Kazuto Ioka did a public training session before his fight on December 31 against the World Boxing Association (WBA) champion, Joshua Franco. The Japanese, who holds the WBO super flyweight title, is ready to defend his home and made this known during his routine, in which dozens of journalists and photographers. The Ota-City General Gymnasium…
Two panthers sharpen their claws for this Friday, December 30, when they step into the ring of the Casino de Buenos Aires in Argentina. Erica Farias and Maira Moneo will fight in a World Boxing Association lightweight eliminator where Katie Taylor is the absolute champion. Farias, better known as “La Panteraâ€, is one of the…
Spence’s stirring victory over Ugas to unify three welterweight world titles stands out as the finest of 2022. Errol Spence Jr. came into the April 16, 2022 welterweight title unification fight following 17 months out of the ring, and just a few years after miraculously surviving a horrific car crash. His opponent, Cuban defector Yordenis…
World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Gervonta Davis did a public workout in Miami earlier this week and talked about his fight next January 7 against Dominican Hector Garcia, which will be in Washington. The American made some moves in front of the press in attendance and also gave some interesting statements in which he…
The undefeated 130-pound world champion went from being a virtual unknown to emerging as one of the world’s best fighters in a truly amazing story. When 2021 came to an end, Hector Luis Garcia was fighting eight-rounders at volleyball arenas in his native Dominican Republic. In February of 2022, on a day when not much…
The unbeaten super bantam is no longer flying under the radar following an outstanding 2022 campaign which turned heads everywhere If a twelve-year-old Michael Angeletti hadn’t wandered off from basketball practice to take his first peek inside a boxing gym, he may have never fallen in love with the sport that would change his life…
THE OUTSTANDING AMATEUR star Jim Smith has turned professional and has signed promotional terms with Frank Warren and Queensberry. The 18-year-old, who has remained undefeated over the last six years, is a six-time National champion and multi-time Box Cup winner with European experience. Smith hails from good fighting stock, with his father and uncles all…
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The last fight of the year will take place at the Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, and will have World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight champion Joshua Franco facing WBO monarch Kazuto Ioka in a unification fight. Franco will be making his comeback fight after an absence of more than a year. He is coming…
The municipality of Juanacatlan, in Jalisco, unveiled a statue in honor of Saul Alvarez on Tuesday, for his great boxing achievements as well as how he has left high the Mexican people both in and out of the ring. “Canelo†attended the event in the company of his wife and daughters and was greeted by…
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Dec 21, 2022 By PBC Editor The accomplished Andrade discusses his January 7 return on SHOWTIME PPV, plus a look back at Frank Martin’s spectacular win last Saturday. Gervonta Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia Kickoff Press Conference | #DavisGarcia Undefeated two-division world champion Demetrius Andrade is this week’s guest on The PBC Podcast. Andrade covers…