Detroit born Lanardo Tyner made a victorious homecoming on Friday night, by dramatically stopping Angel Hernandez in the tenth round, to become crowned the new WBU Welterweight Champion at the Naser Beydoun’s Darkside Productions promoted “Rumble On The River” event, which took place at the Masonic Temple in Detroit. Tyner …

On Friday, February 7, 2014, Mike Tyson and Garry Jonas of Iron Mike Productions, Dominic Pesoli of 8 Count Productions and Leon Margules of Warriors Boxing will proudly present another installment of Friday Night Fights at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, and televised worldwide on ESPN Friday Night Fights. In …

Last year former WBC cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez successfully returned to his old weight division at 200 lbs. after campaigning at heavyweight for more than 10 years. Now “The Black Panther” is eyeing another world title shot for 2014. “I would love to fight against Marco Huck because I …

Highly regarded, undefeated welterweight prospect Dusty Hernandez-Harrison (19-0, 11KOs), from Southeast Washington, D.C., will be making his 2014 and National TV debut when he faces “Terrible” Tim Witherspoon Jr. (10-3-1, 2KOs) in an eight-round bout on Jan. 31 live on ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights from West Orange, N.J. Hernandez-Harrison, …

Fast rising superstar Gennady “GGG” Golovkin has been honored with numerous year-end awards capping an extraordinary year of achievement for the WBA and IBO Middleweight Champion, which saw four knockout performances in the ring and tremendous growth in his TV ratings. Among the many awards honoring his 2013 calendar were …

The New Year starts with good news for fans of world class heavyweight boxing. 2004 Olympic gold medallist Odlanier Solis (20-1) will face Tony Thompson (38-4) on March 22 in Turkey. “All contracts are signed, the fight is on”, confirmed promoter Ahmet Oner, who is planning to stage the fight …

Boxing superstar Amir ‘King’ Khan and former WBO Heavyweight champion – Shannon ‘The Cannon’ Briggs, were honoured guests for the official grand opening of Dubai’s most outstanding fitness and boxing facility – EMD Fitness. The centre of excellence, located in Sunset Mall, is the brainchild of the UAE’s leading professional …

David Price has teamed up with legendary trainer Tommy Brooks after a brief spell with Adam Booth. The former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion will now base himself in his hometown of Liverpool, with Tommy Brooks flying in for training camps. Brooks has one of the most accomplished resumes in …

Mike Tyson was the youngest heavyweight champion of all time and in 1987 voted, “World’s Most Popular Athlete.” Now he joins a select list of legendary fighters who became boxing promoters. Jack Dempsey Jack Dempsey, the “Manasa Mauler,” stopped boxing after this fight against Gene Tunney. He promoted a few …

Reigning WBA Super and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (14-1, 9 KO’s) celebrates his fourth anniversary as world champion next month but he really didn’t arrive on the worldwide boxing scene until this past December 14th in his Showtime debut. The 30-year-old Shumenov set a light heavyweight record for …

Following Wednesday’s unanimous decision loss to ex-world champion Glenn Johnson, former IBA cruiserweight champion Bobby “The Celtic Warrior” Gunn has announced that he has stepped between the ropes of the squared circle for the last time in his career. Gunn has had a decorated career inside and out of the …

On January 17, DiBella Entertainment will present the premiere show of the 2014 ShoBox: The New Generation season with an exciting quadrupleheader live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Headlining the card will be devastating Ukrainian lightweight Ivan “The Terrible” Redkach (15-0, 13 KO’s), who …