Boxing promotional powerhouse, Golden Boy Promotions, has officially joined the Boxing Promoters Association. Golden Boy and the BPA will make it official at the organizations next upcoming meeting on January 10th at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, NV. “It’s terrific to have an outstanding organization such as Golden Boy Promotions join our group,” stated Joe…
Undefeated WBC super lightweight champion Devon Alexander ‘The Great’ will dedicate his performance on Jan. 29 to his promoter’s wife of 50 years, Mrs. Henrietta King, who died earlier this month after a lengthy illness at age 87. Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs), from St. Louis, will face undefeated WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm 
WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (10-1, 6 KOs) has been preparing for the biggest fight in his very short, but storied career, training for “The Unification,” his Jan. 8, 2011 blockbuster boxing event first at Team Barry Boxing in Henderson, Nevada with his head trainer and 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist Kevin Barry,…
The all-time record for most consecutive first-round knockouts, Philadelphia junior middleweight Tyrone “Young Gun†Brunson (21-1-1, 20 KOs), has signed an exclusive promotional contract with Boxing 360. “We’re thrilled to add a talented knockout artist such as Tyrone to our growing stable of future champions,†Boxing 360 Founder and CEO Mario Yagobi said. “We plan…
After spending several grueling months training under physical fitness guru John Schaeffer from the Winning Factor Sports Science Training Systems, located in Reading, Pennsylvania, heavyweight Carl Davis showed up in a cruiserweight body to battle for the vacant USBO Cruiserweight Championship at the UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, last Friday. Although plagued by a flu bug…
Las Vegas hosts its first world title fight of 2011 when World Bantamweight Champion Fernando “Cochulito†Montiel defends his title against two-division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire, in the latest chapter of the storied México-Philippines rivalry, Saturday, February 19, at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Last night at Las Vegas’ famed Mandalay Bay Casino, WBA light welter champ Amir Khan proved he could hang in there with a big puncher as he fended off the challenge of Marcos Maidana over 12 hard fought rounds. Khan surprised the heavy-handed body-puncher Maidana by…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Prior to their clash tonight at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Casino, WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan and his challenger Marcos Maidana weighed in yesterday. WBA Super Lightweight Championship, 12 rounds Amir Khan: 140 lb Marcos Maidana: 139 lb
One of the most highly rated and decorated Jr. Boxer’s in recent memory in the United Kingdom is set to take his professional career on the road and invade America the same way the Beatles did some forty-five years ago from the same city of Liverpool, England. Peter Taureo Gallagher Jr. who was a two-time…
Four of the top super lightweights in the world will put their skills and wills to the test Saturday, Dec. 11 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, but before the televised fights begin, an elite eight who will put their combined 94-0 record on the line in stellar undercard action. Stepping through…
Goossen Tutor Promotions and KZ Event Productions announced today that WBA and IBA World Champion Beibut Shumenov and WBO World Champion Juergen Braehmer will meet in a Light Heavyweight World Championship Unification showdown January 8, 2011 at the Ice Mansion in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
Following a spectacular third round knockout victory over former World Champion Vivian Harris in September, super lightweight star “Vicious” Victor Ortiz continues his quest for the 140-pound title Saturday, Dec. 11, when he takes on fellow contender Lamont “Havoc” Peterson in the HBO-televised co-featured bout to Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana at the Mandalay Bay…