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Super Bantamweight contender Azat Hovhannisyan, catches up with Golden Boy Promotions sharing inside on his family life inside and outside the ring, chilhood memories in Armenia, and a futbol fan??? All this and more in this episode of GB Insider! Hovhannisyan is set to Headline the event at Fox Theatre …

Fighting in his native Armenia for the first time in his pro career, bantamweight Vic Darchinyan kept hold of his IBO title against the challenge posed by South African super flyweight Evans Mbamba in an all-southpaw battle. In front of a sold old Karen Demirchyan Sports Complex in Yerevan, Darchinyan …

Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinalists and WBA 168-pound champion Andre Ward hosted a media day and workout with his trainer Virgil Hunter and promoter Dan Goossen on Thursday in Ward’s hometown of Oakland as he gets ready for his Semifinals showdown against Arthur Abraham on Saturday, May 14 at …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and former IBF bantamweight champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez both made weight one day before their main-event meeting on Showtime Championship Boxing this Saturday, April 23, live on Showtime,10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from …

Two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and former International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez will clash in the new main event on Showtime Championship Boxing this Saturday, April 23, live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast from Nokia Theatre L.A. …

Undefeated WBC Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares and two-division titleholder Vic Darchinyan participated in an open media workout Tuesday at Westside Boxing Gym with Oscar de la Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions/ Mares’ promoter in attendance. This Saturday, April 23, Mares and Darchinyan will compete in separate bouts in …

IBF Bantamweight Champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko participated in a media workout today at John’s Boxing Gym in the Bronx, N.Y. as he prepares for Abner Mares in the eagerly anticipated final of The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All on Saturday, April 23 LIVE on Showtime (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed …

Four of the best bantamweights in the world participated in a press conference to formally announce the eagerly awaited The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All on Saturday, April 23 live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from Nokia Theatre L.A. live in Los Angeles.

Joseph King Kong Agbeko will defend his IBF bantamweight championship against undefeated rising star Abner Mares, who defends his WBC Silver bantamweight championship in the eagerly awaited finals of The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All on Saturday, April 23 live on Showtime at10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The promoters and fighters involved with The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All – a two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders – took center stage on Thursday in the final press conference to discuss the two Semifinal bouts set to take place on Saturday, Dec. 11, …

By Per Ake Persson Alexander Dimitrenko´s mandatory defence of the European heavyweight title against Albert Sosnowski has now been announced for December 4 (as previously reported) with Schwerin as site. Dimitrenko, from Ukraine, living in Germany and now a German citizen is making the first defence of the title. It´s …

Showtime Sports officially announced today that The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All-the two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders-will begin with two Semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11 at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. Showtime will televise the fights live at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.