Top 126-pound challenger Oscar Escandon shares his thoughts on training camp and more ahead of his first world title opportunity against WBC Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr. Saturday, May 20 on Showtime from MGM National Harbor in Maryland. Coverage on Showtime begins at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT and features super middleweight contenders Andre Dirrell…
Empire Fighting Chance are celebrating winning Charity of The Year at the inaugural Bristol Life Awards 2017 in Bristol, England. Empire were finalists alongside a number of other fantastic charities including The Grand Appeal, Penny Brohn UK and Above and Beyond and as such winning the award was a pleasant surprise in what is rapidly…
“Camp Life”, the new digital series produced by Top Rank, will make its debut later this week with a four-part feature on undefeated two-division world champion and top pound for pound fighter Terence “Bud” Crawford. Designed to give a behind-the-scenes look at training camps of fighters in the Top Rank stable, “Camp Life” gives fans…
Errol Johnson of Black Country Boxing Promotions hosted a dinner show at the Holiday Inn, Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, last night. The show, billed as ‘the Next Step’ featured three contests. There were wins for all three home boxers: brothers Tom and Josh Stokes of West Bromwich and Leon Gower of Burton-on-Trent. Middleweight Tom Stokes stopped…
Solihull Super-Welterweight, Jordan Clayton, is looking for his sixth win tomorrow night as he faces Latvian native, Nick Golubs, over four rounds at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham. The former two times Midlands Area and two times Northern Area Amateur Champion, trained by Paul Webb (WEBB Boxing) – looked in great shape as he weighed in…
Ireland’s Olympic hero Michael Conlan spent Wednesday meeting with media and fans to promote his first fight since making his pro debut on St. Patrick’s Day at a sold-out Theater at Madison Square Garden. He returns to the ring in a six-round featherweight bout on Friday, May 26, headlining an all-action card at UIC Pavilion,….
Hot off his high-profile pro debut, 2016 Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson will soon return to the ring for his second professional bout. The crown jewel of the U.S. Olympic boxing team and the Pride of Newark, New Jersey, will be featured in a six-round featherweight bout on the undercard of the Terrence Crawford vs….
They say it’s never is too late to start a comeback, and for lightweight contender Michael Farenas (44-5-4, 33 KOs), the comeback starts Thursday, June 1 when he enters the ring for the first time in nearly two years. The eight-round bout will take place on Roy Englebrecht’s “Fight Club OC” show in The Hangar…
Chicago fight fans will have a chance to get their Irish up when Ireland’s Olympic hero Michael “Mick” Conlan comes to town. Hot from his high-profile professional debut, a literal knockout performance which took place on St. Patrick’s Day at a sold-out Theater at Madison Square Garden, Conlan continues his U.S. tour, going from the…
Friday night, at the H Suite / The Venue, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Errol Johnson of Black Country Boxing Promotions, hosted a five-bout show which headlined the Cruiserweight Classic Challenge Title in which Dilbag ‘Dilly’ Singh was victorious by TKO round 4. Singh of Coventry faced Josh Burke of Wolverhampton over a scheduled eight rounds of boxing…
IBF World Heavyweight Champion – Anthony Joshua (Watford, England), retained his title and won the IBO and WBA Heavyweight Titles last night by stopping Ukrainian giant – Wladimir Klitschko, in round eleven of a thrilling contest. Klitschko was on the canvas in round five then Joshua was down in the sixth and it seemed like…
Shawn Porter and Jermell Charlo both won big fights at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday night, producing fireworks that sent shockwaves in their respective weight divisions. Welterweight Porter faced Andre Berto in a battle of ex-world champions that was supposed to be a very competitive clash, but ended up as a one-sided battering….