Tonight, Gennady Golovkin (33-0) faces off against Canadian puncher David Lemieux (34-2-0) in what is being hailed as the next Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns. How many times have we heard that before? Why are people so excited for this fight to come about? Well, the knockout statistics of these two are very high, Golovkin…
Hometown-favorite Andrzej Fonfara (28-3 16 KOs) out-slugged former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-3, 15 KOs) over 12 grueling rounds on his way to a unanimous decision on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Fonfara and Cleverly exchanged punches throughout the night with neither man yielding an inch of ground….
The long, often contentious stretch of inactivity for undefeated super welterweight Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) finally ends tonight at Mohegan Sun Arena. The 2008 U.S. Olympian from Providence returns to the ring for the first time in 16 months to fight former South American champion Dario Fabian “El Gallo” Pucheta (20-2, 11…
Kell Brook has been forced out of his IBF Welterweight title clash with Diego Chaves at the Sheffield Arena on Saturday October 24, after sustaining a rib injury in sparring. Brook was set to make the third defence of his belt against the dangerous Argentine, but having spent time in hospital with the injury and…
Thrilling middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has admitted that he faces his toughest test to date this Saturday night. The potential heir to Floyd Mayweather’s mythical pound-for-pound throne has taken the boxing world by storm over the last year by blitzing his way to the very top of the 160-pound division. Now, however, the undefeated 33-year-old…
Lee Selby plans to make a big splash on his American debut as he defends his IBF Featherweight title tonight against Fernando Montiel at the Gila River Arena in Phoenix, live on Sky Sports in the UK and ESPN in the US. Selby makes his maiden defence of the title he won with a superb…
Reigning super flyweight world champion Kohei Kono (30-8-1, 13 KOs) will meet former world champion Koki Kameda (33-1, 18 KOs) as the televised opener of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike on Friday, October 16 from UIC Pavilion in Chicago beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Eddie Ramirez (10-0, 7 KOs), of nearby Aurora, Illinois, will…
A Mets-Cubs showdown has nothing on the upcoming Brooklyn brawl between Long Beach, New York’s undefeated No. 4 world-rated light heavyweight contender “Irish” Seanie Monaghan and Chicago’s Donovan “Da Bomb” George. Monaghan (25-0, 16 KOs) and George (25-4-2, 22 KOs) will be battling for the vacant NABO light heavyweight title this Friday, October 16, at…
Matthew Macklin believes that moving down to Super Welterweight can turn his World title dreams into reality as he faces Jason Welborn for the vacant WBC International title at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on Saturday, October 17 live on Sky Sports. Macklin has had three World title fights at Middleweight, with a cruel split…
ShoBox: The New Generation returns on Friday, Oct. 23, live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT with a quadrupleheader that matches eight young prospects against each other in the toughest fights of their budding careers. In the main event at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., undefeated Rob “Bravo†Brant (17-0, 11 KOs), of St….
Former world title challengers Youri Kalenga and Roberto Bolonti will do battle in a cruiserweight 10-rounder on the undercard of the Monte Carlo “Night of Champions†tournament on November 7. The card is topped by WBA light-heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer’s title defence against Tommy Oosthuizen. It will be Kalenga’s second fight in Monaco, having beaten…
Undefeated Mexican knockout artist and No. 1 world-rated super middleweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will risk his upcoming world title shot in a 10-round WBO International / NABF super middleweight title defense against Gevorg Khatchikian, of the Netherlands, making his U.S. debut, Friday, November 20, at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Ramirez…