Leading boxing television rights distributor/sports marketing firm Octapixx Live is pleased to announce that it has been selected to exclusively market and distribute the worldwide broadcast rights to the February 21, 2015 return of knockout king Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KO) to Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Golovkin will put his WBA, IBO …
Read More »Interim Cruiser Champ Kalenga Targeting WBA Ruler Lebedev
Fresh off of his devastating 12th round knockout of previously undefeated No. 2 contender “Dangerous” Denton Daley (12-1) this past Saturday night, as the official WBA mandatory challenger, Interim WBA cruiserweight champion Youri “El Toro” Kalenga (21-1, 14 KOs), has set his sights next on WBA “regular” champion Denis Lebedev …
Read More »David Price Added To Channel 5 Televised German Fight Card
David Price (18-2, 15 KOs) is back in action on December 6 – live on Channel 5 at 8.30-10.30pm. The hard-hitting heavyweight will face Emilio Ezequiel Zarate (18-13-3, 9 KOs) as part of a bumper bill of international Boxing brought to you by Team Sauerland and Hennessy Sports from the …
Read More »CBS Sports To Televise New Boxing Series December 13
Final Forum Boxing and The Gallery Studio Group, LLC, announced today that CBS Sports Network will televise its premiere “Ringside Red Carpet” Boxing series. Each two-hour live telecast will feature at least two fights. The first event will be held on Saturday, December 13 at 8:00 PM, ET. Each title …
Read More »“Take It To The Bank” Webster Headlines Philly Fight Card
On Tuesday, Nov. 25, undefeated super middleweight contender Derrick “Take It to the Bank” Webster will headline the third installment of Parx Casino Tuesday Night Fights at 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia. The 6-foot- 4 Glassboro, N.J., resident owns an impressive 17-0 record (8 knockouts) and is coming off a …
Read More »Ex-WBA Champ Shumenov Moves Up To Cruiserweight
Former WBA Light Heavyweight title holder Beibut Shumenov (14-2, 9 KOs) returns to the ring December 13, kick-starting his new quest to become a two-division world champion, against cruiserweight Bobby Thomas Jr. (14-2, 9 KOs) in an eight-round bout on the Khan vs. Alexander card, presented by Golden Boy Promotions, …
Read More »Hernandez vs. Afolabi IBF Title Fight Aired By UK Channel 5
Hennessy Sports and Team Sauerland are pleased to announce that the IBF Cruiserweight Championship showdown between Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) and Ola Afolabi (21-3-4, 10 KOs) will be broadcast live on Channel 5 from 8.30-10.30pm. British boxing fans will now have the chance to follow London-born Afolabi as …
Read More »Light Welter Lenny Daws Now Official Challenger For European Crown
Morden’s newly-crowned EU champion Lenny Daws has been made official challenger for the European (EBU) light-welterweight title and hopes to tempt the champion, Michele Di Rocco, into a rematch at some point in 2015. Daws lost a disputed and controversial 12-round decision to Di Rocco in June 2013 and has …
Read More »Interbox Announces Big Bell Center Show December 6
InterBox held a press conference today in Montreal to announce that fans at the Bell Centre on December 6 will be able to watch three major fights: light heavyweights Lucian Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) vs. Roberto Bolonti (35-3, 24 KOs) and Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) vs. Donovan George (26-4-2, …
Read More »World Title Boxing Comes To Ontario: Kalenga vs. Daley
Former Canadian college basketball player and No. 2 ranked “Dangerous” Denton Daley (12-0, 6 KOs) challenges Interim WBA cruiserweight champion Youri “El Toro” Kalenga (20-1, 13 KOs) Saturday night at Hersey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Kalenga vs. Daley headlines “World Championship Boxing,” promoted by United Boxing Promotions (UBP), the …
Read More »Promoter Rodney Berman Talks Golovkin vs. Murray Clash
South African promoter Rodney Berman has made bold inroads into Europe and will be promoting Gennady Golovkin against Martin Murray in a much-anticipated middleweight championship bout in Monte Carlo in February 2015. Here, the Golden Gloves CEO talks about the past, present and future. Congratulations. Your recent tournament in Monte …
Read More »WBA Champ Ruslan Chagaev Backed By Powerful Team
Regular WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev has started training camp for the first defense of his second title reign which is supposed to take place in early 2015 in Hamburg. After his mandatory challenger Luis Ortiz disqualified himself with a positive test, Team Chagaev is currently looking for an opponent.
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