Superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather will be ringside at tonight’s ShoBox: The New Generation from Turning Stone Casino in Verona, N.Y., and will be interviewed during the live telecast on Showtime at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. This will be the first television interview Mayweather will give since …
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WBA Light Fly King Ioka Moves Up In Weight
Japan’s Kazuto Ioka officially announced his resignation of the World Boxing Association 108-pound title with a communication sent to the Championships Committee. Ioka won the title on December 31, 2012, when he defeated the Mexican Jose Alfredo Rodriguez by TKO 6 in Osaka. He made three defenses of his belt …
Read More »Top Irish Amateurs In Competition At National Elite Championships
London 2012 bronze medallists Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan will be in action at the National Elite Championships semi-finals at the National Stadium in Dublin this weekend. Twenty six last-four contests will be decided at the South Circular Road venue on Friday and Saturday. Barnes, who fought at flyweight at …
Read More »WBA Champ Anselmo Moreno Makes Changes To Title Defense
WBA Super Bantamweight Champion, Panamanian Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno, announced several changes for his 12th defense against Javier “Chispita” Chacón from Argentina. In a press conference held at Fantastic Casino in Panama City, Panama, Moreno´s team confirmed the date of March 22 at the Arena Roberto Duran with a totally modified …
Read More »Danny Garcia Staves Up Jump To Welter To Fight In Puerto Rico
Undefeated WBC/WBA Super Lightweight Champion Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KOs), of Philadelphia, and his father/trainer, Angel Garcia, hosted an open media workout on Wednesday at the DSG Boxing Gym in Philadelphia. Garcia is winding down preparations for his long-awaited debut to his native homeland and his world title defense against …
Read More »Chavez Jr Looks To Put Doubts To Rest On BoxNation
Mexican star Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is hoping to give fights fans something to remember as he takes on Texan Bryan Vera in a bout he hopes will go down as ‘Fight of the Year’. The former WBC middleweight champion faces Vera in a rematch at the Alamodome in San …
Read More »Dodson Vows To Win Battle Of Liverpool Against Fielding
Tony Dodson says there is no way he will allow another Liverpool boxer to defeat him ahead of his Commonwealth Super Middleweight title clash with Rocky Fielding at the Echo Arena on March 15, live on Sky Sports. The former British champion has previously lost in title fights against fellow …
Read More »Canelo Alvarez Takes Hard Angulo Clash For Comeback Fight
Several dozen television camera crews, newspapers and web reporters, photographers, video bloggers and fans were on hand to watch popular former WBC/WBA Super Welterweight Champion Canelo Alvarez during his media workout at House of Boxing on Tuesday in San Diego. With Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya looking on, …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather Sr To Face Ruben Guerrero In The Ring?
It’s now official that world class boxing trainers Floyd Mayweather Sr. and Ruben Guerrero are looking to settle their long lasting feud by facing each other in a boxing match. A date hasn’t been officially announced but negotiations are underway to finalize this intriguing boxing match. The Knockout reality show …
Read More »Marston Gets Change Of Opponent For WBU European Title Bout
Mr. Vencislav Nikolov, General Secretary of the Professional Boxing League of Bulgaria, recently informed the WBU Europe office, in London, UK, that they are unable to provide permission for Galina Gumliiska to box England’s Marianne Marston for the World Boxing Union European Super Bantamweight Championship in London this coming weekend, …
Read More »Bondas Eagerly Awaiting ESPN Boxino Tournament
Chicago based middleweight contender Donatas Bondorovas wrapped up training on Monday in preparation for the first round of ESPN’s “Boxcino 2014” this Friday night, February 28, at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. Presented by Chicago’s promotional powerhouses; Hitz Boxing and Round 3 Productions along with Philadelphia based titan Banner …
Read More »Former World Champion Antonio Cermeno Killed In Venezuela
The World Boxing Association mourns the death of former world champion Antonio Cermeno on Tuesday morning in Venezuela. The information announced so far is that Cermeno was kidnapped and murdered. The WBA family condemns violence, and makes a public call to rescue values and respects human rights in the South …
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