Top Rank, SECA and Sands China Ltd., who have been building the growth of boxing in the People’s Republic of China by producing and promoting five world championship events in Macao over the past 13 months, announced their latest joint venture at a press conference Saturday at The Venetian Macao. The project, a weekly one-hour…
Two-time Chinese Olympic gold medallist and national icon Zou Shiming and undefeated unified junior featherweight world champion and Cuban sensation Guillermo “El Chacal†Rigondeaux will headline Champions of Gold, world championship boxing’s return to The The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena. Promoted by Top Rank and Sands China Ltd., in association with Tecate, PS4, Caribe Promotions…
WBA featherweight champion Simphiwe “V12†Vetyeka (26-2, 15 KOs), of Mdantsane, South Africa, and 2012 Fighter of the Year Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire (32-2, 20 KOs), a native of General Santos City, Philippines, now living in Las Vegas, weighed in at 125.5 and 126 pounds, respectively, on Friday in their final faceoff before their…
It’s back to the future for four-division world champion and 2012 Fighter of the Year Year Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire as he finishes off a training camp that hasn’t been this rigorous and back to basics since his stellar year in 2012. Donaire is moving up yet another weight division, this time to challenge…
Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, is pleased to announce that Top Rank has signed an agreement with Manny Pacquiao and MP Promotions extending their promotional agreement through December 31, 2016.
The Official Weigh-In for boxing’s triumphant return to the “Fabulous” Forum will be open to the public, this Friday, May 16 at 3pm PT in Los Angeles, CA. The inaugural brawl, which takes place on Saturday, May 17, will feature four-division world champion and Méxican icon Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez (55-7-1, 40 KOs), of México…
Miguel Cotto Promotions, DiBella Entertainment and Sampson Boxing will present three intriguing 10-round battles which will be featured on the pay-per-view undercard headlined by the Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez vs. Miguel Cotto World Middleweight Championship. The Cotto vs. Martinez world middleweight championship event will take place on Saturday, June 7 at Madison Square Garden and will…
Undefeated world champions Terence Crawford, the Pride of Omaha, and Cuban sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa, who share identical 23-0 (16 KOs) professional ring records, will battle for Crawford’s newly-won WBO lightweight title, Saturday, June 28, at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha. This will be the first world championship fight Omaha has hosted in 42 years, when…
Fight fans eager for a unique inside look at the red-hot June 7 HBO Pay-Per-View world middleweight championship battle between superstars Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez, the 160-pound lineal champ, should mark their calendars to catch an all-new edition of “Face Off,” starring the two prizefighters. “Face Off With Max Kellerman: Cotto/Martinez†debuts Saturday, May…
Undefeated world champions Terence Crawford, Omaha’s favorite son, and Cuban sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa, who both boast identical 23-0 (16 KOs) records, will host a news conference announcing their World Lightweight Championship fight this Thursday, May 8 at the CenturyLink Center in the Bud Light Zone in Omaha, Nebraska. The news conference, which will be open…
Pound for pound titans, Manny “Pacman†Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KOs), and undefeated two-division world champion Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley (31-0, 12 KOs), of Palm Springs, Calif., will step on the scale for the Official Weigh-In of their eagerly-anticipated WBO welterweight championship rematch. It takes place Friday, April 11, inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Open…
After completing his first week of training camp at his Hollywood-based Wild Card Boxing Club with Manny “Pacman†Pacquiao, trainer Freddie Roach had a few observations he wanted to share as they prepare for their rematch challenge of undefeated WBO welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm†Bradley. Pacquiao vs. Bradley 2 will take place Saturday, April…