Before WBC Middleweight Champion, Canelo Alvarez and former two-time world champion Amir "King" Khan step into the ring at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 7 three hard-hitting bouts have been confirmed to get fight fans ready for the main event.
In September 1968, Jimmy Ellis retained the World Heavyweight title with a controversial fifteen-round decision over Floyd Patterson at the Råsunda Football Stadium in Stockholm. 48 years later, big-time boxing returns to the Swedish capital when the Nordic Fight Night hits the Hovet on April 23.
Trainer Freddie Roach recently conducted a question and answer interview to discuss Manny Pacquiao’s farewell bout against Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 9.
“I would like to assure all my fans, the whole of the boxing world and all of Australia that I am not a drug user or a drug cheat. The news of this positive test has shocked and devastated me, and I will be fighting for as long as it takes to clear my name.
WBA Interim Cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov is targeting the May 21st unification title winner between WBA titlist Denis Lebedev and International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Victor Emilio "El Tyson de Abasto" Ramirez.
Lenny Daws and Madrid’s Ruben Nieto will again clash for the European super-lightweight title after Daws’ promoter, Mick Hennessy, struck a deal with Team Nieto to stage the rematch in England before the summer.
Undefeated contenders Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez, Óscar Valdez, Jose Ramirez, Evgeny Gradovich and Bob Arum hosted a Los Angeles Media Workout on Tuesday at Fortune Gym. The fighters worked out and discussed their upcoming championship fights on the Manny Pacquiao - Timothy Bradley NoTrump pay-per-view undercard
Luke Campbell MBE says he will reap the rewards of his move to train in Miami as he bids to become Hull’s first ever Commonwealth champion when he meets Gary Sykes for the vacant Commonwealth Lightweight title at the Sheffield Arena on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports.
Ohara Davies will face Andy Keates for the vacant English Lightweight title at The O2 on April 9, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Davies boxes for a first title in the paid ranks, racing to 10-0 and adding an eighth stoppage win to his impressive resume in January at The Copper Box Arena in London.
By Ron Valderrama: Roy Jones Jr. had a short night in the ring last night defeating Vyron Phillips, a hand-picked opponent with a mixed-martial-arts background in Phoenix, Arizona.
Chris Eubank Jr. has warned reigning British middleweight champion Nick ’Bang Bang’ Blackwell to look out for the uppercut when the pair clash at The SSE Arena, Wembley,London on March 26.
As IBF number one light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera prepares for the biggest fight of his career against Andre Ward at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California the 34-year old from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is calm, confident and ready for anything.
It has been reported that Lucas Browne failed a post fight drugs test following his history making 10th round WBA heavyweight title win over Ruslan Chagaev at Colosseum Sport Hall in Grozny, Chechnya on March 5.
Kevin Bizier wants to take Kell Brook’s IBF World Welterweight title at the Sheffield Arena live on Sky Sports on Saturday night and add his name to the list of great Canadian World champions.
Wembley’s super-welterweight star Gary Corcoran wants to take on British and Commonwealth Champion Liam Williams once he has dealt with Bristol’s Danny Butler.
Germany’s youngest professional boxer Leon Bauer (7-0, 6 KOs) makes his American debut on April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
JR. Jowett reporting from ringside: Philadelphia boxing is all but dead…but there’s still the great J. Russell Peltz. Much of the reason is the young stars leaving town…witness Danny Garcia. But on 3/18/16, Peltz packed the 2300 Arena for the return of Jesse Hart, who has developed a recognized presence as an amateur but appeared here only once as a pro.
Kell Brook has told Kevin Bizier to get ready to stand and fight when he defends his IBF World Welterweight title at the Sheffield Arena on Saturday night (March 26) .
British middleweight champion Nick ’Bang Bang’ Blackwell has paid tribute to the skills of former British, Commonwealth and European super-middleweight champion ’Saint’ George Groves following a number of sparring sessions in his company and says he’s now more confident than ever of defeating his next opponent, Chris Eubank Jr., on March 26.
Promoter Dennis Hobson has announced the planned promotion at Rotherham’s Magna Centre on April 2, which was to be headlined by a trio of top Sheffield fighters, has been postponed.
