J .R. Jowett reporting from ringside: The Great J. Russell Peltz teamed as usual with BAM Boxing and Joe Hand Prom’ns, plus Lou DiBella (DiBella Entertainment), for a show on Friday night at the 2300 Arena in S. Philadelphia. As usual, the place was just about sold out.
Luke Blackledge has told Callum Smith that his World title dreams will be destroyed on Saturday as he plans to rip the British Super-Middleweight title from him at the Manchester Arena in the north of England.
World ranked heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev forced former WBC heavyweight kingpin Samuel Peter to retire at the end of the third round on Saturday night at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Two world titles changed hands Saturday night at the MegaSport Arena in Moscow, Russia when Murat Gassiev defeated Denis Lebedev via 12 round split decision to claim the IBF cruiserweight title while Julius Indongo shocked Eduard Troyanovsky to claim the IBF junior welterweight crown.
WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders may have retained his title at the Paisley Lagoon Centre in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday night but he was far from impressive in out-pointing Artur Akavov over 12 rounds.
By Stephen Tobey at ringside in Lincoln,R. The last time Shelly Vincent fought, she thought she won,The judges had a different perspective. On Friday, Vincent came back with an eight-round unanimous decision win over Marquita Lee of Novato, Calif. in a junior lightweight bout at the Twin River Events Center.
By Ron Valerrama, Belasco Theater, Los Angeles - Abraham Lopez retained his WBA-NABA featherweight title, defeating veteran Mexican fighter Sergio Lopez in a very entertaining match that went the 10 round distance.
Richard Commey is leaving Moscow and heading home after suffering a hotly contested battle and controversial 12 round split decision loss to Russia’s Denis Shafikov Son Friday night in their 12-round IBF Lightweight Title Eliminator.
A busy weekend of championship boxing kicked off with two fights on Friday night (December 2), taking place in Cebu City, Philippines and Cairo, Egypt respectively. Both match-ups saw local favorites emerge victorious from entertaining bouts.
Following the expiration of Josh Warrington’s promotional contract with Matchroom Boxing, promoter Eddie Hearn has made the following statement.
Ghanaian lightweight star Richard Commey faces two-time World title challenger Denis Shafikov in a final eliminator for the IBF title tonight at the Tough Fight Gym in Moscow.
By Andy Rivera: To say the Sanchez Brothers; Josh and Jason are fighters is an understatement. In the past year the Albuquerque, NM based boxers have suffered the loss of older brother Alan who passed in an automobile accident in 2015 and then the family home was destroyed by a fire earlier this year.
Dave Allen says he will make Luis Ortiz look like an old man when they clash at the Manchester Arena on December 10.
Kubrat Pulev and Samuel Peter both weighed in today ahead of their WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight title clash tomorrow night at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Undefeated prospect Mario Barrios is set to make his lightweight debut when he fights Argentina’s Claudio Rosendo Tapia in undercard action on Saturday, December 10 from Galen Center at USC in Los Angeles.
WBO middleweight champ Billy Joe Saunders and challenger Artur Akavov both made the contracted weight ahead of their title clash at the Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley, Scotland on Saturday.
By Marc Livitz: Whether as boxer, promoter or both, Bernard Hopkins has been a staple of the boxing vanguard for the better part of two decades. The former undisputed middleweight champion was victorious in twenty consecutive title defenses over 11 years before he made the choice to jump 15 pounds to the north and test his luck as a light heavyweight.
Undefeated junior welterweight Logan Cotton McGuinness will take one more step in his comeback and march towards a world title before the end of the year.
Kubrat Pulev and Samuel Peter performed a public workout today at the Park Center shopping mall in Sofia ahead of their WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight title fight on Saturday night at the Arena Armeec.
The Nordic Fight Night starts the New Year in style with a Danish doubleheader at the Struer Energy Park on January 21 featuring the hotly anticipated return of super middleweight star Patrick Nielsen and a hometown title fight for the dynamite-punching Dina Thorslund.