Author: Boxing Press

Fox Sports and Golden Boy Promotions, founded by 10-time World Champion Oscar De La Hoya, have reached a multi-media rights extension to televise exciting live boxing in the United States and internationally.

The new multi-year agreement keeps Golden Boy Promotions’ bouts with Fox Sports for years to come, and helps establish a new Monday night boxing franchise on Fox Sports 1 (FS1), Fox Sports’ new, national multi-sport cable channel launching on Aug. 17. Financial terms were not disclosed. (more…)

This past Thursday, The state of the art McGirt Training Facility had its grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony.

The facility will be a gym and will also house the offices of GH3 Promotions and Greg Cohen Promotions. McGirt Training Facility is already a hit In the community and political leaders joined members of the boxing community at the Grand Opening. (more…)

Lava Promotions, in association with the Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo MI, presents “Battle of the Week at Silver Creek.”

The main event features a mandatory title bout between Philadelphia’s Yusaf Mack (31-5-2, 17 KO) and Chicago’s Cedric Agnew (25-0, 13 KO). (more…)

Undefeated lightweight Angelo “La Cobra” Santana (14-0, 11 KOs), from Miami, Fla., will now face Bahodir Mamadjonov (12-1, 8 KOs), from Uzbekistan now fighting out of Houston, on Friday at Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Las Vegas after his originally scheduled opponent, Carlos Cardenas, bowed out late last week owing to a shoulder injury.

Undefeated super lightweight prospect Amir “Young Master” Imam (8-0, 7 KOs), from Albany, N.Y., will meet Jeremy “Hollywood” Bryan (16-2, 7 KOs), from Paterson, N.J., in the co-feature. (more…)

Irish sensation Ryan Burnett will make his eagerly anticipated professional debut next month.
The 20-year-old from Belfast will box on a show held in association with Steve Wood’s VIP Promotions at the Olympia in Liverpool, on May 24.

Burnett, who will fight at bantamweight, should have made his pro berth last year, but queries on his medical led to more than 12 months of inactivity. (more…)

In a highly anticipated rematch of their October 2012 draw, billed as “Unfinished Business”, Adrian Taihia came out on top after ten close rounds against Gunnar Jackson to capture the vacant World Boxing Federation Oceania Super Middleweight title on Friday, April 5, at the ABA Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. (more…)

Live on GFL.TV, undefeated Jr. Welterweight Paul Spadafora takes on Robert Frankel for the NABF title.

Spadafora (47-0-1, 19 KO’s) is ranked #14 by the WBC, #9 by the WBA, #8 by the IBF and #19 by the WBO, is one fight away from a major bout and has long been considered one of the best pure boxers in the sport.

The native of Pittsburgh, PA seems to be past the issues that have plagued his career as this is his third fight in seven months with the latest being a ten round unanimous decision over Solomon Egberime on December 1st, 2012. (more…)

Steve “USS” Cunningham held an open media workout at the Rock Ministries Gym in Philadelphia. With a little more than two weeks remaining until the fight, Cunningham, 25-2, 12 KOs, appeared confident, conditioned, and ready to fight Irish import Tyson Fury, 20-0, 14 KOs, a 6′ 9″ rising star of the heavyweight division.

Cunningham went through a light workout for the press before speaking about the upcoming nationally televised fight at The Theater at Madison Square Garden scheduled for Saturday afternoon, April 20th. The Fury – Cunningham battle will be the main event of the 4PM ET broadcast on NBC. (more…)

Fight fans in Shediac, New Brunswick, will have the opportunity to witness one of Canadian boxing’s fastest rising stars in action on May 11 when undefeated national contender Brandon “L-Jack” Brewer (6-0-1, 3KO) makes his much anticipated return to the ring at the Festival Arena.

Brewer is part of what promises to be a exciting evening of pugilism promoted by Elmer Martin of Fightin’ Fisherman Promotions. (more…)

Gary Shaw Productions wrapped up its lightweight featured card on ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights earlier this evening and it ultimately produced a couple of winners that could be well on their way to making an impact in the lightweight division.

In the card’s feature matchup, fans were treated to a spirited contest between two willfully determined fighters in Jonathan Maicelo and Rustam Nugaev. (more…)

Last night Puerto Rican prospect, Luis “Orlandito” Del Valle (17-1, 12KO’s) scored a solid win by TKO in the fifth round over southpaw puncher, Andre Wilson (13-6-1, 11KO’s) in a scheduled featherweight eight-round bout held at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Referee Randy Newman stopped the action at 1:32. (more…)

British superstar and former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir “King” Khan’s first fight in England in nearly two years against former World Champion Julio “The Kidd” Diaz will be televised on Showtime on Saturday, April 27, immediately following the Showtime Championship Boxing event featuring Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Danny “Swift” Garcia against former Four-Time and Two-Division World Champion Zab “Super” Judah. (more…)