Former WBO Junior Welterweight Champion Ruslan Provodnikov “The Siberian Rocky,” returns to the ring on Saturday, June 11 to headline on Showtime Championship Boxing as he takes on former world title challenger John Molina Jr. in a 12-round super lightweight from bout from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. …
Read More »Showtime Sports Announces Robust 2016 Boxing Lineup
Showtime Sports on Friday announced seven live boxing telecasts over a 12-week span, a stacked lineup featuring nine world championship fights and 14 overall matches in boxing’s deepest and most exciting divisions. The full slate of programming is free to Showtime subscribers, and the presentation on CBS is the first …
Read More »Eric Hunter Announced As Next Challenger For IBF Champ Lee Selby
Lee Selby will defend his IBF Featherweight title against mandatory challenger, Eric Hunter, at The O2 in London on April 9, live on Sky Sports Box Office. The Welsh ace returns to the venue where he won the title against Evgeny Gradovich in May and it’s his first defence on …
Read More »Buglioni Ready To Do Damage In Light Heavyweight Division
Former world super-middleweight title challenger Frank Buglioni begins his campaign as a light-heavyweight on March 26 at The SSE Arena and has British and Commonwealth titles in his sights. The popular 26-year-old from Enfield boxed for the WBA super-middleweight belt last September, losing on points to then-champion Fedor Chudinov, but …
Read More »New, Improved Ricky Boylan Vows To Turn Fortunes Around
Former Southern Area super-lightweight champion ‘Pretty’ Ricky Boylan will use a slot on Hennessy Sports’ March 26 event at The SSE Arena, Wembley to get his career back on track and show his many fans his true potential. The exciting Carshalton man has lost three of his last four fights …
Read More »Julian Williams KO’s Matano, Calls Out IBF Champ Charlo
Julian Williams secured the IBF’s No. 1 position at 154 pounds and called out Junior Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo after an impressive seventh-round TKO of Italian Marcello Matano last Saturday on Showtime from Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, Pa. The undefeated Philadelphia native put on a clinic, breaking …
Read More »Streaking Yafai Brothers Win Big Fights In Birmingham
Kal Yafai blitzed Dixon Flores inside the opening round of their clash for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental Super-Flyweight title at the Genting Arena in Birmingham on March 5 live on Sky Sports – and now wants to face WBA king Kohei Kono. Yafai raced out of the traps and floored …
Read More »Miranda vs. Hernandez Headlines Battle At The Boat 105
Knockout specialist Dionisio Miranda will square off against Andrew Hernandez in the main event of Battle at the Boat 105 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. on Saturday, March 26. Presented by Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 105 will have six bouts with Miranda and Hernandez …
Read More »Prograis vs. Herrera Tops March 25 Miami OK ShoBox
Unbeaten super lightweight knockout artist and emerging rising star, Regis “Rougarou” Prograis (16-0, 13 KOs) will meet experienced Aaron “The Jewel” Herrera (29-4-1, 18 KOs) in the 10-round main event of a ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader on Friday, March 25, live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on …
Read More »Nevada Boxing HOF Announces 2016 Inductees
Six outstanding boxers, including the first woman inductee, highlight the 11-person class that will be inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame on Saturday, July 30 at Caesars Palace. Boxers chosen include ex-heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe; popular lightweight champion Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini; Mexican superstar Ricardo “Finito” Lopez; Olympic …
Read More »Claggett vs. Bryan Tops “Knockout Night At The D” Undercard
Canadian welterweight champion Steve “The Dragon” Claggett takes on veteran Jeremy “Hollywood” Bryan in an eight-round Special Attraction, providing chief undercard support this Saturday for the inaugural event kicking-off “Knockout Night at the D”, airing (8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. ET) live on CBS Sports Network from the Downtown …
Read More »Barrios Set For 2016 Debut March 15 PBC On Fox
Undefeated super-featherweight sensation, Mario Barrios (14-0, 8 KOs), makes his 2016 debut on March 15, at the Robinson Rancheria Resort & Casino in Nice, CA. Barrios, a San Antonio TX, native is scheduled to fight in a 10-round bout against an opponent TBA. Barrios’ bout will be part of the …
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