J. R. Jowett reporting from ringside: Marshall Kauffman has been a two-faced promoter…in the good sense of the term, that is…promoting his own cards and fighters in Reading for years, and more recently, as the point man for Al Haymon anywhere in the area. On 7/2/16, Kauffman’s Kings Prom’ns combined both fronts in an extravaganza at Reading’s major downtown arena, the Santander.
Despite being aged 44 former WBO champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley won the 2016 Jamaican Contender Series” via a seventh round stoppage win over Richard “Frog” Holmes at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, Jamaica on Saturday.
WBC light flyweight champ Ganigan Lopez retained his title Saturday night at the Arena Coliseo in Mexico City with a tougher than expected 12 round unanimous points win over Jonathan Taconing .
Undefeated Super Middleweight Zac Dunn (22-0 18KO Melbourne, AU), made another huge statement, outclassing durable veteran Carlos Jerez (43-20-3) en route to a fifth round TKO win at The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, AU on Friday.
IBF minimumweight champ José “Tecuala” Argumedo retained his title via a 12 round unanimous decision over Julio Mendoza at the Palenque de la Feria in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico on Friday.
Undefeated welterweight rising star Sammy “The Sergeant” Vasquez Jr. is set to battle former Olympic Gold medalist Felix Diaz in the 10-round co-main event o Saturday, July 16 from Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
Manchester’s lightweight king Terry Flanagan will make the third defence of his WBO World Title against South Africa’s two-time world champion Mzonke Fana at the Wales Ice Arena, Cardiff on Saturday 16th July.
Undefeated heavyweight Jarrell Miller claims he’s America’s top heavyweight prospect. “Big Baby” will get a chance to back up his boast when he faces his toughest test to date in veteran Fred Kassi in the main event on Friday, Aug. 19.
According to Promoter Tom Loeffler, world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is prepared to fight British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr, and in the UK.
Sergey Rabchenko will face Detroit’s Tony Harrison in an IBF super-welterweight title eliminator on the undercard of Santa Cruz v Frampton in Brooklyn on July 30.
Undefeated super featherweight contender Mario Barrios is deep into training camp for his world title eliminator against former title challenger Devis Boschiero Saturday, July 9 in the main event from Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey.
Arguably the most decorated amateur boxer from New England to enter the professional ranks in quite some time,Jamaine Ortiz of Worcester, Mass., is on the fast track to success under the promotional guidance of CES Boxing.
Andre Ward will return to the ring on Saturday, August 6, to continue his conquest of the light heavyweight division when he takes on power-punching Colombian Alexander Brand at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, California.
Unbeaten Mexican-American super-middleweight, David "El Bandera Roja" Benavidez is eager to make his name in the division.
Undefeated former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia will return to the ring after a two-and-a-half-year layoff on Saturday, July 30 on one of the strongest cards ever assembled at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York
Former world title challenger Edner Cherry defeated contender Lydell Rhodes by unanimous decision in a 10-round super featherweight main event from Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, Pa. on Tuesday.
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Birmingham middleweight star Tommy Langford will make the fourth defence of his WBO Intercontinental crown against Germany’s Ronny Gabel at the Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff on Saturday 16th July.
Rising middleweight contender Sergiy "The Technician" Derevyanchenko will take on former world champion Sam "King" Soliman in the 10-round main event on Thursday, July 21 from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT.
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