Five time World Boxing Champion Antonio Tarver is no stranger to overcoming the odds. The Orlando, Florida native who shocked the world with his one punch knockout of the great Roy Jones Jr. is poised to prove doubters wrong and make his return to the ring.
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum and Todd duBoef, CEO and president of Top Rank, respectively, will host a news conference luncheon to announce the signing and professional debut of 2012 Japanese Olympic Gold Medalist Ryota Murata. Murata captured the Olympic gold medal in the middleweight division at the 2012 Olympics held in London.
Paddy Barnes was out of today’s European light-flyweight final with Russia’s David Ayrapetyan in Minsk, Belarus because of a fractured nose. Irish head coach Billy Walsh confirmed that following a meeting with Barnes last night that they had decided to withdraw the Belfast man.
The principal boxers all weighed in for tonight’s big fight card at the Bell Centre in Montreal. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship, 12 rounds Chad Dawson 173.4 lb Adonis Stevenson 174.2 lb
Heavyweight Boxer Gerald Washington decided that his profession was better suited for the boxing ring than the gridiron, just over 3 years ago. Following a successful career at the University of Southern California (USC) and subsequent try-outs for NFL teams, Washington decided to attempt his fate at boxing.
For boxing enthusiasts, it doesn’t get much better than the International Boxing Hall Of Fame weekend that starts this Friday and runs through Sunday in the small town of Canastota in upstate New York. Helping celebrate the sport of boxing to kick-start the highly anticipated three-day occasion will be a ShoBox: The New Generation doubleheader…
Lara Vs Angulo: Erislandy Lara (17-1, 11 KO’s) is totally ready to deliver fans a great battle when he faces Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo (22-2, 18 KO’s), in their scheduled 12-round co-featured bout for the vacant WBA Interim Super Welterweight Championship taking place Saturday, June 8, live on Showtime at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT…
Saturday evening, Zahir Raheem has taken the next step in his quest to a world title bout by effortlessly beating Justin Juuko via a technical knock out inside the 4th rd. Raheem headlined the action packed Battle at the Boat card presented by Halquist Productions at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA.
Adam Nolan is through to the last 16 of the European Championships in Minsk, Belarus following an impressive win over Tomasz Kot today. The Bray BC southpaw beat the Polish welterweight on an unanimous decision (30-27,29-28,29-28) at the Palace of Sport in the Belarusian capital.
Saturday, July 27 sees “Knockout Kings II” at the AT&T Center in San Antonio Texas, headlined by former world welterweight champ Andre Berto, who faces veteran Jesus Soto Karass. Andre Berto, Former Two-Time Welterweight World Champion: “I am looking forward to this challenge on July 27. As you can see, it is an exciting undercard…
The participating fighters have all weighed in in Tacoma, Washington for the latest installment of Battle at the Boat. All weights listed in pounds. Zahir Raheem: 141.5 Justin Juuko: 143 Contract Weight: 144
Colin Lynes and Beka Sutidze weighed in Yesterday at the TRAD TKO Boxing Gym in Canning Town ahead of Tonight’s ‘Two Tribes’ boxing card.