As of Friday morning, Carlos Molina has officially become unavailable for his junior middleweight championship title defense against Jermall Charlo, originally scheduled for tomorrow night. In light of these circumstances, the 10-round lightweight showdown between Ricardo “Dinamita” Alvarez and Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson has been elevated as the opening bout of …
Read More »Inspired By Hardship, Angulo Confident Of Knocking Off Canelo
Underdog Alfredo Angulo is looking to draw on his time spent locked away in a detention centre to help push him to victory over Canelo Alvarez this weekend. The man known as ‘El Perro’ spent over seven months in ICE Detention Center in El Centro, California, having voluntarily checked in …
Read More »Light Heavyweight Unification: Hopkins vs. Shumenov April 19
Washington, D.C. is known as a city where history is made. On Saturday, April 19, another historic event will take place in the nation’s capital when IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins faces WBA Champion Beibut Shumenov in an attempt, at 49-years-old, to become the oldest fighter in boxing history …
Read More »Canelo, Angulo, Santa Cruz Open Up As Fight Time Nears
Mexican boxing superstar and former world champion Canelo Alvarez, hard-hitting countryman Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo and “Toe To Toe: Canelo vs. Angulo” pay-per-view undercard fighters worked out in front of a throng of media and adoring fans on Wednesday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena lobby. Canelo (42-1-1, 30 KOs) …
Read More »From Beach Bum To World Champ: Stuart Hall
Darlington bruiser Stuart Hall makes the first defence of his IBF Bantamweight Title against fellow North East fighter Martin Ward in Newcastle on March 31st. Topping the bill at the Metro Radio Arena caps an astonishing rise to the top for 33-year-old Hall who readily admits that he went wild …
Read More »Ringside At Del Mar Boxing Series Returns April 11
Paco Presents in association with A&T Gym, Don Chargin, Golden Boy Promotions and San Diego-based Barron Entertainment, is happy to announce the second edition of its popular boxing series titled “Ringside at Del Mar” taking place at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on April 11, 2014. The eight round main event …
Read More »Canelo, Angulo, Santa Cruz, Mijares Hit Vegas For Fight Week
As hundreds of fans and media stood in lines that stretched from the sidewalk outside the main doors to the make-shift ring inside the lobby of MGM Grand in Las Vegas, popular Mexican boxing superstar and former World Champion Canelo Alvarez, his opponent this Saturday, Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo, and …
Read More »Full Undercard Announced For Canelo Alvarez vs. Alfredo Angulo
In addition to the recently announced lightweight battle between Ricardo “Dinamita” Alvarez (23-2-3, 13 KOs), older brother of Canelo and hard-hitting Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson (28-3, 26 KOs), of Cancun, Mexico, the March 8 undercard for”Toe To Toe: Canelo vs. Angulo” will feature five more can’t-miss bouts for those in attendance …
Read More »Ashanti To Sing National Anthem At Bradley vs. Pacquiao 2
Grammy Award-winning singer/ songwriter, actor and author Ashanti will sing the National Anthem at the rematch between Manny Pacquiao and undefeated two-division world champion Timothy Bradley Jr. Pacquiao and Bradley will be battling for the WBO welterweight title,Saturday, April 12, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. …
Read More »New Zealand To Host Super 8 Heavyweight Tournament
Sky Arena’s UK representative Mark Dunlop has engaged the services of British & Irish Heavyweights Martin Rogan & Michael Sprott for the world’s biggest ever Super 8 Heavyweight Boxing Tournament, to be held on 4 June 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. Super 8 will be a supercharged boxing event consisting …
Read More »Irish Olympians Nolan, O’Neill Win Semi-Final Bouts In Dublin
London 2012 Olympians Adam Nolan and Darren O’Neill both won their semi-finals at the National Elite Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium tonight. Nolan beat Fergal Redmond on a unanimous verdict to move to within one win of his fourth successive welterweight crown. And O’Neill, who captained the Irish team at …
Read More »Bruno Escalante KO’s Lorenzo Trejo In First Round
Friday night at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, CA on a Don Chargin and Paco Presents boxing show, IBA Super Flyweight Champion, Bruno “The Aloha Kid” Escalante (12-1-1, 6 KOs), scored a brutal first round knockout against veteran Lorenzo Trejo (33-29-1, 20 KOs). Escalante used his speed and quickness …
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