Former world champions Shawn Porter and Layla McCarter were chosen as Nevada Men’s and Women’s Pro Boxers of the Year by the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Michelle Corrales-Lewis, the Hall’s CEO, also announced five other awards, including the male and female Amateur Boxer of the Year for the state of Nevada.
Luke Campbell MBE will challenge WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine World Lightweight Champion Jorge “El Niño de Oro†Linares on Saturday September 23 in a 12-round main event from Los Angeles’ “Fabulous†Forum, live on Sky Sports and on HBO Boxing After Dark. Linares, a three-division world champion of Barinas, Venezuela, who has captured…
At Biddulph Valley Leisure Centre in Stoke-on-Trent last night, local favourite, Kieron McLaren, remained undefeated (11 wins) having dominated a six round Welterweight contest over Gloucester man, Andy Harris, to win on points 60-54 The Hatton Promotions / BCB Promotions show billed as ‘Pride of The Potteries’ also featured five undercard bouts, results as follows.
The unprecedented showdown between legendary boxing champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr and UFC superstar “The Notorious” Conor McGregor will be broadcast live to U.S cinemas on Saturday, August 26. “Mayweather vs. McGregor” will feature a 12-round super welterweight contest that marks the first time champions from both boxing and MMA will meet in a sanctioned…
Next week in Los Angeles, three-time world title challenger and the IBF top-rated lightweight contender Ray “Sugar” Beltran will be defending his NABF and NABO lightweight titles against former two-time interim WBA super featherweight champion and current WBA No. 1 contender Bryan Vasquez (36-2, 19 KOs), from San Jose, Costa Rica. Beltran (33-7-1, 21 KOs),…
Former world champion Victor Ortiz held a media workout in Ventura, Calif. Wednesday as he prepares to return to the ring and battle Mexico’s Saul Corral in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and Fox Deportes Sunday, July 30 live from Rabobank Theater in Bakersfield, California. Televised coverage begins at 7 p.m….
Katie Taylor says she’s itching to break into the US market when she makes her Stateside debut in Brooklyn on Saturday night, July 29 on Sky Sports. The Irish sensation puts her skills on show in New York in her sixth pro outing fresh from a third stoppage win at Wembley Stadium in April on…
Paul Butler vs. Stuart Hall – eliminator for the WBA Bantamweight title and rematch of their clash for Hall’s IBF crown in June 2014 which Butler won via split decision Paul Butler: I am on the biggest platform for boxing now and I’m straight into the deep-end in a massive fight with Stuart. I think…
Next week, two-division world champion and pound for pound superstar Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs), of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, who has won his last five fights by knockout, returns to a Los Angeles ring for the first time in over three years when he headlines an all-action card, Saturday, August 5, at Microsoft Theater, located…
Paul Butler has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing and will face bitter rival Stuart Hall in an eliminator for the WBA Bantamweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on September 30, live on Sky Sports.
RingTV.com and Flipps Media today announced a partnership to stream the most anticipated boxing showdown of the year, “Supremacy,” on Saturday night, September 16, as two-division and current Ring Magazine and lineal world middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) takes on IBF/WBA/WBC Middleweight Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) in the 12-round main…
Super-middleweights Mike Gavronski and Tony Hirsch will face off in the main event at Battle at the Boat 112 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. on Saturday, Sept. 9. Gavronski brings a record of 23-2-1 with 14 KO’s into the 10-round bout, while Hirsch sports a record of 22-6-2 with 9 knockouts.