The first contest of the World Boxing Super Series will be the cruiserweight quarter-final between WBO World Champion Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) and Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs) at the Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin on September 9th.
Three of Team GB’s Rio Olympians Joshua Buatsi, Lawrence Okolie and Joe Cordina continue their pro journey’s in the third edition of the JDNXTGEN series on Friday September 1 at York Hall in Bethnal Green.
Katie Taylor says she’s itching to break into the US market when she makes her Stateside debut in Brooklyn on Saturday night (July 29)
Next week, two-division world champion and pound for pound superstar Vasyl Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs), of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, who has won his last five fights by knockout, returns to a Los Angeles ring for the first time in over three years when he headlines an all-action card, on Saturday, August 5, at Microsoft Theater
The rematch between IBF and WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and former titleholder Wladimir Klitschko has been pencilled in to take place in Las Vegas on November 11, assuming Klitschko triggers the rematch clause he is entitled to after he was defeated by the Briton back in April .
Team Sauerland has signed British cruiserweight prospect Mikael Lawal on a long-term promotional contract.
Paul Butler has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing and will face bitter rival Stuart Hall in an eliminator for the WBA Bantamweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on September 30
Paul Butler vs. Stuart Hall – eliminator for the WBA World Bantamweight title and rematch of their clash for Hall’s IBF crown in June 2014 which Butler won via split decision
Champion Ryoichi Taguchi and challenger Robert Barrera completed the weigh-in ceremony before their fight tomorrow for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Flyweight World Title. Both the Japanese and the Colombian made weight in Tokyo, Japan, and are only waiting for the first bell to start the fight this Sunday.
World Boxing Association (WBA) Interim Champion Dayana Cordero retained her Bantamweight belt this Friday, after beating Argentine Julieta Andrea Cardozo by unanimous decision in Barranquilla, Colombia.
The Riga Arena in Latvia will play host to the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight quarter-final bout between reigning and defending WBC Champion Mairis Briedis (22-0, 18 KOs) and Irish-based and Cuban-born Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KOs) on September 30th.
Former multi-division world champion and Mexican boxing legend Jhonny González, 64-10-(54), destroyed Filipino Jessie “Jimdomar” Rosales, 21-1-1-(9), inside two rounds at the Lienzo Charro in Hidalgo Del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico.
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has ordered the start of negotiations between lightweight champ Jorge Linares and Luke Campbell.
The World Boxing Association Championships Committee has suspended the American boxer Shannon Briggs for six months after recording positive dope test on May 14th.
Lightweight contender Antonio Moran, 22-2-(15), scored a sixth round stoppage win over Guadalupe Rosales, 34-13-(18), at the Auditorio Blackberry, Mexico City, Mexico on Friday.
Amanda Serrano retained her WBO 122lbs title at Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino in San Juan Puerto Rico on Friday by scoring a third round tko win over Hungarian challenger Edwin Kiss.
Main Events have signed Brooklyn super welterweight Frank "Notorious" Galarza (17-2-2, 11 KOs). Galarza, 31, made his professional debut in 2010 as a highly-prized prospect. He built up a fan base in the New York area with his all-action style, while remaining undefeated for six years. He suffered two losses following some inactivity and promotional issues. Now, with a new promoter and a new manager, Galarza is ready to resume his climb to the top of the 154 lb. division.
After his resent destruction of Christopher Brooker, a second round KO shown live on PBC on FS1, undefeated light heavyweight, Ahmed Elbiali is looking to step up in competition. With the 175 lbs. division loaded with talent, Elbiali is looking to get ranked with a victory against a name fighter.
Former world champion Rau’shee Warren will return to the ring in a junior bantamweight world title eliminator against former 115-pound champion McJoe Arroyo as part of the undercard action on Saturday, July 29 from Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York.
All the boxers weighed in on Thursday ahead of their respective bout at the San Juan Ballroom at Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino on Friday.