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.
It’s not an easy task to challenge the champion in his home ring, but Italian contender Manuel Lancia doesn’t mind
Junior lightweights Tevin Farmer and Dardan Zenunaj both promoted by DiBella Entertainment, will face off in the main event of tomorrow’s Peltz Boxing "Philly Fight Night", held at the 2300 Arena
Featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar and former three-division world champion Abner Mares participated in a media workout in Los Angeles Tuesday in advance of their long awaited showdown taking place Saturday, December 10 from Galen Center in USC in Los Angeles
Gonzalo Basile on his fight against Robert Helenius: “I’m confident of winning by KO” The experienced Argentinian heavyweight isn’t traveling all the way to Finland for tourism…
David Haye and Tony Bellew had to be separated at the launch press conference for their Heavyweight blockbuster on March 4 at The O2 in London.
Kubrat Pulev has predicted a strong and spectacular victory for Bulgaria when he faces former World Champion Samuel Peter in his long awaited homecoming fight on December 3 in Sofia.
Tim-Robin Lihaug returns to the ring on December 3 when he travels to the Arena Armeec in Sofia to face Gergo Horvath.