Former world champion Thomas Hearns, who along with Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran dominated boxing in the 1980s and became known collectively as “The Four Kings,†headlines a 14-person class of inductees into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, Hall CEO/president Michelle Corrales-Lewis announced Wednesday. Hearns was chosen in the non-Nevada…
Undefeated WBC Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider “Storm” Alvarez is on a mission to showcase his talent throughout the boxing world, February 24 against former world super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, to completely justify his No. 1 contender position. The 32-year-old Alvarez (21-0, 10 KOs) will defend his WBC Silver title belt against Bute (32-3-1,…
Top Rank and Antonio Leonard Productions announced its latest signing and it’s a sterling one; 2016 U.S. Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson. Stevenson, 19, from Newark, NJ, sailed though every stage of his Olympic competition in Rio De Janeiro last summer before losing a close split decision in the bantamweight championship fight to 2012 flyweight…
Light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara, (28-4, 16 KOs), has entered the world of Pilates as he plans to take his career to new heights. Born in Poland and now training in the Bay Area of California, with coach Virgil Hunter, Fonfara believes the Pilates regimen will improve his boxing career on many different levels.
Sanigar Events presents ‘Great Expectations’ a night of Championship Boxing at The Dolman Hall, Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol featuring the best up and coming West Country talent. The ever popular Dan Sarkozi will headline the show in an eight round contest against former foe Daza Usher from Oxford. The last time the pair clashed in…
Undefeated featherweight world champion Carl Frampton hosted media at his training camp in Las Vegas Tuesday ahead of his highly anticipated rematch with former three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz on Saturday, January 28 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena and live on Showtime. Televised coverage begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT with undefeated…
Undefeated prospects Miguel Cruz (13-0, 11 KOs) and Alex Martin (13-0, 5 KOs) will meet in a welterweight showdown featured on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike Friday, January 13 from Hialeah Park Racing and Casino in Miami. PBC on Spike is headlined by super welterweight world champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara taking on former…
A winner of 19 in a row, featherweight world champion Lee Selby (23-1, 8 KOs) will fight for the second time in the United States when he battles former world champion Jonathan Victor Barros (41-4-1, 22 KOs) live on Showtime Extreme Saturday, January 28 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Televised coverage…
Undefeated junior welterweight prospect, Mykal “The Professor” Fox, will take on hard-punching Tre’Sean Wiggins in the main event of a big night of boxing on Saturday night, February 11 at the Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Maryland. The show is promoted by King’s Promotions. Fox, 21 years old of Forestville, Maryland, is coming off a…
One of the most eagerly anticipated fights of 2017 will air exclusively live on BoxNation when undefeated welterweight hotshots Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman meet in a world title unification clash on March 4th. Taking place in New York, the pair will do battle in a matchup which already has fights fans licking their lips…
Super middleweight champion Badou Jack spoke to media in Las Vegas Thursday, just days before he travels across the country for his world title unification showdown against James DeGale on Saturday, January 14 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn and live on Showtime. Televised coverage begins at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT with super featherweight world…
On March 18, Victory Boxing Promotions and Rumble in Rio team up to present a night of charity boxing at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico. The card kicks off with eight amateur “guns & hoses” bouts between New Mexico Police and Firefighters who will fight to benefit the Jim Franklin Bike Giveaway Program…