By Derek Bonnett The lengthy career of former world titlist Gamaliel "Platano" Diaz appears to have reached its end point at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA. The cagey veteran took on twenty-two year old prospect Robert Manzanarez in a scheduled eight round junior welterweight bout on Friday, February 17.
Adrien Broner and Adrian Granados both made weight ahead of their welterweight clash at the : Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday.
Danish amateur star Frederik Hede Nielsen has signed a long-term promotional contract with Europe’s leading boxing stable Team Sauerland.
Joey Gamache believes Klara Svensson is ready to pull off an upset when she challenges female pound-for-pound number one Cecilia Brækhus on Friday, February 24 at the Oslo Spektrum in Norway.
In an age when it sometimes seems image is everything in boxing, Sam ‘Bullet’ Bowen is a throwback to a time when fighters just fought.
Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, president of the World Boxing Association (WBA), said Wednesday at a press conference held in Panama City, Panama, that the WBA already has 8 divisions, of the 17 existing in boxing, with a single champion.
Undefeated rising star Erickson "Hammer" Lubin hosted media at his gym in his hometown of Orlando Thursday as he prepares to face Jorge Cota Saturday, March 4 in a 12-round super welterweight world title eliminator at the Barclays Cnterin Brooklyn New York.
WBA and IBO junior middleweight champion, Erislady "The American Dream" Lara, is truly living the American dream since he has now completed all the eligibility requirements to become a U.S citizen.
Reece Bellotti will face Dai Davies in an eliminator for the British Featherweight title at York Hall, Bethnal Green in the first of Matchroom Boxing’s NXTGEN series on Friday March 17
By Jon Briggs: The latest edition of Debutant Watch takes a trip to Reading,England to catch up with former Queensbury Boxing League fighter Dan Neville.
Undefeated world champion Keith “One Time” Thurman hosted the boxing media at his training camp in St.
Danny Garcia palyed hosted to the Philadelphia boxing media at his training camp on Wednesday as he prepares to face fellow welterweight world champion Keith "One Time" Thurman in the main event on Saturday, March 4 from Barclays Center, in Brooklyn,New York.
WBO Lightweight Champion Terry Flanagan and his latest challenger Petr Petrov came face-to-face at a press conference Wednesday at the home of Premier League giants Manchester City ahead of their showdown at the Manchester Arena on Saturday 8th April
Liverpool’s Liam Smith might have conceded his WBO junior middleweight title and unbeaten record to Mexican megastar ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in Texas last September (ko9), but his coach Joe Gallagher insists that, still just 28, ‘Beefy’ is positively frothing to re-assert his domestic dominance.
Six prospects will round out the Showtime televised bouts for Salita Promotions’ “Detroit City Gold” on Friday, March 10, at MGM Grand in Detroit,Michegan.
Two-division world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko WBA super featherweight titleholder Jason Sosa will battle for Lomachenko’s WBO super featherweight title, Saturday, April 8, at The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD.
Liam Smith and Liam Williams concluded their media tour Tuesday at the Cardiff City hall in Wales ahead of their all-British showdown at the Manchester Arena on Saturday 8th April
Mikkel Nielsen faces a tough test in just his third professional fight on March 18 at the Ceres Arena in Aarhus as he takes on Switzerland’s Flavio Turelli in a six-round junior middleweight contest on the undercard of Dennis Ceylan’s European title fight against Britain’s Isaac Lowe.
By J.R .Jowett: The Last of the Tough Jews has passed to Eternity. Yes, there have been Jewish champions since, and there always will be. But Marty Feldman was the last of the subculture of great American Jewish fighters whose epicenter was NY’s Lower East Side and who spanned four decades from Abe Attell, Benny Bass, and Benny Leonard to Herbie Kronowitz, “Bummy” Davis, and Harold Green.
Junior middleweight rivals Liam Smith and Liam Williams faced-off at a press conference at the iconic Royal Liver Building in Liverpool, England on Monday ahead of their showdown on Saturday 8th April at the Manchester Arena