Thailand’s Phoobadin Yoohanngoh will return to the ring this Saturday for the sixth defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) Asia crown against India’s Vanlalawmpuia at the SpacePlus Arena, Bangkok, Thailand. The 19-year-old regional champion is one of his country’s most eye-catching talents and has defended his crown five times against opponents from various Asian…
Alycia Baumgardner will face Elhem Mekhaled for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight belt this Saturday at Madison Square Garden, New York, where Erika Cruz will face Amanda Serrano as the main event. The American and the Frenchwoman will fight for the 130-pound belt, which is currently vacant because Hyun Mi Choi has been…
Jersey City, New Jersey (January 27, 2023) – Star Boxing is pleased to announce the signing of undefeated Yonkers based super middleweight HARLEY “HEAVY HANDS†BURKE (7-0 6KO’s). Burke’s nickname “Heavy Hands†comes with good credence, having won six of seven professional bouts by way of knockout. On March 4th, Burke will be making his Star Boxing debut…
Los Angeles, California (January 27, 2023) – This past Saturday night, as the clock closed in on midnight, Star Boxing CEO JOE DEGUARDIA was working the phone lines to get GEORGE “RED TIGER†ASHIE (Accra, Ghana, 33-5-1 25KO’s) the opportunity of his fight career. When word came through that ALEXIS “LEX†ROCHA (Santa Ana, CA, 21-1 13KOS) was looking for a new…
Inglewood, California (January 29, 2023) — A WBO NABO Welterweight title bout was fought last night (Saturday) in Inglewood, California, and fans were thrilled when it turned into an all out brawl between GEORGE “RED TIGER†ASHIE (now 33-6-1), and ALEXIS “LEXâ€Â ROCHA (now 22-1). Ashie’s will and determination to fight not only earned the respect of Rocha’s hometown fans, but also the respect of the DAZN commentators who were impressed with…
By Frank Warren ON SATURDAY NIGHT at Wembley Anthony Yarde showed that he belongs, truly belongs in the top echelon of the world light heavyweight division. Anthony himself will take no particular pride in coming second, but in so many ways he proved himself as a world class fighter in the way he traded blow…
ARTUR BETERBIEV RETAINED his unified world light heavyweight championships with an eighth round stoppage of Anthony Yarde at the OVO Arena, Wembley on Saturday night. Yarde gave so much in this mission to become world champion and matched the ferocious Beterbiev until he could take no more with the contest being stopped at 2.08 on…
American Floyd Schofield became the new World Boxing Association (WBA) international lightweight champion after defeating Puerto Rican Alberto Mercado in a wide unanimous decision on Saturday at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. The 3 judges scored the fight 100-89 in a 10-round bout and in doing so, the 20-year-old Mercado won a title that…
Artem Dalakian’s comeback in defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) world flyweight crown was a great fight against the Costa Rican this Saturday at Wembley Arena. The Ukrainian had to work hard to win a unanimous decision on scorecards of 115-113, 115-113 and 116-112. The champion made the sixth defense of his belt and…
Last Saturday, February 28, Mexican Erika Cruz, current WBA featherweight champion, closed her training sessions before traveling to New York, where she will face Puerto Rican Amanda Serrano, who holds the WBO, IBF and WBC featherweight titles. “Dinamitaâ€, as the fighter is known, knows that she is facing a big challenge, in which she is…
Argentina’s Alberto Palmetta and American Jamal James will clash in a welterweight fight on February 25 in Armory, Minneapolis. The bout will be a nice showdown between two fighters who are aiming to earn a world title shot in the short term, and it will also be an interesting clash of styles in the ring….
World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight champion Seniesa Estrada is one of the best fighters in the world thanks to her skills in the ring but also because she is not afraid of challenges. Changing divisions, looking for unification or making bouts with the best has always been the goal for her, and she has been…