USA Boxing and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee have awarded the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Boxing to Lake Charles, Louisiana. Scheduled for Dec. 7-15, 2019, the trials will be held at the Lake Charles Civic Center, with the finals taking place at the Golden Nugget Lake Charles Hotel.
IBF Welterweight Champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBC Welterweight Champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter went face to face Tuesday in Los Angeles at a press conference to preview their 147-pound championship unification that headlines a Fox Sports PBC Pay-Per-View on Saturday, September 28 from Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Boston Boxing Promotions is excited to announce that Sully Erna, lead singer for multi-platinum hard rock band Godsmack, will take on a new role this Friday, August 16 at Scars for Scars – an evening of professional boxing to benefit The Scars Foundation. The event takes place at Nashua Community College in Nashua, NH. Doors…
The Finnish lightweight contender Edis Tatli (32–3) scored a unanimous decision victory over Nicaraguan Berman “La Cobra†Sanchez (29-9–3) on Saturday 10th August in Savonlinna, Finland. It was an one-sided affair with Tatli controlling the action from start to finish. This was Tatli’s first fight since his KO loss against Teofimo Lopez in April.
An incredible night of boxing just got even more spectacular as unbeaten rising star Mario “El Azteca” Barrios will meet fellow unbeaten Batyr Akhmedov for the WBA Super Lightweight Title and rugged veteran Josesito López battles battle-hardened brawler John Molina Jr. in a 10-round welterweight attraction as part of undercard action on the FOX Sports…
Former three-time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero battles Jerry Thomas in a 10-round welterweight match and sensational undefeated super welterweight prospect Joey Spencer appears in a six-round attraction in FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Prelims on FS1 and FOX Deportes Saturday, September 28 from Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Tickets are now available for the WBC Lightweight title final eliminator clash between American sensation Devin Haney and Russian dangerman Zaur Abdullaev on Friday September 13 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. Haney (22-0 14 KOs) made…
Undisputed middleweight world champion Claressa Shields’ attempt at history has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 5 live on Showtime. Shields will aim to make history as the fastest fighter in boxing, male or female, to become a three-division world champion when she takes on former world champion Ivana Habazin for the vacant WBO Junior Middleweight…
Female lightweight contender, Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios (5-1, 2 KOs), will return to the ring on Saturday, August 3rd at the Alzafar Shrine in San Antonio, Texas. Barrios will face Nina Gallegos in a four-round bout. This is Barrios first fight since her first career loss to former WBC world champion Melissa Hernandez in April.
Welterweight prospect, Gilbert Venegas Jr. (11-1, 7 KOs), who is managed by Prince Ranch Boxing and promoted by TMB & PRB Entertainment, is training hard for his upcoming fight with Top Rank Promotion’s, Brian Mendoza (17-0, 12 KOs). The 8-round welterweight bout will take place at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, California,…
As Team USA prepares to compete later this week at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, top American female featherweight Yarisel Ramirez, was, ironically, born in Cuba, America’s boxing arch-rival and measuring stick. The 19-year-old Ramirez, who resides in Las Vegas, was born in Guantanamo, Cuba. During her relatively young boxing career –…
Leonard Ellerbe Thank you. I’d like to thank everyone for joining the call today. Mayweather Promotions is really thrilled to bring this very exciting event to where it all started for our two-time super featherweight champion, who really beat the odds to making it to where he is now and it’s only really the beginning…