The big action of the weekend took place in America, with Cintas Center in Cincinnati taking center stage by featuring a clash for the WBA welterweight crown. Reigning champion David Avanesyan, 22-2 (11), was elevated from Interim titlist following victory over veteran Shane Mosely last year but the 28 year old from Russia had never…
2016 Olympic junior flyweight bronze medalist Nico Hernandez will make his professional boxing debut at home on Saturday, March 25 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT on CBS Sports Network. He will headline “Knockout Night Boxing: History Begins” live from Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas. A press conference was held today at…
In preparation for his upcoming fight with former world champion Chad Dawson (34-4, 19 KOs), light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara (28-4, 16 KOs) is in full swing with his mandated VADA testing. The 10-round bout is set for March 4, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn NY, on the undercard of the main event featuring Keith…
Undefeated rising star Erickson “Hammer” Lubin hosted media at his gym in his hometown of Orlando, Florida on Thursday as he prepares to face once-beaten contender Jorge Cota on Saturday, March 4 in a 12-round super welterweight world title eliminator on Showtime Championship Boxing on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions from Barclays Center in…
WBA and IBO super-welterweight champion, Erislady “The American Dream” Lara, is truly living the American dream since he has now completed all the eligibility requirements to become a U.S citizen. Erislandy, along with his wife Yudi, took an oath of allegiance to the United States today, solidifying their citizenship. Lara, who made his U.S. boxing…
Todd duBoef: On behalf of Top Rank we would love to thank HBO, the No. 1 premium channel in the world with great programming all the time, and MGM, who we have a great relationship with in Las Vegas and all over the world; and obviously both fighters. Jason Sosa has had an incredible rise…
Former world super middleweight champion Lucian Bute plans to parlay his February 24 Canadian showdown with undefeated WBC Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider “Storm” Alvarez into his 14th world title fight later this year. The 36-year-old Bute (32-3-1, 25 KOs) is challenging Colombia-native Alvarez (21-0, 10 KOs) for his WBC Silver title belt in the…
Former world champion Thomas Hearns, who along with Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran dominated boxing in the 1980s and became known collectively as “The Four Kings,†headlines a 14-person class of inductees into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, Hall CEO/president Michelle Corrales-Lewis announced Wednesday. Hearns was chosen in the non-Nevada…
Two-division world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko and WBA super featherweight champion Jason “El Canito” Sosa will battle for Lomachenko’s WBO junior lightweight title, Saturday, April 8, at The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD. The fight between the two world champions will be televised live on HBO World…
Undefeated WBC Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider “Storm” Alvarez is on a mission to showcase his talent throughout the boxing world, February 24 against former world super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, to completely justify his No. 1 contender position. The 32-year-old Alvarez (21-0, 10 KOs) will defend his WBC Silver title belt against Bute (32-3-1,…
Top Rank and Antonio Leonard Productions announced its latest signing and it’s a sterling one; 2016 U.S. Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson. Stevenson, 19, from Newark, NJ, sailed though every stage of his Olympic competition in Rio De Janeiro last summer before losing a close split decision in the bantamweight championship fight to 2012 flyweight…
After fracturing his hand last year, unbeaten light heavyweight prospect, Ahmed Elbiali (14-0, 11 KOs), is back in the gym. Elbiali suffered the setback in his last bout against Andrew Hernandez, a fight that took place in January of 2016. The Miami based fighter is looking to come back in March, in a bout that…