Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy, 24-0-(13), claimed the vacant IBF lightweight title at the Pearl at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas,Nevada on Friday night by out-pointing Denis Shafikov, 36-2-1-(19), over 12 rounds.
Undefeated former world featherweight champion Nicholas Walters and once-defeated Top-10 contender Jason Sosa will face off against each other in a 10-round junior lightweight clash on Saturday night at the Turning Stone Casino in upstate, New York.
Fighters featured on the December 19 HBO Boxing After Dark and HBO Latino shows shared their final thoughts ahead of Saturday’s fights at the final press conference Thursday at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Former heavyweight world title contender Bryant Jennings was joined at the final press conference by his opponent Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz , who will clash in the main event.
WBO Middleweight Champion Andy Lee And challenger Billy Joe Saunders weighed Friday ahead of their title clash at the Manchester Arena on Saturday.
Today the IBF held a purse bid for the upcoming battle between Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov and Charles Martin for the vacant IBF Heavyweight Title at their offices in Springfield, NJ, which Warriors Boxing won.
Erik Skoglund and his opponent Derek Edwards both made weight today ahead of their ten-round light heavyweight clash on Saturday night in Sweden.
Nicholas Walters and Jason Sosa weighed in Friday prior their clash at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York on Saturday. The main event features Bryant Jennings taking on Luis Ortiz in heavyweight attraction scheduled for 12 rounds.
Former multi weight champion and future Hall of Famer “Sugar” Shane Mosley scored a 10th round knockout over southpaw Patrick “El Elegante” López at the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City, Panama on Thursday night.
Lucas Browne has the opportunity to make history when he faces Ruslan Chagaev at the Akhmat Arena in Grozny, Chechnya on March 5.
American fighters Derek Edwards and DeMarcus Corley have travelled the Atlantic aiming to upset undefeated Swedish boxers Erik Skoglund and Anthony Yigit on Saturday night at the Rosvalla Arena in Nyköping.
British super middleweight ’Saint’ George Groves has officially announced Shane McGuigan as his new trainer.
WBO Middleweight Champion Andy Lee is boxing’s Jekyll and Hyde by saying he can turn on a nasty switch.
London 2012 Olympic Silver medallist Fred Evans has turned professional, signing a long term management deal with Chris Sanigar.
WBC Heavyweight champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and Polish challenger Artur Szpilka took time out of their intense training schedules to exchange some words on a media conference call Wednesday before they meet in the ring on Saturday, January 16 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Olly Campbell: It’s been a long time coming, yet after two separate postponements, WBO middleweight champion, Andy Lee finally defends his title against mandatory challenger, Billy Joe Saunders on Saturday night in Manchester,England.
British middleweight champion Nick ’Bang Bang’ Blackwell is back in training and back trying to convince himself that Chris Eubank Jr., his mandatory challenger, won’t pull out of a fight with him when their scheduled title contest goes to purse bids this afternoon (December 16).
Hennessy Sports has won the right to stage the British middleweight title fight between champion Nick Blackwell and number one challenger Chris Eubank Jr. in 2016.
On Saturday week at the Manchester Arena, well regarded local fight face Ensley Bingham hopes to finally get his hands on the WBO junior middleweight title that eluded him as a fighter 19 years ago.
WBO Middleweight Champion,Andy Lee is a fighter primed and ready to defend his world title against Billy Joe Saunders the #1 WBO mandatory and undefeated challenger.
WBO Middleweight Champion Andy Lee and undefeated challenger Billy Joe Saunders held separate media workouts in Manchester, England on Tuesday as they conclude preparations for their showdown this Saturday, at the Manchester Arena in the north of England.