Former WBC Super Flyweight Champion Carlos ’Principe’ Cuadras, of Mexico City, Mexico returns to battle against cross-town rival and Former World Title Challenger David ’Severo’ Carmona , also of Mexico City, Mexico, on Saturday, March 18 at The Mecca of Boxing, Madison Square Garden in New York.
WBA Lightweight Champion Jorge Linares and former titlist Anthony Crolla held a press conference on Tuesday in Manchester, England, to formally announce their upcoming rematch on Saturday, March 25 at the Manchester Arena in the north of England.
By Derek Bonnett In what was expected to be a match-up of man versus boy, WBC minimumweight champion Wanheng Menayothin had his hands full with his twenty-two year old challenger Melvin "El Gringo" Jerusalem in Phitsanulok, Thailand. While Menayothin retained his title unanimously, it took an eighth round point deduction for a low blow to save the champion from a draw.
Junior middleweight contenders Tony Harrison and Jarrett Hurd will meet in a 12-round world title eliminator and Dominic "Trouble" Breazeale takes on undefeated Izuagbe Ugonoh in a 10-round heavyweight on Saturday, February 25.
Former WBO junior middleweight boss Liam Smith has blamed long-term rival Liam Williams for costing him the chance of winning the prestigious Lord Lonsdale belt outright and has vowed to settle the score when they clash at the Manchester Arena on Saturday 8th April.
Thailand’s WBC minimumweight champ Wanheng Menayothin retained his title with a close but unanimous 12 round decision over the previously unbeaten Filipino boxer Melvin Jerusalem in Phitsanulok, Thailand on Wednesday.
Kal Yafai will make the first defence of his WBA World Super-Flyweight title at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on Saturday May 13.
The battle between #1 Women’s Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World and Undisputed Welterweight World Champion, Cecilia Braekhus , and Mandatory Challenger Klara Svensson , scheduled for this Saturday, January 28 to the new date of Friday, February 24.
WBC Super Flyweight Champion Roman ’Chocolatito’ Gonzalez,held court in front of a huge crowd of Nicaraguan media before heading to Costa Rica for training camp in preparations to defend his title against mandatory challenger Sriskaet Sor Rungvisai, of Si Sa Ket, Thailand, on Saturday, March 18, 2017, at “The Mecca of Boxing”, Madison Square Garden.
Olympic female boxing Gold medalist Nicola Adams OBE, announced her decision to turn professional with Hall of Fame Promoter Frank Warren.
By J.R. Jowett reporting well back from ringside: Having been one of the leading matchmakers on the East Coast, Renee Aiken has now turned promoter (Boss Lady Prom’ns) and kept Trenton alive. The NJ capital was once a flourishing fight town that gave the boxing world Ike Williams and Sammy Goss, but was dead for decades before a recent revival.
Belgium’s Femke Hermans defeated Borislava Goranova from Bulgaria on Saturday night to win the vacant WBF Womens International Super Middleweight title at the Sportloods in Asse. In only her fourth…
Light heavyweight Patrick Nielsen won a 10 round unanimous decision over Colombian import Bebi Berrocal at the Struer Energi Park in Denmark on Saturday.
Carl Frampton vs Leo Santa Cruz ll takes place on Showtime on Saturday, January 28. It’s a doubleheader presented in association with Premier Boxing Champions from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Boxing returned to Worcester on Thursday for the first time in more than five years to the delight of a capacity crowd of 2,100 passionate fans at the Palladium.
By Marc Livitz: Danny "The Baby Faced Assassin" Roman delivered a one sided beating and the first loss of Adam Lopez’s career en route to a ninth round TKO victory on Friday night. The WBA super bantamweight title elimination bout took place at the Bally’s Event Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
By Marc Livitz: In the evening’s co-main event at Ballys in Atlantic City, Ronald Ellis boxed and briefly brawled his way to a unanimous decision win over Christopher Brooker in an eight round, super middleweight clash. He remains undefeated.
The six fighters who will compete tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 20, on ShoBox: The New Generation made weight on Thursday for the live Showtime televised tripleheader (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
All the fighters made weight today ahead of the Nordic Fight Night tomorrow at the Struer Energi Park in Denmark featuring the return of Patrick Nielsen and a title fight for hometown hero Dina Thorslund.
Felix Diaz ended a successful 2016 as a world ranked junior welterweight contender with another two impressive victories added to his ledger. He is determined to continue that momentum this year by facing the biggest challenges. The top name on his hit list remains WBC/WBO junior welterweight world champion Terence Crawford.