Boxing Day comes to Las Vegas one month early with a blockbuster fight between two of the hardest hitters in the sport. Two-division world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko will defend his WBO junior lightweight title against undefeated former world featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters. Lomachenko vs. Walters will take place…
Bob Arum: This is a very interesting promotion as far as I’m concerned. A lot of people are concentrating on the new and improved Tim Bradley. Manny Pacquiao with his right arm now totally repaired – he has had that torn rotator cuff since before the De La Hoya fight. A lot of athletes are…
Undefeated former WBA featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters returns to the ring to take on granite-fisted Top-10 contender Jason “El Canito” Sosa in a 10-round junior lightweight rumble. Walters vs. Sosa will take place this Saturday, December 19, at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Peltz…
Two-division world champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley Jr., in his second reign as WBO welterweight champion, has been named the Ring 8 Fighter of the Year of 2015. Bradley will personally accept the award from his trainer, Teddy Atlas, at the 29th Annual Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards ceremony on Sunday, December 13, at…
Undefeated former WBA featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters returns to the ring to take on granite-fisted Top-10 contender Jason “El Canito” Sosa in a 10-round junior lightweight rumble. Walters vs. Sosa will take place on Saturday, December 19, at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Peltz…
Former world champion Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios (33-2-1, 23 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., his trainer Robert Garcia and manager Cameron Dunkin hosted a wedia Workout at Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Riverside, Calif. today. Rios will be challenging two division world champion Timothy Bradley, (32-1-1, 12 KOs), of Palm Springs, Calif., for the WBO welterweight…
A Mets-Cubs showdown has nothing on the upcoming Brooklyn brawl between Long Beach, New York’s undefeated No. 4 world-rated light heavyweight contender “Irish” Seanie Monaghan and Chicago’s Donovan “Da Bomb” George. Monaghan (25-0, 16 KOs) and George (25-4-2, 22 KOs) will be battling for the vacant NABO light heavyweight title this Friday, October 16, at…
Undefeated Mexican knockout artist and No. 1 world-rated super middleweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will risk his upcoming world title shot in a 10-round WBO International / NABF super middleweight title defense against Gevorg Khatchikian, of the Netherlands, making his U.S. debut, Friday, November 20, at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Ramirez…
Chinese sports marketing/management company SECA has started a new Chinese professional boxing venture with Las Vegas-based boxing promotion company Top Rank. A new professional boxing league, League of Fists, will officially launch on September 4. “League of Fists is aiming to build a league that consists of high level boxing matches in order to provide…
Top 10 contenders Oscar Valdez, Jesse Hart, Chris Avalos and Aaron Pryor Jr.n headline the fall season debut of “Friday Night Knockout on truTV,” kicking off the Mexican Independence Day weekend on Friday, September 11, at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The fight will be televised live on truTV, beginning at 10:00…
Undefeated No. 1 junior welterweight contender Cesar “El Distinto” Cuenca of Argentina is just three victories shy of tying Rocky Marciano’s hallowed 49-0 record. He will be looking to cut that victory deficit on Saturday when he battles undefeated No. 2 world-rated contender “Ik” Lian Hui Yang of China, for the vacant IBF junior welterweight…
Undefeated No. 2 world-rated contender “Ik” Lian Hui Yang is going to play to the crowd as well as to his own strengths when battles his unbeaten opponent and top-rated contender Cesar “El Distinto” Cuenca, in the main event of “Victory at the Venetian,” next Saturday, July 18, at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena. The…