We start on Friday night at Illusions Theater in San Antonio, America where Erislandy Lara, 20-2-2 (12), outpointed Ishe Smith, 26-7 (12), for the WBA light middle title. Southpaw Lara simply was too quick and elusive for Smith, who briefly held the IBF crown in 2013, as the judges awarded the Cuban all three score…
Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime have been informed that WBO Junior Middleweight Champion Demetrius Andrade is unavailable for his scheduled world title defense against Jermell Charlo on Saturday, Dec. 13 on Showime Championship Boxing at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. At this time, it is unclear whether Andrade vs. Charlo will be…
The stars of boxing’s present and future will be out in full force at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, Dec. 13, when Golden Boy Promotions in association with Khan Promotions and The Great Promotions present a Showtime Championship Boxing tripleheader featuring a pivotal welterweight showdown and two world championship fights,…
It may be freezing in our Nation’s Capitol, but the four fighters competing in this Saturday night’s Showtime Championship Boxing doubleheader at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, braved the cold to sit down with Showtime cameras at the DCB Fit Boxing Gym to discuss their upcoming bouts. In Saturday’s main event at…
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer announced at the outset of yesterday’s final press conference that he expects The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. , to be sold out for the exciting fight card headlined by Marcos Maidana vs. Josesito Lopez this Saturday, June 8 live on Showtime at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT).
Tickets for another explosive night of boxing action at Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas featuring undefeated top prospects Sharif Bogere and Francisco Contreras are now on sale. Bogere and Contreras will face off in a 10-round fight for Bogere’s NABO Lightweight Title and the co-featured bout will see another clash of top prospects when…
On Friday, June 17, Golden Boy Promotions returns to the Rio Grande Valley to feature one of the Valley’s own, Omar “Panterita” Figueroa Jr. against Puerto Rico’s Eric Cruz in the ten-round “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” main event at the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas.
Amid the summer like heat and humidity deep in the heart of Texas, Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee prepares with world renowned trainer Ronnie Shields for his ESPN2 Friday Night Fights debut on Friday, May 6th in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 23 year old Lee, a top rated light heavyweight prospect, will look to…
Local stars will be shining bright deep in the heart of Texas tonight, August 6, when Antonio Escalante, Omar Figueroa, Jermell Charlo and Cesar Valenzuela enter the ring in separate televised bouts at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso for this week’s edition of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate.” In the main event, scheduled for…
It will be an explosive night in Texas this Friday, June 18, as TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” touches down at the McAllen Convention Center starring some of the fight game’s top young talent. In the main event, Santa Ana, California’s Luis Ramos Jr. battles New York’s Joshua Allotey in an eight round junior welterweight bout….
Last night at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV, Marcos Rene Maidana and Joan Guzman won world title bouts, although only Maidana could lay claim to the belt on offer. Hard-punching Maidana, 28-1 (27), put his Interim WBA light welter crown at risk, facing previously undefeated Victor Manuel Cayo, 24-1 (16), of Dominican…
Marcos Rene Maidana defends his Interim WBA super lightweight belt against challenger Victor Cayo tonight at The Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV, while Ali Funeka meets Joan Guzman in a rematch for the vacant IBF lightweight title. As Guzman came in at an amazing nine pounds over the 135 pound weight limit, only…