As the world mourns the loss of Muhammad Ali, Saturday night’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN and ESPN Deportes telecast began with a “Ceremonial 10-Count” in memory of “The Greatest” and continued to pay tribute to him throughout the telecast that was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between hard-hitting Russian Olympian Artur Beterbiev…
Undefeated lightweight world champion Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KOs) defeated former world champion Mickey “The Spirit” Bey (22-2-1, 10 KOs) by split decision (117-110, 116-111, 110-117) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike Friday night at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida….
Sanigar Events presents ‘Bristol Blitz’ Championship Boxing at The Dolman Hall, Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol. Unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Hasan Karkardi will rematch Newcastle’s Scott Westgarth for the International Light Heavyweight Challenge Belt. Their last contest was beginning to heat up when a gash above Karkardi’s eye forced the ringside doctor to halt the contest…
Three-time world champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs), from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, and WBO featherweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KOs), of Odessa, Ukraine, will face off for Martinez’s WBO junior lightweight world title this Saturday, June 11 at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden. Question: Vasyl, do you feel any pressure…
Undefeated super welterweight Demetrious “Boo Boo” Andrade is in a good place as he prepares for his June 11 showdown versus Willie “The Great” Nelson on Showtime Championship Boxing live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT from Turning Stone Casino in Verona, N.Y. Approaching the peak of his professional boxing career, the 28-year-old…
Former world champion Miguel “Titere” Vazquez (36-5, 13 KOs) defeated Ecuador’s Erick Bone (16-4, 8 KOs) in a 10-round battle that headlined Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and Fox Deportes Saturday night from the Dancehall in San Antonio. The former champion from Mexico worked behind a strong jab and brought the fight to Bone throughout…
Click the Image for more Mark Thompson Vs Kevin McCauley Photos At the Robin Park Sports Centre, Wigan, England, on Saturday night, Mark Thompson of Heywood, Lancashire, won the Challenge Belt by ousting normally durable Kevin McCauley of Stourbridge in the second round. Caught by a head-shot, McCauley was then pressured in Thompson’s corner where…
The action this weekend was in the UK, with Ricky Burns returning to the world stage on Saturday in Scotland and Tony Bellew ascending to that level for the first time in England on Sunday. Ex-WBO super feather/lightweight champion Burns, 40-5-1 (14), tangled with current European light welter king Michele Di Rocco, 40-2-1 (18), for…
To say Stan Naccarato was instrumental to the success of the Battle at the Boat boxing series would be an understatement. A former multiple-time chairman of the state boxing commission and two-time President of the Tacoma Athletic Commission, Naccarato was at the forefront during the series’ infancy. “Stan was there from the start doing a…
Lucian Bute was informed of the results of the anti-doping test done after his World Boxing Council (WBC) world title fight against Badou Jack, April 30, in Washington, D.C. As reported in a statement sent by the WBC, the Washington D.C. Boxing and Wrestling Commission informed them that Bute tested positive for Ostarine, in an…
Chris Blaney is pinching himself after being given the opportunity to kick start his professional career with boxing legend Ricky Hatton. The ten-time Irish amateur champion, 24, has signed a promotional contract with Hatton Promotions after spending several months training with The Hitman in Manchester and will make his paid debut at the National Stadium,…
Sean ‘Masher’ Dodd is ready to put his British title heartache behind him and break into the World scene by landing the WBC International Lightweight title against Pasquale Di Silvio at Goodison Park on Sunday, live on Sky Sports. Dodd came close on two occasions to taking Scotty Cardle’s British crown in their meetings at…