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Showtime Sports is commemorating 30 years of Showtime Championship Boxing with a year-long celebration that will highlight the biggest, most memorable and exciting Showtime fights spanning four decades. The network’s flagship sports series, Showtime Championship Boxing, was born on March 10, 1986 when “Marvelous†Marvin Hagler defeated John “The Beast†Mugabi by spectacular 11th-round knockout….
The six fighters who’ll be fighting on ShoBox: The New Generation tomorrow/Friday, Jan. 22, live on Showtime at 10:35 p.m. ET/PT at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz., made weight Thursday. Undefeated middleweight Rob “Bravo†Brant (18-0, 11 KOs) of St. Paul, Minn., faces Atlantic City’s Decarlo Perez (15-3-1, 5 KOs) in the 10-round main…
Unbeaten Pauly Upton will return to action in Walsall on February 19 and he’s keen to push towards title class. The Ricky Hatton-trained super-welterweight will face Brighton’s experienced Kevin McCauley as part of his preparations for a potential Irish title tilt in the spring. Pauly took his professional ledger to 11-0 by comprehensively out-boxing tough…
John Wayne Hibbert has laughed off Tommy Martin’s claims that their sparring sessions were ‘wars’ – and said he cannot wait to silence the young pretender at the Copper Box Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on January 30, live on Sky Sports. Hibbert defends his Commonwealth and WBC International Super-Lightweight titles against Martin,…
Showtime will televise the eagerly anticipated 122-pound world title unification showdown between undefeated super bantamweights Carl Frampton, the IBF champion and Scott Quigg, the WBA champion, on Saturday, Feb. 27, live on Showtime from Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The Showtime Boxing International telecast will air live (precise time to be announced) with an encore…
Sam Eggington defends his British and Commonwealth Welterweight titles against Bradley Skeete at the Genting Arena in Birmingham on March 5, live on Sky Sports. Eggington defended the titles for the first time in a thrilling contest against Dale Evans in October, with the young Birmingham talent climbing off the canvas in the second round…
Before they travel across the country for their Saturday, January 23 showdowns, Danny “Swift” Garcia and Amir “Hardcore” Mansour held a Philadelphia media workout Wednesday to discuss their Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Fox and Fox Deportes bouts taking place at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Garcia faces former multiple-division world champion Robert “The Ghost”…
With the highly anticipated “Fight Week On Fox In L.A.” just around the corner, Mexican warrior Aron Martinez, top welterweight prospect Javier Molina and undefeated lightweight prospect Alejandro Luna held a media workout Tuesday that filled the Wild Card West Boxing Gym in Santa Monica with local media ahead of their respective battles. On Tuesday,…
Tommy Martin says he’ll prove age is nothing but a number by taking the Commonwealth and WBC International Super-Lightweight title from John Wayne Hibbert at the Copper Box Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on January 30, live on Sky Sports. Martin challenges his long-time friend for the titles in the latest big domestic…
Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne says he’s fitter than ever and ready to make history. The 36-year-old Australian aims to become his nation’s first ever world heavyweight champion when he squares off with WBA kingpin Ruslan Chagaev in Grozny, Chechnya, on March 5. Browne has been training like a demon with head coach Rodney Williams and…
Ray Flores: First of all, I want to send a Happy New Year to all the media and everyone that is joining us on the conference call. I’m really excited about Fight Week on Fox in Los Angeles. I could not think of a better way to kick off 2016 than the fight that we…
Hatton Promotions and Black Country Boxing are joining forces again in 2016 to bring more top class pugilism to the Midlands. The promotional outfits hosted three successful events during the final months of last year and will pick up where they left off at Walsall Town Hall on Friday, 19th February with a nine fight…