IBF Featherweight Champion Lee Selby has signed a deal to work with Boxing Advisor Al Haymon. Haymon currently works with a number of the world’s leading boxers, including Brits Amir Khan, Carl Frampton and James DeGale. Haymon will work as an advisor to Selby, who will continue to be managed …
Read More »Garcia, Malignaggi, Jacobs, Mora Tips Scales In New York
The principal boxers on tonight’s PBC on ESPN card at Brooklyn, New York’s Barclays Center made weight yesterday. Welterweights, 12 rounds: Danny Garcia: 146.6 lb Paulie Malignaggi: 146.8 lb
Read More »Frank De Alba Pulls Out Of Tonight’s Fight With Douglas
Due to a last minute, non-career threatening medical issue, Jr. Lightweight Frank De Alba will not compete in tonight’s fight with Omar Douglas at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The bout was scheduled to be streamed on ESPN3.com. More details on De Alba will announced shortly.
Read More »Hometown Prospect Daquan Arnett Added To Winter Park Fight Card
Winter Park, Florida’s own Daquan Arnett (13-1, 8 KOs) squares off against Joshua Conley (11-0-1, 6 KOs) in a matchup of exciting super welterweight prospects as part of a full night of fights on Sunday, August 2 from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. This fight will lead into …
Read More »Mike Tyson To Present Muhammad Ali For Nevada HOF Induction
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson became the latest mega-star to announce that he will attend the third annual Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame’s induction gala, which will take place in eight days, next Saturday, August 8, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Tyson, a member of the Nevada Boxing Hall …
Read More »New Opponent For Carita On August 8 Hyannis Boxing Card
Pembroke’sVinnie Carita (9-1-1, 9 KO’s) will still be in action on Saturday, August 8 at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC) as part of the Boston Boxing Promotions event headlined by the Northeast Heavyweight Championship fight between Hyannis’ Jesse Barboza (9-1-1, 5 KO’s) vs. Jesse Oltmanns (10-5, 7 KO’s).
Read More »British Prospect Sam Stokes Signs With Goodwin Boxing
Undefeated Super-Middleweight Sam Stokes (3-0) is the latest prospect to put pen to paper and sign a three year contract with rising manager/promoter Steve Goodwin. Stokes, from Basildon in Essex, last fought in February 2015 and is desperate to get active under his new team and plans to return to …
Read More »“The Silverback” Training In Las Vegas In Hopes Of Big Fight
Jr. Middleweight, Michael Moore, (13-1, 6 KO’s) is currently out in Las Vegas fine tuning his skills under the leadership and training of Jeff Mayweather. Mayweather is assisting in taking the fighter that’s known as “The Silverback” to the next level. Said Moore, “I have never worked with such an …
Read More »PBC On CBS Growing: Viewership Figures Released
The Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on CBS series grew viewership by double-digits with its Saturday, July 18 PBC on the 4-6pm EST CBS telecast headlined by Carl Frampton vs. Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. from the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The second installment of the series recorded a +14% …
Read More »Hatton Promotions’ Hammond Hammers Tasci In Five
2012 Olympian, Cameron Hammond, stretched his unbeaten pro record to 13-0 and retained his WBA Oceania Welterweight Title with a blistering fifth round TKO of Sedat Tasci in Narrabri, New South Wales, on Saturday night. Hammond started off by controlling the action behind his jab before stepping things up in …
Read More »Brian Rose Wants Revenge For St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Brian Rose says he must beat Carson Jones to keep his career alive as they meet in a rematch on August 1 at the KC Lightstream Stadium in Hull, live on Sky Sports. Rose lost to Jones on Valentine’s Day in a dramatic one-round blitz, hurting Jones early in the …
Read More »Tarver, Cunningham Exchange Heated War Of Words On Call
Former world champions Antonio Tarver and Steve Cunningham exchanged heated words today on a routine media conference call that escalated into a back-and-forth dialogue about mutual respect and ring generalship. Both Tarver and Cunningham joined the call following a much friendlier media interview featuring the televised undercard fighters Marco Huck …
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