World championship boxing makes its 2013 debut on Epix next month with an exciting quadruple-header! WBO lightweight champion Ricky “Rickster” Burns and IBF titlist Miguel “Titere” Vazquez will collide in a world title unification to determine the division’s top dog in the main event of a blockbuster four-bout card. “Best of Britain” will be televised…
Top welterweight prospect Dusty Hernandez-Harrison of Washington, D.C., kept his undefeated record intact scoring a six-round unanimous decision win over cagey veteran Aaron “Showtime†Anderson in the co-main event Saturday at Resorts Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. Hernandez-Harrison is a fan favorite in the Tunica region since making his pro debut in 2011 at the age…
Olympic Champion Katie Taylor wowed a sold out Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin last night, with a dominant win over two weight German champion Maike Klueners and will now set her focus on the next two steps on the Road to Rio and her ultimate goal of becoming a two time Olympic Champion. The…
Adam Little is confident he’ll be able to make a major impact in the welterweight division when he returns to action this spring. The Ricky Hatton-trained prospect, 22, is currently recovering after having surgery to rectify a persistent hand injury and he feels he’ll show a different side to his game when gets back into…
World Boxing Association Super champion of the 154-pound division, Floyd Mayweather Jr is celebrating his birthday today, and on behalf of the WBA family we send him our warmest greetings and our best wishes of success. Mayweather became super champion on May 5, 2012, when he defeated the Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision,…
A night of World class boxing and the return of Katie Taylor to competitive action for the first time since she won gold at the London Olympics ended on a poignant note after Ken Egan announced his retirement from inside the ring he has graced for over a decade last night. The 31-year-old Dubliner said…
Since its inception in July 2001, 47 fighters who’ve appeared on ShoBox: The New Generation have gone on to capture a world title. One of them, Cornelius “K9†Bundrage (32-4, 19 KO’s), of Detroit, will defend his IBF Junior Middleweight Championship against fellow ShoBox alum, Ishe “Sugar Shay†Smith (24-5, 11 KO’s), of Las Vegas,…
For the 102nd and 103rd times in its over 10 year history, a previously unbeaten fighter suffered the first loss of his career on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime The latest was Art “Lionheart” Hovhannisyan, of Glendale, Calif., who dropped a close, unanimous 10-round decision to Alejandro “El Alacran” Perez, of Salinas, Calif.,…
Travis Walker has vowed to back his favourite status for the Prizefighter International Heavyweights III with three KO wins at York Hall in Bethnal Green, live on Sky Sports 1HD tomorrow night from 8pm. Walker is the favorite to land the trophy in the 29th edition of Matchroom Sport’s eight-man, one night tournament, and he…
Katie Taylor is hoping that her fans can recreate just a sample of the atmosphere that saw her win Gold at last years Olympics when she takes on two weight German Champion, Maike Klueners at a sold out Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin this Sunday night. Klueners faces the daunting task of literally taking…
In anticipation of the highly anticipated doubleheader featuring Sharif “The Lion” Bogere and Gary Russell Jr. on Saturday, March 2, live on Showtime at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., Showtime Sports is offering a full-length replay from each of the world-class boxers’ recent fights…
The boxers who will fight on a terrific doubleheader on ShoBox: The New Generation tomorrow/Friday, Feb. 22, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, made weight on their first attempts Thursday at Morongo Casino Resort. Main eventers Art “Lionheart†Hovhannisyan (15-0-2, 8 KOs), of Glendale , Calif. , and Alejandro…