What happens when a pair of high-octane, 126-pound contenders with a combined record of 45-1 square off in the squared circle? You’re about to find out, as Premier Boxing Champions once again delivers top-notch Friday night boxing.
Wednesday’s two sessions at the Rio 2016 Boxing Tournament saw thirteen bouts across five weight categories, featuring a total of 35 different nations in action.
World light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev and his team took part in a Question and Answer session to discuss his November 19 ppv showdown unbeaten American Andre Ward.
Former world champion Marcos ’El Chino’ Maidana has officially announced his retirement from the sport of boxing. The Argentine boxer made the announcement on his Team Maidana Facebook page.
Tuesday’s two sessions of Olympic Games Boxing offered up eight thrilling Lightweight (60kg) and Middleweight (75kg) bouts, as well as a first taste of Rio 2016 action for four of the eighteen Super Heavyweights.
Unbeaten rising contender Miguel Flores has wrapped up training camp and is set to take on the toughest of his pro career as he faces once-beaten Ryan Kielcsweski in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN and ESPN Deportes Friday, August 12 from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
our weight classes were in action on Day Three of the Rio 2016 Boxing Competition, with eight crucial bouts deciding the quarter-finalists at Light Flyweight (49kg) and Heavyweight (91kg) as well four bouts at Welterweight (69kg) and Middleweight (75kg) across the two sessions.
Undefeated Swedish fighter Anthony Yigit returns to his native Stockholm on September 10 to face Armando Roblesin a ten-round light welterweight contest at the Hovet.
Undefeated Cruiserweight Contender Oleksandr Usyk is deep in to his training in the beautiful city of Bukovel, Ukraine for his world title showdown with WBO Cruiserweight Champion Krzystof Glowacki set for Saturday, September 17, 2016 at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland.
Light Heavyweight contender Yunieski Gonzalez returned to the winning column after two consecutive heart breaking defeats to former world champ Jean Pascaland undefeated contender Vyacheslav Shabransky, scoring an explosive 1st round KO over the dangerous Brazilian Jackson Junior, in Miami, FL, on Saturday night.
The Men’s Lightweight (60kg), Welterweight (69kg) and Light Heavyweight (81kg) boxers took to the ring on Sunday morning to begin a second busy day with 20 bouts of Olympic boxing. Eighteen nationalities were represented across the morning’s ten contests, and it was Kenya’s Rayton Okwiri and the Ecuadorian Carlos Mina who got the crowd fired up in the opening session.
By J.R. Jowett reporting from ringside: “Doc” Nowicki and Dave Price (D&D Prom’ns) ran their second show in Bristol, PA, north of Philly on Saturday night.
By Marc Livitz: Andre Ward’s performance fell somewhere between expected and masterful on Saturday night in front of a hometown crowd at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.
On Saturday, November 19, Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev and Andre "S.O.G." Ward Will clash for the world light heavyweight title . The official news came immediately after Ward out-pointed Alexander Brand at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.
By Ron Valderrama: Since coming out of retirement in 2013, Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz has won his last 6 fights coming into tonight’s bout against an aggressive and determined Cesar Vasquez.
By Jason Pribila: The PBC hung its banner above the ring in the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on Friday evening. The main event featured teen-age knockout artist David Benavidez who broke down the game but limited Denis “Momma’s Boy” Douglin in the tenth and final round of their super middleweight bout.
On the latest edition of LA Fight Club, the fans were treated to non-stop action from start to finish at the Belasco Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California in Friday night.
Current WBO NABO and WBA NABA Middleweight Champion Rob “Bravo” Brant of Saint Paul, Minnesota, kept his momentum plowing forward and continued to impress on Friday with a one-sided beat down of Chris “The Irish Ghost” Fitzpatrick of Cleveland.
Andre Ward and Alexander Brand weighed in Friday afternoon ahead of their light heavyweight bout at the Oracle Arena Oakland, California on Saturday night.
TMZ Sport has reported that former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin was shot in the forearm earlier this week, and is laid up in the hospital … TMZ Sports has learned.