Ahead of their clash this evening at the Stub Hub Center in Carson, CA, light heavies Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Andrzej Fonfara made weight yesterday
WBC International Light Heavyweight Title, 12 rounds
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: 171.6 lb
Andrzej Fonfara: 171.4 lb (more…)
Popular Mexican superstar and former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and dangerous brawler Andrzej Fonfara participated in the final the final press conference Thursday at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, just two days before Saturday’s Showtime Championship Boxing doubleheader.
Chavez (48-1-1, 32 KOs) of Culiacan, Mexico, and Fonfara (26-3, 15 KOs) of Chicago by way of Radon, Poland, will meet in the 12-round light heavyweight main event live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT from StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Chavez will make his eagerly awaited return to the ring and first start for new trainer Joe Goossen. (more…)
On Saturday night, April 18, at the GPG Event Center in Pennsauken, New Jersey, undefeated featherweight Vidal Rivera will look for his second consecutive win when he takes on Tyron Stewart in a bout scheduled for four rounds.
In the main event, heavyweight contender Chazz Witherpsoon will be in action when he takes on Galen Brown in a bout scheduled for 10 rounds.
The show is promoted by Witherspoon’s Silver Spoon Promotions. (more…)
BoxNation will air a stunning triple-fight card live and exclusive this Saturday night with knockout artists Lucas Matthysse and Ruslan Provodnikov facing off, Derry Matthews taking on Tony Luis for the interim WBA lightweight title and Terence Crawford up against Thomas Dulorme for the vacant WBO light-welterweight crown.
The action will get underway from 7pm BST as Liverpool’s Matthews fights in front of his home crowd at the Echo Arena, taking on 27-year-old speedster Luis, with the promise of knocking out his Canadian foe. (more…)
At the beginning of April, newly licensed Connecticut boxing promoter, A.J. Galante, introduced his company – Prize Promotions. Galante spoke of his goal of bringing “Old School” boxing to Connecticut.
To prove he is serious about his vision, Galante has turned his matchmaking over to Hall of Fame Philadelphia promoter, Russell Peltz, along with one of the sports’ youngest and most promising promoters and matchmakers, Brittany “Bam” Rogers. (more…)
On Wednesday, Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) held a media workout with trainer Freddie Roach and Hall of Promoter Bob Arum.
Over 300 media from around the globe flocked to Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, CA to ask the trio about Pacquiao’s May 2 welterweight world championship unification battle against undefeated Floyd “Money†Mayweather. (47-0, 26 KOs), at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (more…)
The official weigh-in was held yesterday for tonight’s ESPN Friday Night Fights Triple-Header, presented by DiBella Entertainment, in Mohegan Sun Arena.
Live coverage of tomorrow’s ESPN Friday Night Fights tripleheader from Mohegan Sun Arena begins at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and will also be available through WatchESPN on computers, smartphones, tablets, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One via an affiliated video provider. (more…)
Boxing superstar Amir Khan (30-3, 19 KOs) returns to the ring to take on former world champion Chris Algieri (20-1, 8 KOs) on Friday, May 29, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York as the Main Event in an exciting Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) card on Spike TV.
The televised action begins live on Spike TV at 9 pm ET/6 p.m. PT. Doors at Barclays Center open at 6 p.m. ET.
“I have happy memories of New York having made my successful U.S. debut there against Paulie Malignaggi in 2010,” said Khan. “I’m delighted to now be fighting there once again against another champion in Chris Algieri. (more…)
Unified super bantamweight world champion Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs), arguably the most avoided reigning world title holder in modern boxing history, will travel to London next month in order to publicly confront his mandatory challenger, Scott Quigg (30-0-2, 22 KOs), the WBA “regular” 122-pound division titlist.
A month ago in an unusual move, Rigondeaux’ manager Gary Hyde formally petitioned the WBA to enforce a mandatory title fight between his WBA Super champion and Quigg. Hyde is awaiting the WBA’s decision. Rigondeaux is also the WBO super bantamweight champion. (more…)
As the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight night approaches, Mayweather Promotions announced today that undefeated Mexican superstar and current WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Leo “Terremoto” Santa Cruz (29-0-1, 17 KOs) will be featured on the three-fight pay-per-view televised undercard against an opponent to be determined.
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao takes place Saturday, May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and will be co-produced and co-distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View and Showtime PPV beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. (more…)
Sensational unbeaten Russian Featherweight prospect David Agadzhanyan is set to make his first visit to the famous York Hall in London on Saturday, May 2 where he will fight a yet to be named opponent, on the Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott promoted “Lords Of The Ring” event.
Agadzhanyan, who has three top class stoppage victories from his four bouts to date, is proving to be yet another exciting top Eastern European prospect to explode on the scene, one that could soon emulate the likes of Gennedy Golovkin and Segey Kovalev in dominating his chosen division. (more…)
Norwegian world champion boxer Cecilia Brækhus today announced a new management and representation consortium including IMG, a global leader in sports, fashion and media, and K2 Promotions and Klitschko Management Group (KMG), Wladimir Klitschko’s boxing promotional and management companies.
Brækhus’ own promotion and management companies, First Lady Promotions (FLP) and First Lady Sport (FLS), will work alongside IMG, K2 Promotions and KMG.
Brækhus, 33, is currently the undisputed Women’s world welterweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles simultaneously. The consortium will work together to arrange and promote fights inside and outside of Norway, and optimise her media profile and sponsorship opportunities. (more…)