Promoter Gary Shaw is standing behind Jose Sulaiman and the WBC’s stance against AIBA (International Amateur Boxing Association) and its ruling to have professional boxers at the Olympic Games. “I would like to respectfully inform you that the WBC has expressed its opposition to the monopoly to be instituted at the Olympic Games, by a…
One of the most exciting fighters in the sport of boxing today, Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo has an aggressive style and knockout power that has made him a must-see competitor for years. Now, Angulo will continue his attack on the junior middleweight division as a member of the Golden Boy Promotions team, and the Mexican…
WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins and former Light Heavyweight World Champion Chad Dawson have officially announced their October 15 world title fight. Bernard Hopkins, WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion “When you get tired of making history or tired of competing, you will get exposed. In basketball you can call time out. In football you…
It is hard to believe what WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins has achieved during his 23-year long professional career. He was the middleweight champion for ten years, notched a record 20 successful title defenses of that crown and at 46-years-old, has become the oldest fighter in boxing history to win a world…
The countdown begins. With just a month remaining, Antonio “The Magic Man†Tarver is putting in long hours at the gym in Florida before his July 20 IBO World Cruiserweight Championship showdown with Aussie hero Danny Green at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia. “He’s a good fighter,†said Tarver said of Green. “He’s won…
On a second consecutive night of fights on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime, featherweight Luis Orlando “Orlandito†Del Valle’s rising star shined in a 10-round unanimous decision over Dat “Be Dat’’ Nguyen with scores of 99-91 three times. In the co-feature, Jonathan Gonzalez scored a convincing 10-round unanimous decision by the scores of 99-91…
It’s June so no better time than Friday for Graduation Day for three talented ShoBox: The New Generation alums returning for a Friday night tripleheader live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Lateef Kayode (199.5 pounds), Chris Avalos (120 pounds) and Archie Ray Marquez (133 pounds) all hit their contracted…
Only days before an unprecedented weekend of back-to-back, coast-to-coast editions of ShoBox: The New Generation, Saturday’s fighters gathered in front of a media-packed room at The Parlour Restaurant on 30th Street in Manhattan. As their forthcoming bouts will take place on the eve of New York’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, Boricua prospects Luis Orlando “Orlandito 
Star Boxing’s hard-hitting, undefeated Puerto Rican prospect, Emmanuel Gonzalez (8-0, 7KO’s), coming off a first round TKO on May 5th, will be back in action this Friday night in New York City, two days before the city’s famed Puerto Rican Day parade.
Undefeated super featherweight Amanda “The Real Deal†Serrano fights at home for her first professional title Saturday night, June 11 at the historic Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The 23-year-old Serrano (9-0-1, 5 KOs), a native of Puerto Rico who is now fighting out of Brooklyn, faces Jennifer Scott in an eight-round bout for…
Back-to-back three-fight telecasts. On opposite coasts. Twelve top-flight boxers with a combined record of 181-11-2 and 111 KOs in six exciting fights. All on the one and only ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime. Weeks before it celebrates its 10th anniversary, there will be an unprecedented double airing of ShoBox — with three-fight telecasts on…
With American and Canadian media in attendance, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins hosted a media workout today at a local boxing gym in Montreal, Canada where the 46-year-old Two-Division World Champion and Future Hall of Famer discussed his championship rematch against WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Jean Pascal which takes place this Saturday, May 21 at the…