DiBella Entertainment ("DBE"), the most active boxing promoter in New York and one of the foremost in the United States, announced Friday that it has put its dates on hold with the New York State Athletic Commission through the end of the year, effectively ending the boxing program in New York until at least 2017.
Boxing’s only eight division world champion and future Hall of Famer senator Manny Pacquiao held a media workout on Wednesday at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood in preparation for his WBO welterweight title clash with Jesse Vargas in Las Vegas,Nevada on November 5.
Featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar and former three-division world champion Abner Mares met face-to-face Thursday at a press conference at OUE Skyspace at US Bank Tower – the tallest building west of the Mississippi River - to discuss their world title showdown presented on Saturday, December 10.
Female Amateur star Katie Taylor has signed with Matchroom Boxing and will make her professional debut at The SSE Arena, Wembley in London,England on November 26.
Triple Olympian Paddy Barnes might stand as the most decorated Irish amateur boxer ever but his prodigious talent wasn’t always apparent, writes Glynn Evans.
WBO Lightweight Champion Terry Flanagan will make the fourth defence of his title against Puerto Rico’s former World title challenger Orlando Cruz on promoter Frank Warren’s November 26th event at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales.
Former Two-Division World Champion Bernard Hopkins and Light Heavyweight Contender Joe Smith Jr. hosted a Los Angeles press conference earlier this week to discuss their 12-round battle, scheduled for December 17 at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
The Kovalev vs. Ward “Pound for Pound” on November 19 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. will now include the 10-round middleweight showdown between Curtis “The Cerebral Assassin” Stevens and James "The King" De La Rosa.
IBF Champion Anthony Joshua is still on course for a planned title defence in Manchester in early December, however, an alternative opponent will now have to be found.
Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius will fight at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on 17 December.
World light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev and unbeaten pound for pound top 10 fighter Andre Ward took time out from training on Monday to discuss their world title clash at the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on November 19.
Hosea Burton will defend his British Light-Heavyweight title against Frank Buglioni at the Manchester Arena on December 10.
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist and the Women’s Sports Foundation’s Sportswoman of the Year Claressa Shields will be making her much anticipated professional debut during the lead-off freeview telecast of Kovalev-Ward "Pound For Pound" on Saturday, Nov. 19 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Showtime Sports will present seven marquee boxing matches featuring top-10 rated champions in the prime of their careers against fellow top-10 rated challengers over four consecutive months beginning in December.
Following on from Anthony Ogogo’s fight on Saturday evening against Craig Cunningham, it has been confirmed that Ogogo was retired by his corner due to suffering from severely blurred double vision as a result of a broken eye socket.
Craig Cunningham scored a huge upset over Anthony Ogogo to win the vacant WBC International middleweight title at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, England on Saturday night.
Sam Eggington won the battle for Birmingham bragging rights on Saturday night when he knocked out Frankie Gavin in the eighth round at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, England.
WBF Championship action took place in France, Japan and Kosovo on Saturday with new champions crowned in the Light Welterweight, Super Featherweight, Super Flyweight and Cruiserweight divisions.
Former IBF bantamweight champ Paul Butler scored a clear and unanimous 10 round decision win over Alexis Ruiz at the Bolton Whites Hotel in Bolton, England on Saturday.
Former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux scored a 10 round unanimous decision win over durable Argentine import Cristian Fabian Rios super middleweight bout Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal,Canada.