s Sugarhouse Casino on Friday.
Former three weight world champ Yuriorkas Gamboa edged 10 round majority decision win over Alexis Reyes at the Internacional Arena at the Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancun, Mexico on Saturday.
Hennessy Sports has announced the current undercard to support the l WBO Heavyweight title showdown between New Zealand based champion Joe Parker and challengerHughie Fury on Saturday 23rd September at the Manchester Arena in the north of England.
Main Events has announced the next installment of Mohegan Sun’s Rising Stars Boxing Series, set to take place on Thursday, October 5 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT.
There is no doubt that 2017 has two great protagonists. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin promise to make the best fight of the year on September 16th