Ireland’s Olympic hero Michael “Mick” Conlan and undefeated welterweight contender Alex “El Cholo” Saucedo will host a Media Workout next week in Santa Monica, CA. Both fighters will be available for one-on-one interviews with the media before their respective workouts. Joining the fighters will be Conlan’s trainer, Manny Robles, and filmmaker Peter Berg, a principal…
In preparation for his upcoming fight this Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, undefeated super-lightweight prospect, Mario Barrios (17-0, 9 KOs) talks about moving up in weight, and the status of his career. Barrios will face Mexico’s Yardley Suarez (20-6, 11 KOs) in an eight-round bout, in only his second fight at super-lightweight.
Exciting light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara has wrapped up training camp and is ready to battle former world champion Chad Dawson on Saturday, March 4 from Barclays Center, in front of the passionate Polish boxing fans in Brooklyn. The March 4 event is headlined by the highly anticipated welterweight world title unification showdown between Keith…
Solihull boxer – Jordan Clayton – stepped up to an eight-round Super-Welterweight contest Saturday night and won on points 79-73 to take home the British Classic Challenge belt. Clayton, trained by Paul Webb (WEBB Boxing), dominated the fight with Lithuanian – Arvydas Trizno, only dropping the last round. The Errol Johnson (BCB Promotions) dinner show…
It was the usual party-atmosphere at Middleton Arena last night, as Pat Barrett (BlackFlash Promotions) hosted a four-card dinner show. Mark Heffron of Oldham scored a second round TKO over Christian Hoskin-Gomez of Plymouth in their scheduled 6-round Super-Middleweight contest. Heffron’s big punches were too much for the Plymouth man and after a number of…
The weekend’s biggest show takes place tonight at Legacy Arena in the US city of Birmingham, where local icon and WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder returns to the ring after a seven month absence. Wilder, 37-0 (36), makes his comeback against relatively unknown contender Gerald Washington, 18-0-1 (12), after original opponent Andrzej Wawrzyk was struck…
Flyweight Patrick Gutierrez is going into his nationally-televised, main event showdown, March 25 in Kansas with high expectations against pro-debuting 2016 Olympic junior flyweight bronze medalist Nico Hernandez. Gutierrez is training hard in Las Vegas for his scheduled six-round “Knockout Night Boxing: History Begins” headline bout to derail hometown hero Hernandez’ coming out party
Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jason “El Canito” Sosa junior lightweight world championship event has become an embarrassment of Ukrainian riches with the addition of two title fights. Undefeated WBO cruiserweight world champion and Olympic gold medalist Oleksandr Usyk and NABF light heavyweight champion and Olympic bronze medalist Oleksandr Gvozdyk will be defending their titles against Mike…
Unbeaten prospect Caleb Plant looks to continue his march towards world title contention when he battles Ghana’s Thomas Awimbono in the 10-round main event of of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and Fox Deportes on Saturday, February 25 from Legacy Arena at the BJCC in Birmingham, Alabama. Coverage on FS1 and Fox Deportes begins at…
Cheshire heavyweight, Nathan Gorman, made short work of Georgian opponent Gogita Gorgiladze last night at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent. The Nantwich man, trained by Ricky Hatton, delivered a peach of a body-shot in round one which sent Gorgiladze to the canvas. He got up at the end of the count but was…
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…