The six fighters who’ll be fighting on ShoBox: The New Generation tomorrow/Friday, Jan. 22, live on Showtime at 10:35 p.m. ET/PT at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz., made weight Thursday. Undefeated middleweight Rob “Bravo†Brant (18-0, 11 KOs) of St. Paul, Minn., faces Atlantic City’s Decarlo Perez (15-3-1, 5 KOs) in the 10-round main…
Kell Brook will defend his IBF Welterweight title against mandatory challenger Kevin Bizier at the Sheffield Arena on March 26, live on Sky Sports. Brook makes the third defence of the crown and his second in his hometown fortress in the Steel City following wins against Jo Jo Dan and Frankie Gavin at The O2…
This Saturday night in Butte, Montana, former world junior middleweight champion “Yory Boy” Campas will make his 126th and final ring appearance when he takes on former participant of The Contender, Anthony Bonsante. Campas, of Navojoa, Mexico, and now residing in Montana, has a record of 105-17-3 with an astronomical 81 knockouts. To say he…
Undefeated three-division world champion Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz will make the first defense of his Featherweight World Championship against former world champion Kiko Martinez on Saturday, Feb. 27, live on Showtime from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The Showtime Championship Boxing telecast begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. “I’m excited to have another…
Unbeaten Pauly Upton will return to action in Walsall on February 19 and he’s keen to push towards title class. The Ricky Hatton-trained super-welterweight will face Brighton’s experienced Kevin McCauley as part of his preparations for a potential Irish title tilt in the spring. Pauly took his professional ledger to 11-0 by comprehensively out-boxing tough…
Cyclone Promotions and Matchroom Boxing are delighted to announce that 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallists Josh Taylor and Scott Fitzgerald have been added to the undercard of Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg’s World Super-Bantamweight unification clash at the Manchester Arena on February 27, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on Showtime…
John Wayne Hibbert has laughed off Tommy Martin’s claims that their sparring sessions were ‘wars’ – and said he cannot wait to silence the young pretender at the Copper Box Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on January 30, live on Sky Sports. Hibbert defends his Commonwealth and WBC International Super-Lightweight titles against Martin,…
In the super middleweight division, the name Andre Ward is synonymous with defensive genius and an undefeated professional fighter with lots of heart and ability. Sadly, these past few years that name has been more predominant in social media than in the headlines of boxing news magazines. Let’s look back at what has happened. Ward…
American heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder defended his WBC title for the third time with a devastating ninth round knockout of Polish challenger Artur Szpilka on Saturday night, live on Showtime in front of 12,668 fans at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. With WBA and WBO Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury and Wilder’s WBC mandatory challenger…
Showtime will televise the eagerly anticipated 122-pound world title unification showdown between undefeated super bantamweights Carl Frampton, the IBF champion and Scott Quigg, the WBA champion, on Saturday, Feb. 27, live on Showtime from Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The Showtime Boxing International telecast will air live (precise time to be announced) with an encore…
2012 U.S. Olympian and undefeated heavyweight Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale is nearing a world title shot and took time recently to discuss his upcoming showdown with Amir “Hardcore” Mansour and weigh-in on the heavyweight action this weekend before he enters the ring Saturday, January 23 from Staples Center in Los Angeles. Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on…
Sam Eggington defends his British and Commonwealth Welterweight titles against Bradley Skeete at the Genting Arena in Birmingham on March 5, live on Sky Sports. Eggington defended the titles for the first time in a thrilling contest against Dale Evans in October, with the young Birmingham talent climbing off the canvas in the second round…