On Saturday night, August 15, Silverspoon Promotions in conjunction with the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame will present a huge night of boxing at The Playground in Atlantic City. In the 10-round main event, Heavyweight contender Chazz “The Gentleman” Witherspoon will take on Nicholas Guivas (11-2-2, 9 KO’s). Witherspoon (33-3, 25 KO’s) of nearby…
Dear Sam, I am writing to openly challenge you to defend your titles against me on October 17th. I fully appreciate that you may not want to do this as you know you will lose and will want to pick an easy touch, but man up and at least when you lose you will have…
This Saturday, August 8 at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC), the winner of the main event fight between Hyannis’ Jesse Barboza (9-1-1, 5 KO’s) and Pennsylvania’s Jesse Oltmanns (10-5, 7 KO’s) will be crowned Northeast Heavyweight Champion. And while many in the crowd will be looking towards Barboza to represent the future of…
Former world champion Anthony “The Dog†Dirrell (27-1-1, 22 KOs) takes on Mexican brawler Marco Antonio “El Veneno†Rubio (59-7-1, 51 KOs) in a 10 round super middleweight showdown on Sunday, September 6 from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas with televised coverage on CBS Sports beginning at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT/1…
Ireland’s seven-strong squad arrived in Samokov, Bulgaria earlier this week ahead of the opening bell for the 37-nation European Men’s Elite Championships. Boxing begins at 5pm, Irish time, on Friday. The 41st edition of the tournament is acting as a qualifier for October’s AIBA World Elite Men’s Championships in Doha, Qatar which is a qualifier…
It’s Fight Week in Hyannis, as this Saturday, August 8, Boston Boxing Promotions brings pro boxing back to Cape Cod for the first time in nearly a decade. While fight week will peak with the actual fights themselves Saturday night at the Hyannis Youth & Community Center (HYCC), there are plenty of festivities surrounding the…
Following the official announcement of Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Andre Berto and to address a number of requests for comment, Amir Khan has released the following statement: “I’m disappointed not to have got the fight [with Mayweather] for what is the third time, after having been one of the front runners. However, there are many…
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 by Chris Sanigar.
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
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.
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 the inaugural installment of PBC:…
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 of Fame’s inaugural class in…