Unbeaten heavyweight star Hughie Lewis Fury believes a potential rumble with IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua would bear a striking similarity to the night Muhammad Ali bemused and broke George Foreman in Zaire in 1974. Twenty-one-year-old Fury, set for a tune-up bout on July 9 in Manchester, is currently recovering …
Read More »Ex-World Champ Demetrius Andrade Meets The Providence Media
A Team Promotions hosted an open media workout on Monday at Bix Six Academy in Providence for undefeated former world champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs). The 2008 U.S. Olympian, of Providence, R.I., is finalizing preparations for this Saturday 12-round WBC Super Welterweight eliminator against Willie “The Great” …
Read More »Barn ABC Gets Funding From Matchroom Boxing Foundation
Barn ABC in Coatbridge have become the latest amateur club to benefit from the Matchroom Boxing Foundation. The donation was part of a double-celebration for the club as the following day it’s most famous graduate, Ricky Burns, became Scotland’s first three-weight World champion as he picked up the WBA Super-Lightweight …
Read More »Cherry vs. Rhodes Headline PBC On FS1/Fox Desportes June 28
Former title challenger Edner Cherry (34-7-2, 19 KOs) and and quick-fisted contender Lydell Rhodes (23-1-1, 11 KOs) will compete in the 10-round lightweight main event of Premier Boxing Champions “Toe To Toe Tuesdays” on FS1 and Boxeo De Campeones on Tuesday, June 28, from Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, …
Read More »Murray Vows To Break Groves In WBA Elimination Bout
Martin Murray has warned George Groves he’s going to drag him into deep waters and make him crumble when they face-off in an eliminator for the WBA Super-Middleweight title at The O2 on June 25, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Murray and Groves meet in a huge domestic crossroads …
Read More »‘Cinderella Man’ Peter McDonagh Aims To Keep Dream Alive July 9
Welterweight Peter McDonagh, boxing’s latest Cinderella Man, will appear on July 9 at the Manchester Arena – as the part of the blockbuster Tyson Fury vs. Wladimir Klitschko show – and is hopeful of securing a shot at the European title in the coming months. McDonagh, now 38, has been …
Read More »Beterbiev Returns With A Blast, KO’ing Maderna In Four Rounds
As the world mourns the loss of Muhammad Ali, Saturday night’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN and ESPN Deportes telecast began with a “Ceremonial 10-Count” in memory of “The Greatest” and continued to pay tribute to him throughout the telecast that was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between …
Read More »Barthelmey Defeats Bey Via Split Decision, Retains World Title
Undefeated lightweight world champion Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KOs) defeated former world champion Mickey “The Spirit” Bey (22-2-1, 10 KOs) by split decision (117-110, 116-111, 110-117) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike Friday night at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hotel …
Read More »Bristol Bltz Card Announced For July 8 At Ashton Gate Stadium
Sanigar Events presents ‘Bristol Blitz’ Championship Boxing at The Dolman Hall, Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol. Unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Hasan Karkardi will rematch Newcastle’s Scott Westgarth for the International Light Heavyweight Challenge Belt. Their last contest was beginning to heat up when a gash above Karkardi’s eye forced the ringside …
Read More »Lomachenko Discusses His World Title Clash With Rocky Martinez
Three-time world champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs), from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, and WBO featherweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KOs), of Odessa, Ukraine, will face off for Martinez’s WBO junior lightweight world title this Saturday, June 11 at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden. Question: Vasyl, …
Read More »Andrade Fighting His Way Back To Top Of Super Welter Division
Undefeated super welterweight Demetrious “Boo Boo” Andrade is in a good place as he prepares for his June 11 showdown versus Willie “The Great” Nelson on Showtime Championship Boxing live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT from Turning Stone Casino in Verona, N.Y. Approaching the peak of his …
Read More »Former World Champ Vazquez Earns UD Over Bone
Former world champion Miguel “Titere” Vazquez (36-5, 13 KOs) defeated Ecuador’s Erick Bone (16-4, 8 KOs) in a 10-round battle that headlined Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and Fox Deportes Saturday night from the Dancehall in San Antonio. The former champion from Mexico worked behind a strong jab and brought …
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