Boxing News

Author: Boxing Press

  • Boxing Returns The Orleans Casino In Las Vegas

    Headlined by a rubber match between current WBA super welterweight champion, Layla “Amazing” McCarter and ex World Champion Melissa “Huracan” Hernandez, Platinum Entertainment in association with The Orleans Hotel & Casino and Roy Jones Jr. Boxing, will bring back live professional boxing to The Orleans Hotel and Casino a venue that has one of the richest tradition of local professional boxing in Las Vegas.

    The event is schedule for Friday, November 21, 2014.

    In addition to the boxing show, the event will host and honor the 1984 US Olympic Boxing Team. Organized by The Ring of Gold Committee, the team from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, is holding their 30 Year Anniversary festivities in Las Vegas, including their appearance at this venue. (more…)

  • Bute vs. Bolonti To Be Televised In US By ISM

    Integrated Sports Media (ISM) announced today that it will deliver the “Bute vs. Bolonti” double feature to United States fans, Saturday, December 6, live from historic Bell Centre in Montreal.

    Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian “Le Tombeaur” Bute (31-2, 24 KOs), currently the WBC No. 5 world rated light heavyweight, headlines in a 10/12 round bout against former world title challenger Roberto “La Bestia” Bolonti (35-3, 24 KOs). In the 10/12 round co-feature, former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) will risk his world No. 1 ranking against Donovan “Da Bomb” George (25-4-2, 22 KOs), fighting out of Chicago. (more…)

  • Lemieux, Rosado, Gomes, Ochoa Meet The Press In Brooklyn

    David Lemieux, NABF Middleweight Champion

    “Thank you to everybody for being here, it is a great honor and great opportunity for me to be able to fight in Brooklyn at Barclays Center. I’m very excited. I didn’t sleep much last night just getting excited to talk in front of you all.

    “I can’t wait for the fight. Gabriel Rosado is a great fighter. He comes to fight and he’s a very tough opponent. However, I’ve never felt so strong in a camp and trained so well. If you saw my fight against Fernando Guerrero, it is going to be a new David again.

    “I’m going to be a beast on December 6 and it’s going to be dangerous. I can’t wait. I’ve always trained hard, for people who don’t know my background; I’ve never cheated myself. I always put in all the work in the gym. (more…)

  • Can Ageless Master Bernard Hopkins Defy Time Once Again?

    Bernard Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs) isn’t the first elder statesman of the sweet science to hold the light heavyweight crown.

    With a win on Saturday, November 8 against WBO Champion Sergey Kovalev (25-0-1, 23 KOs at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City live on HBO World Championship Boxing, Hopkins would be just one belt away from becoming the first fighter in boxing history to hold all four major alphabet titles simultaneously in two different weight divisions. (more…)

  • Ben “Duracell” Jones Brings A Charge To Legion Of Fans

    Super-featherweight Ben ‘Duracell’ Jones is hoping to bring an army of fans to Glow, Bluewater, Kent, on Saturday, November 8, when he boxes for another professional title.

    The exciting 32-year-old is a former English and WBO European champion and is renowned in boxing circles for attracting plenty of vocal and passionate fans wherever he goes.

    “I sell a lot of tickets because I get out there,” he said. (more…)

  • Smith Must Clear Sjekloca Hurdle To Access World Stage

    Callum Smith says he will prove that he is ready to step up to World level when he faces Nikola Sjekloca at the sold-out Echo Arena in Liverpool on November 22, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

    Smith meets Sjekloca in a WBC Super Middleweight eliminator and the unbeaten 24 year old is preparing for the toughest test of his promising career, looking to move to 15-0 and close another great year in the paid ranks. (more…)

  • Can Hyppolite Live Up To Grand Expectations Out Of Montreal?

    Can Hyppolite Live Up To Grand Expectations Out Of Montreal?

    Schiller Hyppolite

    Boxing has its “Superman”, WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, and from the same country, ironically, comes “Batman” – world super middleweight contender Schiller Hyppolite (13-0-1, 9 KOs).

    The 28-year-old Hyppolite, like Stevenson, was born in Haiti and he also lives in Montreal. Hyppolite has won eight straight fights and is world rated by the IBF at No. 15, as well as No. 19 by the WBC. (more…)

  • Barclays Center Gets Massive HBO Tripleheader December 6

    Golden Boy Promotions returns to its East Coast home – Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, December 6 with a special HBO Boxing After Dark tripleheader.

    In the 12-round main event, rising Canadian star David Lemieux will defend his NABF Middleweight Title against the no nonsense Philadelphian warrior “King” Gabriel Rosado. Plus, unbeaten Californian Hugo “The Boss” Centeno Jr. takes on his toughest challenge yet in the form of Texas’ James “The King” De La Rosa.

    Rounding out the televised card are a pair of sluggers as Thomas “El Frances” Dulorme takes on “Hammerin” Hank Lundy in junior welterweight action. (more…)

  • Not So Fast: Chambers Not On Joshua Bandwagon

    Former world heavyweight title challenger ‘Fast’ Eddie Chambers likes what he has seen of fast-rising prospect Anthony Joshua, but fears his run of soft opposition may only serve to hurt him in the future.

    The 32-year-old Chambers, once of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now an honorary member of Team Fury in Bolton, speaks from experience. Back in March 2010 he scaled the heights and challenged Wladimir Klitschko for the world heavyweight championship. He therefore knows a good heavyweight when he sees one.

    “At the moment they’re doing a good job of making Joshua look unbeatable,” said Chambers. “The only problem with that is you get to a point where that’s all you’re used to. Then you get in there with somebody who can prove you’re very beatable. Then panic sets in. Then you realise you have no foundations or experience to fall back on. (more…)

  • Stevenson Vs. Sukhotskiy Slated For December 19 In Quebec City

    WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (24-1, 20 KOs), returns to the ring December 19 at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec to face Russian challenger Dmitry “The Hunter” Sukhotskiy (22-2, 16 KOs),

    “The Reign of Superman,” featuring the world light heavyweight championship between Stevenson and Sukhotskiy, is presented by Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) in association with Mise-O-Jeu and Videotron. Stevenson’s fourth world title defense will be against Sukhotskiy, who is world rated by all four major governing bodies: WBC #7, WBO # 8, WBA # 7 and IBF # 11. (more…)

  • Martin Murray Next Up In Gennady Golovkin Firing Line

    The deal has been signed – unbeaten WBA, IBO and WBC Interim middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) of Kazakhstan will fight top-rated Martin Murray (28-1-1, 12 KOs) of the UK in Monte Carlo on February 21.

    Golden Gloves and K2 Promotions announced the bout minutes after Murray’s successful WBC Silver belt defence against Domenico Spada in Monaco on Saturday.

    Golovkin will go in search of his record 19th straight stoppage while Murray will be hoping it is third time lucky after two previous title bids were rebuffed by the judges. (more…)

  • Murray, Caballero, Alvarez Victorious In Big Monte Carlo Show

    England’s Martin Murray continued his march towards a world title shot with a dramatic seventh-round technical decision win over rugged Domenico Spada of Italy in the main bout on the Golden Gloves “Title Tornado” card in Monaco on Saturday night.

    The fight was called off due to an accidental head butt, leading to a premature calling of the judges’ scorecards. (more…)