Following four qualifying tournaments that began in December 2018, the field of 40 elite female boxers who will compete next month at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing in Lake Charles, La. is final. A total of 117 elite female boxers competed throughout the year for the 40 available spots. Only ten will…
Boxing’s longest reigning heavyweight champion, WBC titlist Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder,and hard-hitting Cuban slugger Luis “King Kong” Ortiz went face to face at the final press conference Thursday before they rematch in the Fox Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event this Saturday, November 23 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Thursday’s press…
Middleweight star Chris Eubank Jr. and top contender Matt Korobov shared their thoughts on their upcoming showdown for the Interim WBA Middleweight Title taking place Saturday, December 7 live on Showtime from Barclays Center, the home of Brooklyn Boxing. The middleweight division will take center stage on the Showtime Championship Boxing telecast (9 p.m. ET/6…
One of boxing’s all-time greatest, the late, great “Smokin’” Joe Frazier, will be inducted posthumously into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame, Friday night, December 13, during a special Class of 2019 ceremony, at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The HOF reception is being held in conjunction with…
Earlier this week, WBC Lightweight Champion, Devin “The Dream” Haney (24-0, 15 KOs), spent his 21st birthday giving back to those less fortunate. The young boxing phenom spent time with the homeless on Skid Row in Los Angeles. His plan was to feed as many people as he possibly could, serving one of his favorite…
WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and Cuban slugger Luis “King Kong” Ortiz made their grand arrivals Tuesday at MGM Grand as they kicked off fight week events ahead of their highly anticipated rematch that headlines a Fox Sports PBC Pay-Per-View this Saturday, November 23 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las…
Ray Flores Thank you very much to the media for joining us wherever you are around the world. We are very excited for next Saturday November 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the highly anticipated rematch between boxing’s longest reigning Heavyweight Champion “The Bronze Bomber” Deontay Wilder as he puts his WBC Championship…
Middleweight star Chris Eubank Jr. and top contender Matt Korobov will square off in the co-main event on Saturday, December 7 live on Showtime from Barclays Center, the home of Brooklyn Boxing, in a Premier Boxing Champions event. Eubank and Korobov will meet for the Interim WBA Middleweight Title. The middleweight division will take center…
WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder is deep into training camp as he prepares for his blockbuster rematch against Cuban slugger Luis “King Kong” Ortiz taking place Saturday, November 23 in the Fox Sports PBC Pay-Per-View main event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Recently, Wilder showed his talents…
Errol Johnson’s BCB Promotions’ event billed as ‘Stokin the fire’ attracted a big and rowdy crowd on Saturday night – largely made up of Nathan Heaney supporters. The atmosphere for the main event was fantastic! The packed Kings Hall filled with the sounds of ‘My my my Delilah’ as the standing, singing, crowd watched Heaneys…
Saturday night at the King’s Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Carl Greaves Promotion in association with Scott Lawton’s Impact Boxing, hosted a night of boxing billed as ‘Raising the Bar’. The headliner saw Liam Berrisford (Meir) step-up to 8 rounds against Jordan Ellison (Seaham, Co.Durham) winning on points 77-75. Ellison sustained a cut to the right brow in…
Over the the last six-days, five highly-regarded fighters under the Split-T Management banner registered victories to remain undefeated. Thursday night at The Foxwoods Resort in Connecticut, heavyweight Stephen Shaw scored three knockdowns en-route to a fourth round stoppage over Willie Jake Jr. Shaw dropped Jake in each of the first three frames, and the fight…