Five-Time World Champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) and James “Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland (32-2, 28 KOs) participated in a media tour with stops in New York City and Los Angeles to address the media on their upcoming showdown on Saturday, February 25 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
Super middleweight champion Badou Jack spoke to media in Las Vegas on Thursday, just days before he travels across the country for his world title unification showdown against James DeGale on Saturday, January 14 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Former Irish amateur star Paddy Barnes will make his second professional appearance against an opponent to be confirmed at the Belfast Waterfront Hall in Northern Ireland on Saturday 18th February.
Four-division world champion Amanda Serrano hosted media at the Mendez Gym in New York on Thursday as she nears her championship defense against former champion Yazmin Rivas on Saturday, January 14 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn,New York.
Mayweather Promotions unbeaten prospect Gervonta “Tank” Davis is wrapping up training for his challenge of super featherweight world champion Jose “The Sniper Pedraza in the opener of a Showtime televised world championship doubleheader on Saturday, Jan. 14, from Barclays Center in Brooklyn,New York.
Matchroom Sport’s chairman Barry Hearn believes Wladimir Klitschko is in for a painful night when he challenges Anthony Joshua for his old heavywieght titles at Wembley Stadium in London, England on April 29.
IBF Super Middleweight Champion James DeGale has already made his name as a road warrior and will look to put on another great performance away from his London home when he takes on fellow super middleweight world champion Badou Jack in their unification showdown on Saturday, January 14 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
On December 16, 2016, VADA notified the WBC that Alexander Povetkin’s anti-doping test taken from his December 6, 2016 “A” Sample pursuant to the WBC Clean Boxing Program (“CBP”) yielded an adverse analytical finding for the banned substance Ostarine.
British boxer Gavin McDonnell will will face Mexican Rey Vargas for the the vacant WBC super bantamweight title in Hull,England on February 25.
Anthony Crolla will meet Jorge Linares in a rematch for the WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring magazine Lightweight titles at the Manchester Arena in England on March 25.
Current WBC Mediterranean heavyweight champion Frenchman Raphael Tronche is set to face his toughest test to date as he prepares to face rugged Romanian Bogdan Dinu for the vacant IBF Intercontinental title.
By Andrew Rivera: The Boxing highlight in New Mexico in 2016, was the election of former multi weight world Champion Johnny Tapia,59-5-2. The late Tapia will be inducted with Heavyweight Legend Evander Holyfield and Tapia conqueror Marco Antonio Barrera.
German talents Stefan Haertel and Leon Bunn have been added to the undercard of the Nordic Fight Night on January 21 in Struer Energi Park in Denmark.
By Derek Bonnett: Most of us can say that a lot has happened in the last five years. A new job, perhaps. A new house. A child born. All these things and more would gladly be embraced by most and shared with all to rejoice in one’s good fortune. For Matt Remillard, Connecticut’s one-time featherweight contender, the last five years were not so memorable even though their impact will also be felt for a lifetime.
By Derek Bonnett Continuing the deluge of Japanese boxing action to end 2016, Kosei Tanaka met Moises Fuentes in a bid to claim the vacant WBO light flyweight title. The contest was held at Memorial Center in Gifu, Gifu, Japan. Tanaka, previously champion at 105 pounds, sought to win his second world title at the age of twenty-one. Fuentes, hailing from Distrito Federal, Mexico City, Mexico, is also a former world champion at minimumweight.
By Derek Bonnett Continuing the deluge of Japanese boxing action to end 2016, Kosei Tanaka met Moises Fuentes in a bid to claim the vacant WBO light flyweight title. The contest was held at Memorial Center in Gifu, Gifu, Japan. Tanaka, previously champion at 105 pounds, sought to win his second world title at the age of twenty-one. Fuentes, hailing from Distrito Federal, Mexico City, Mexico, is also a former world champion at minimumweight.
Promoter Mick Hennessy has confirmed that the rescheduled date for Lenny Daws’ challenge for the European Super-Lightweight title will be Saturday 11th February 2017 at the Westcroft Leisure Centre, Carshalton
By Derek Bonnett The New Year is always preceded by some excellent boxing cards in Japan. Each year, some of the nation’s greatest talent, which is considerable at this time, steps into the ring end things with a bang. On December 29, reigning WBO super flyweight champion, Naoya Inoue took on former two-time champion Kohei Kono at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo in what would be his sternest opponent since dethroning Omar Andres Narvaez in 2014.
Rivera Promotions Entertainment (RPE) held a press conference Thursday to formally announce its inaugural show, "New England’s Future," Thursday night, January 19, at the Worcester Palladium. It will mark the first professional boxing event in Worcester, located in Central Mass., in five years.
All four fighters involved in the two WBA world title fights at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, made weight Friday.