Tag Archives: IBF

With dreams of becoming the next great champion to come out of boxing-rich Philadelphia, welterweight prospect Mike Jones will face Irving Garcia in a 12-round main event bout on ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, July 9, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from …

When capturing the WBA Light Heavyweight Championship in just his 10th professional bout back in January, Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6 KOs) entered the boxing record books for winning a major world title in the light heavyweight division with the fewest number of fights in his professional career, beating Jeff Harding’s …

On August, 14, 2010, Montreal will host an epic light heavyweight bout featuring Jean Pascal against American sensation, Chad Dawson. This will be for Pascal, the big break he has been looking for since his one and only defeat against Carl Froch. We all know that big breaks are few …

Leavander Johnson, a lifelong Atlantic City resident and fixture at the Atlantic City Police Athletic League, was an IBF Lightweight boxing champion who tragically lost his life at the pinnacle of his career doing the job he loved, defending his city and his championship belt.

Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and Gary Shaw Productions are particularly proud to officially announce that WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1-0, 16KO) will make a third defense of his title against undefeated American light heavyweight superstar Chad “Bad” Dawson (29-0-0, 17KO) on Saturday, August 14th at the Bell Centre …

Showtime is once again the place to be this summer with an exciting lineup of boxing. The Super Six World Boxing Classic returns with 2004 Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward defending his new WBA world championship against Allan Green in Oakland, Calif., in the final Group Stage 2 matchup on …

After sparring with world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko for three weeks in Austria, Hartford heavyweight prospect Tony “TNT” Grano returned home for a week before shuffling off to Buffalo for training camp to prepare for his Saturday night, June 26 headlining fight on the “Pride & Power” boxing card, presented …

Puerto Rican superstar Ivan Calderon headlines New York’s famed Madison Square Garden for the first time as the southpaw WBO light flyweight champion puts his crown at risk against hard-nosed former two-time world title challenger Jesus Iribe of Mexico. At 33-0-1 (6), Calderon has never lost a professional fight and …

Canada’s biggest puncher was in action last night at Montreal’s Uniprix Stadium and middleweight David Lemieux lived up to his reputation in a big way. Facing experienced and durable American veteran Elvin Ayala, the 21 year old local man stepped up to the plate and dropped his adversary three times …

A typical boxing press conference today at Scottrade Center in St. Louis suddenly turned raucous after undefeated unified 140-pound world champion Devon Alexander’s trainer told former WBA junior welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik, a Ukrainian making his first visit to America, “That’s a long way to come for an ass whuppin.’ …

Two undefeated world champions will put their crowns on the line in separate bouts at Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Aug. 7 in one of the best boxing showcases of the summer. Hometown hero and unified WBC and IBF 140-pound champion Devon Alexander “The Great” (20-0, 13 KOs) will …

Last night at Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, America’s Steve Cunningham recaptured his IBF cruiserweight title when opponent Troy Ross of Canada suffered an injury and could not continue after four rounds were completed. Cunningham, who was dethroned by Tomasz Adamek in 2008, earned the opportunity to face former Canadian and Commonwealth …