Due to a tendon tear in the left calf of the IBF/IBO Heavyweight Champion and WBA/WBO Superchampion Wladimir Klitschko, his championship fight against Tyson Fury will be postponed. After sustaining the injury in his training session yesterday, Wladimir Klitschko promptly left his training camp to seek medical treatment from Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, physician for the…
The Pride of Long Beach, New York, “Irish” Seanie Monaghan, will risk his undefeated record and Top-Five world rating when he battles Chicago knockout artist Donovan “Da Bomb” George for the vacant NABO light heavyweight title. Monaghan vs. George will be televised live from the Brooklyn’s Aviator Sports and Events Center on Friday, October 16,…
A purse bid will take place October 5 at the chief office of the IBF in Springfield, New Jersey, for the IBF light heavyweight elimination fight between the IBF No. 2 and No. 8 contenders, respectively, Montreal’s Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) and Cuban Sullivan Barrera (16-0, 11 KOs). Under IBF rules, the minimum bid…
Luke Campbell will return to action on the undercard of Anthony Joshua MBE and Dillian Whyte’s blockbuster battle for the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles at The O2 on December 12, live on Sky Sports. ‘Cool Hand’ stopped Tommy Coyle in the tenth round to land the vacant WBC International title in a huge fight…
By Peter Fury: You can’t play down the importance of family. Your family’s your family. There’s no changing it. It’s a bond like no other. If any one of your family had their little finger chopped off, it would impact you in some way. You’d feel it. So, to have everybody comfortable and happy is…
The main event of Premier Boxing Champions – The Next Round on Bounce TV delivered a crowd-pleasing unanimous decision win by Jamal James (18-0, 9 KOs) as he outmatched Juan Carlos Abreu (18-2-1, 17 KOs) to stay undefeated. James went down in the fourth round, but battled back to take over the bout, knocking Abreu…
The scintillating showdown between reigning welterweight world champion Timothy Bradley and the all-action Brandon Rios will be screened exclusively live on BoxNation on November 7th. The pair collide at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas in an explosive contest for Bradley’s WBO title that is guaranteed to have fight fans on the edge…
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says his club wouldn’t be best pleased if the former amateur boxer was to lace up the gloves again. The 29-year-old was speaking exclusively to boxing channel BoxNation ahead of his friend and fellow Liverpudlian Liam Smith’s world title showdown next month against John Thompson. The super-welterweight ace is taking…
Next Saturday night, heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) will make his second world title defense in his home state when he takes on France’s Johann “Reptile” Duhaupas (32-2, 20 KOs) in the feature bout of the evening on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC live from the Legacy Arena…
Floyd Mayweather Jr’s final fight, a masterful dismantling of Andre Berto, will premiere on Showtime this Saturday, Sept. 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. “It’s official…You have to know when to hang it up,’’ Mayweather told Showtime Sports reporter Jim Gray after his unanimous decision victory over Berto last Saturday on Showtime PPV from the MGM…
Tickets for the clash between Anthony Joshua MBE and Dillian Whyte for the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles at The O2 on December 12 live on Sky Sports, are now on sale. The bitter rivals will finally settle the score in the paid ranks in Greenwich, London with Joshua looking for revenge against Whyte for…
2012 U.S. Olympian and undefeated heavyweight prospect Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale (15-0, 14 KOs) will enter the ring against the crafty “Big” Fred Kassi (18-3-1, 10 KOs) in a 10-round heavyweight showdown on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC Saturday, September 26 from Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, with televised coverage beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30…