The boxing world mourns the loss of two more boxing greats this weekend. One of the most successful boxing trainers – Brendan Ingle MBE passed away on Friday aged 77. Having trained the likes of Naseem Hamed and Johnny Nelson at the renowned Wincobank Gym in Sheffield – Dublin-born Brendan was highly respected and loved…
Two-division WBA Champion Beibut Shumenov announced his comeback fight will be held July 7, against Hizni Altunkaya, 30-1 (17), for the vacant WBA Cruiserweight title, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Shumenov, 17-2 (11), a 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian, retired last June due to an eye injury that required surgeries, forcing him to relinquish his WBA cruiserweight title.
Undefeated World Middleweight Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s Big Drama Show made a triumphant return to HBO! Last Saturday, in his first non-pay-per-view event since 2016. Golovkin (38-0-1 34 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, currently boxing’s longest-reigning world champion, defended his title for the 20th consecutive and division-record-tying time.
Welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr.received a champions’ welcome in his hometown Wednesday at Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters at a press conference to discuss his homecoming defense Saturday, June 16 live on Showtime against unbeaten Carlos Ocampo at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. Spence and…
Pound-for-pound star Gennady Golovkin’s ring return this Saturday night against Vanes Martirosyan will be shown live and exclusive on BoxNation. The unified middleweight world champion Golovkin will put his WBC and WBA belts on the line against the man known as ‘The Nightmare’ at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The bout was quickly arranged…
Boxing’s only undisputed world champion Cecilia Braekhus, will defend her World Female Welterweight crown against former WBC Female Middleweight Champion Kali Reis in the co-feature of the Gennady “GGG” Golovkin vs. Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan World Middleweight Championship event. Both world title bouts, featuring the No. 1 male and female pound for pound fighters in…
Two exciting main events will be presented on the same night, Saturday, May 19 live on Showtime as part of a split-site doubleheader telecast. Featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. will defend his WBC title against undefeated mandatory challenger Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr. on Saturday, May 19 in a clash live on Showtime from MGM…
Two-time Olympian and 2012 World Amateur Champion Savannah Marshall is excited to make her long awaited UK debut on the Sam Sexton v Hughie Fury undercard on Saturday 12th May at the Macron Stadium, Premier Suite, Bolton, exclusively live on free-to-air Channel 5. The 26-year-old couldn’t have made a bigger pro-debut last year when she…
The inaugural WBC Jose Sulaiman World Invitational Tournament, promoted by the legendary Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Sports & Entertainment and licensed internationally by leading rights distributor Protocol Sports Marketing, has secured major international coverage for the 8-man, 3-date, innovative tournament that begins on April 27, 2018. Sanctioned by Boxing’s premier governing body, the World Boxing…
Light heavyweight contender Sullivan “Sully B” Barrera is back in training camp armed with a new fight date and a fresh attitude. The former Cuban amateur standout admits that not much went right in his March 3 loss to Dmitry Bivol but chalks it up to an off night and said that it was a…
The World Middleweight Championship battle between boxing’s longest-reigning champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and two-time world title challenger and fellow 2004 Olympian Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan is one hot ticket! The Cinco De Mayo extravaganza will take place on Saturday, May 5, under the stars at StubHub Center in Carson, CA HBO World Championship Boxing will…
Virgil “Quicksilver” Hill has gone back to the future, parlaying what he learned as an amateur boxer into a Olympic silver medal, five world titles in two weight class, induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), and now giving back as a Los Angeles-based boxing coach and invaluable member of the USA Boxing…