The four boxers who’ll appear this Saturday, Sept. 8, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. pronounced themselves fit and ready to go during Thursday’s final press conference. In what should be a terrific, hard-fought main event between two eager,…
K2 Promotions’ week got off to a sensational start this past Saturday, Sept. 1 as WBA/IBO Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin became the talk of the boxing world storming to a fifth round stoppage of European Champion Grzegorz Proksa in his highly anticipated US and HBO debut. This Saturday, Sept. 8, WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko…
Gary Shaw Productions and DiBella Entertainment’s, undefeated WBC # 1 ranked Super Lightweight contender, Olusegun Ajose (30-0, 14 KOs), is ready for his first main event, when he challenges, WBC #2 ranked clubber, Lucas Matthysse (31-2, 29 KO’s). On the line will be the vacant WBC Interim Super Lightweight Championship. The 12-round bout will be…
After arriving in the states from Germany this week, promoter Gary Shaw reflects on the incredible week he had with Daniel “Real Deal” Geale and his team as the days led up to their big win against Felix Sturm. Already the IBF Champion, Geale added Sturm’s WBA title, becoming the first Australian born fighter to…
It has been announced by Matchroom Sport that newly crowned IBF and two time WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch will be making the maiden defence of his IBF Super Middleweight title against two time world title challenger Yusaf Mack of the United States at the Nottingham Arena on November 17th. The 35-year-old Froch won…
Matthew Macklin checks in with a training diary after touching down in Las Vegas ahead of his Sin City debut when he takes on former World Champion Joachim Alcine at the Thomas & Mack Center on September 15th. The bout is live on HBO Pay Per View in the US and Primetime Pay Per view…
Edison Miranda touched down in London with a warning for Tony Bellew ahead of their clash on Saturday live on Sky Sports in ‘London Calling’ – telling the Liverpool man he will not be standing by the end of the fight. Bellew and Miranda in a mouth-watering bill-topper in north London, kicking off Sky Sports’…
Sergey Rabchenko will make the first defence of his European light-middleweight title against Cedric ‘Titi’ Vitu. The French southpaw, 27, is the mandatory challenger for the unbeaten Belarussian’s crown and the match has been ordered by the EBU. Vitu has won 35 of his 36 professional contests, with his only loss a majority points defeat…
The negotiating period granted for the fight between Celestino “Pelenchin†Caballero, WBA Featherweight title holder, and the mandatory challenger, Nicholas Walters, is finished, the World Boxing Association has opened the fight to Purse Bid. The Bidding will take place on September 13, at 11 a.m, at the World Boxing Association Offices located at Ave. Aquilino…
Following the example of his elder brother Vitali, who is scheduled to take on unbeaten German based Syrian Manuel Charr, WBA Super, WBO, IBF and IBO Heavyweight Champion of the World, Wladimir Klitschko, returns to the ring to defend his titles at the O2 World Arena against the undefeated Pole and current WBC International Champion…
Today, Australia’s WBA Middleweight Super titlist, Daniel “Real Deal” Geale (28-1, 15 KOs), became the first Australian born prize fighter to win a unification world championship when he defeated IBF champ Felix Sturm (37-3-2, 16 KOs) by split decision on Sturm’s home turf at the Koenig Pilsener Arena in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Judges Stanley Christodoulou and…
Gennady Golovkin made a statement to the American boxing fans that he is a force to be reckoned with as he scored a scintillating fifth round stoppage over Grzegorz Proksa to retain the WBA Middleweight championship at the Turning Stone Casino Resort. Golovkin dominated the bout from the outset as he dropped Proksa in the…