Following his victory last weekend against Daniel Geale, WBA Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin was interviewed by HBO boxing analyst Max Kellerman. During the interview, Kellerman asked “GGG” who he would like to fight and the answer was a resounding “Miguel Cotto”. Following the interview, Kellerman made a few interesting comments …
Read More »German Boxing Commission Changes Ruling On Mathis vs. Hammer Result
The German boxing commission, Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer – BDB, officially changed the result of last Saturday’s female world championship between Christina Hammer and Anne Sophie Mathis to a “no contest”. By doing so, the BDB followed the ruling of the WBF, which already announced that change yesterday. The WBO still …
Read More »Chaves Clears Visa Entry Hurdle For Brandon Rios Clash
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today that the visa for Diego “La Joya” Chaves has cleared and that he will be traveling to Las Vegas to face Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios, as scheduled, on Saturday, August 2, at The Chelsea in The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Rios (31-2-1, …
Read More »Irish Squad Rips Through European Competition In Italy
Four Irish boxers are through to Sunday’s finals at the European Youth and Junior Championships in Assisi, Italy. Cheyanne O’Neill, Amy Broadhurst and Kristina O’Hara won their semi-finals today to guarantee Ireland at least three silver medals in the Youth class. The Athlone, Dundalk and Belfast trio decisioned Poland’s Justyna …
Read More »WBC Silver Champ Raja Amasheh Shows A Heart Of Gold
WBC Silver flyweight champion Raja Amasheh has proven big heart inside the ring numerous times. This Friday the 31-year-old also showed big heart for kids when she became one of the “Big Champions Supporting Small Champions” by visiting the children hospital in Saarbrücken (Germany) under the banner of “WBC World …
Read More »Iron Mike Promotions Heads To Pittsburgh August 8
Boxing legend Mike Tyson and Iron Mike Productions Presents “The Pride of Pittsburgh” on Friday, August 8 at Consol Energy Center and telecast live on Fox Sports 1, headlined by the Steel City’s favorite son, Sammy “The Who Can Mexican” Vasquez Fighting in the hottest division in boxing, Vasquez will …
Read More »Campbell, Smith Head To America On Porter vs. Brook Card
Luke Campbell, MBE, and Callum Smith will make their American debuts on the undercard of Kell Brook’s IBF Welterweight title clash with Shawn Porter at the StubHub Center in California on August 16, live on Sky Sports. Olympic gold medal star Campbell and unbeaten Liverpool talent Smith both claimed wins …
Read More »BoxNation To Screen Mayweather vs. Maidana 2 Live In UK
Pound-for-pound star Floyd Mayweather will return to his British home of BoxNation with his thrilling September rematch with Argentine assassin Marcos Maidana to be screened live and exclusive on the channel. The highly charged showdown will be the fifth Mayweather megafight in a row to be shown on BoxNation as …
Read More »British Veteran Burkinshaw Returns To Ring September 13
Former English Super Flyweight titleholder Ross “The Boss” Burkinshaw has officially made his return to the division in which his career began. Burkinshaw, a British Army veteran and former second battalion infantryman, fought his way up the ladder at the 115lb/52.2kg weight limit, and capped his bolstering rise to the …
Read More »Headlining G4 Fighters Work Out For Media In New York
In front of a packed house of New York City sports media on Tuesday afternoon at the Mendez Boxing Gym, all four TV fighters, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, Daniel “The Real Deal” Geale, Bryant “By By” Jennings and Mike “The Rebel” Perez went through one of their final workouts prior to …
Read More »Heavyweights Jennings, Perez Hit The Empire State Building
Undefeated heavyweights Bryant “By By” Jennings and Mike “The Rebel” Perez stopped traffic today at they headed to the world-famous Empire State Building for a media photo opportunity on the 86th Floor Observation Deck. With a huge crowd of onlookers and supporters watching their every step, the fighters posed for …
Read More »WBA Update: Golovkin vs. Geale Officials, Giacon Continental Champ
New York State Athletic Commission announced the officials for the super middleweight 160 pounds championship title fight of the World Boxing Association, Genady Golovkin and the number three rated contender Daniel Geale that will take place on Saturday at the Madison Square Garden. Michael Ortega will referee the actions and …
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