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TICKETS FOR THE Copper Box clash between heavyweight giants Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang on Saturday April 15 are on sale today, available from ticketmaster.co.uk The WBO Interim world heavyweight title – held by the unbeaten Briton – will be on the line when the pair collide, live on BT Sport, …

Irish Gary Cully will face Puerto Rican Wilfredo Flores for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Intercontinental lightweight title this Saturday at the Nottingham Arena. The bout will be part of the Matchroom event, which will feature Leigh Wood defending his world featherweight championship against Mauricio Lara in the main …

Mauricio “Bronco” Lara, challenger to the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight crown, has the support of all of Mexico for his fight this Saturday against Leigh Wood, current WBA 126 lbs. champion, but especially the Mexico City Police is backing him.  The “Bronco” has been training for two years in …

One of the best fights welterweight can give was confirmed on Monday. The World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion will face strong challenger Vergil Ortiz Jr. on April 29 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.  Golden Boy made official the bout that was ordered by the WBA a …

At 41 years young, Venezuelan fighter Liborio Solis is preparing for another world title fight and he does it with the same commitment and optimism as always. The Maracay-born fighter will be facing Japan’s Takuma Inoue, 14 years younger, on April 18, in a fight that will have the vacant …

Londoner Zak Chelli became the new World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental super middleweight champion after his victory over American Anthony Sims Jr. on Saturday at Wembley Arena.  In an excellent setting for him and for his career, the local fighter dominated an experienced opponent like the American and won by …

Twenty-year-old prospect Adam Azim captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental super lightweight belt this weekend by defeating Nicaraguan Santos Reyes by a wide unanimous decision at Wembley Arena in London.  Azim was superior in the battle of two undefeated fighters and the 100-89 scorecards from the three ringside judges …

Japan’s Takuma Inoue and Venezuela’s Liborio Solis will contest the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight world title on April 8 at the Ariake Arena in Koto-Ku, Japan.  The pioneering organization’s Championships Committee ordered the bout between the two top-ranked featherweights after Naoya Inoue decided to vacate all 118-pound belts …

Kenshiro Teraji’s first appearance as unified light flyweight champion will be on April 8 at the Ariake Arena, in Koto-Ku, Japan, and he will do it against another world champion in Jonathan Gonzalez. The Japanese will make the first defense of his recently won World Boxing Association (WBA) crown and …

Leigh Wood and Mauricio Lara will feature in one of the most anticipated fights of the first quarter of the year. The clash of styles between the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion and his Mexican challenger promises to be a great fight this Saturday at the Nottingham Arena in …

Foster hands two-division world champ Rey Vargas his first loss in a dominant performance to capture the vacant WBC 130-pound World Title Saturday night on SHOWTIME. Sitting there in the depths six years ago, O’Shaquie Foster’s mind would wander to better places, taking himself from where he was and imagining …

Two hungry tacticians will square off when unbeaten two-division Champion Rey Vargas faces top contender O’Shaquie Foster for the vacant WBC World Super Featherweight title Saturday night on SHOWTIME. This Saturday, February 11, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, undefeated two-division world champion Rey Vargas (36-0, 22 KOs) takes …