U.S. boxing fans may not be able to properly pronounce his name, yet, but unbeaten welterweight Ravshan Hudaynazarov is starting to capture their attention with his throw-back style that features a brutal body attack. The exciting Uzbekistan prospect, now fighting out of Las Vegas, will be back in action July 23 at Tachi Palace &…
It will be a “Massacre†on Friday night August 13th at The Arena in Philadelphia as Blaine Garner’s Shaylyte Promotions in association with SAM Promotions presents an outstanding night of boxing that will feature not one but two main events. In one main event, immensely popular Lightweight, Victor Vasquez will take on Travis “The Animal 
The countdown has begun. In just four days undefeated Viacheslav Uzelkov (22-0, 14 KOs) of Vinitza, Ukraine will take on WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6 KOs) in the scheduled 12-round main event of the ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” (10pm ET/7pm PT).
WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain†Huck (29-1, 22 KOs) caught up with the German media yesterday as he continues his preparation for his clash with Matt Godfrey (20-1, 10 KOs). The duo will battle it out in Erfurt on August 21, which will be Huck´s fourth title defense. “Despite the hot weather in Germany we…
Last week WBA middleweight super champion Felix Sturm has reached an agreement with his former promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl (Universum) regarding the end of their promotional contract. Now Sturm is free to organize and promote his fight all by himself. His comeback after more than a year of ring absence is scheduled for September 4th in…
On Saturday night, before a packed house at the Tropicana showroom in the Tropicana Casino and Resort, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented an action packed eight bout card. The event, shown live on PPV, featured knockouts, upsets, and just all around great fights. The show was headlined by David Tua defending his WBO Asian Pacific…
Let’s Get It On Promotions and current USBA light-heavyweight champion, Otis “Triple OG†Griffin, have entered into a long term promotional agreement. Griffin, with a record of 22-6, 9 KOs is also ranked #10 in the world in the IBF. Griffin, who was the winner of Fox’s The Next Great Champ boxing reality TV show…
Power-punching David “Tuamanator†Tua isn’t looking past his opponent tonight, former world title challenger Monte “Two Gunz†Barrett, despite being mentioned as a future opponent for world champions David Haye and the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali. Tua trained in Jersey City, New Jersey to prepare for Saturday night’s 12-round main event fight on the…
Bob Arum: The purpose of this call is to bring you up to date to all that has happened. About two months ago, just after the Mayweather-Mosley fight, I got a call from Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, who asked me frankly whether myself and Manny Pacquiao wanted to do the fight against…
IBF, WBO and IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KOs) will defend his titles against Russian Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KOs) on September 11. Venue will be the Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt, Germany, which will have a capacity of 54,000 on fight night. The Commerzbank-Arena is the home of German soccer team Eintracht Frankfurt.
With exactly one month remaining until two of the top fighters in the world enter the ring at the Bell Centre in Montreal, current WBC Light Heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1-0, 16 KOs) and undefeated American Pound for Pound superstar and two-time world champion “Bad†Chad Dawson (29-0-0, 17 KOs) hit the scales for their…
© Carlos Baeza / Thompson Boxing Promotions Undefeated WBO junior welterweight champion and Top-10 pound for pound fighter Timothy Bradley, his opponent, undefeated Top-Five-rated welterweight contender Carlos Abregu, No. 1 junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo and his opponent, former WBA super welterweight champion Joachime Alcine hosted their final news conference today at Agua Caliente Casino…