Filipino fireball Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas will make his U.S. debut, Saturday, February 3, at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, TX. A protégé of Filipino icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, and promoted by Top Rank, MP Promotions and Joven Sports, Ancajas (26-1-1, 18 KOs), of Cavite City, Cavite, Philippines, will be making the fourth…
At the Robin Park Centre, Wigan, on Saturday night, Dale Coyne of Ancoats scored an 80-73 points victory over Ben Davies of Barnsley in a thrilling Super-Middleweight contest. It was toe-to-toe action throughout, with both men – heads up close – digging in the body-shots. The work-rate from Coyne was relentless and Davies did well…
Undefeated three-division world champion Mikey Garcia will attempt to win a world title in a fourth weight class when he challenges unbeaten IBF 140-pound champion Sergey Lipinets on Saturday, February 10 live on Showtime. The matchup of top-five ranked junior welterweights will take place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and is presented by…
Uzbek superstar and 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist Shakhram Giyasov has landed in the United States and will settle in Las Vegas, NV, to start his pro career. As a professional, Giyasov will campaign in the welterweight division, where he was a sensational amateur standout. At age 24, Giyasov, who stands at 5’9″, is one of…
The two most avoided female boxers’ in the country are about to face each other, in what looks to be an all-out war, when undefeated sensation, lightweight Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios, takes on the dangerous “Lovely” Lisa Porter. On the line will be the NABF lightweight title, as both fighters were granted by the NABF…
Undefeated super-lightweight prospect, Blair “The Flair” Cobbs (8-0, 6 KOs), who is managed by Prince Ranch Boxing’s Greg Hannley, has signed a promotional agreement with Golden Boy Promotions. Cobbs, who trains in Las Vegas by way of Philadelphia, is ready to take his career to the next level, and vows to bring value to an…
Former welterweight world champion Jessie Vargas (28-2, 10 KOs) returned to drop and defeat Aaron Herrera (24-8-1, 15 KOs)by unanimous decision in the main event of a special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions “Toe To Toe Tuesdays” on FS1 and Fox Deportes from Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster, California. “I’m very happy to…
British heavyweight boxers Tyson and Hughie Fury are free to immediately resume their boxing careers after coming to a joint agreement with UKAD to finally resolve the ongoing anti-doping proceeding. “I’m a fighting man through and through and I’ve never backed down from anyone in my life and I was certainly not going to back…
This past week in Salt Lake City, Utah, Vito Mielnicki, Jr. captured the United States Junior National championship in the 145-pound division. Mielnicki, of Roseland, New Jersey, moved up an unprecedented 10 weight classes where he competed at 106-pounds at the 2017 tournament and defeated the number-two seed, Adam Calixto of Tampa, Florida, in the…
Edis Tatli (30–2) regained the European lightweight crown with a clear unanimous decision over Francesco Patera (18–3). It was a hard and entertaining fight, as Patera refused to surrender his EBU belt easily, but in the end Tatli was too determined and powerful for the Belgian to handle. Both fighters looked sharp in the opening…
Undefeated two-division world champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (32-0, 32 KOs), from Omaha,is ready to move out of the junior welterweight division and up to the welterweight class. Crawford, the 2014 Fighter of the Year, became boxing’s first undisputed world champion in 15 years when he knocked out fellow unified world champion Julius Indongo over the…
Recently, the “Pound-4-Pound” gym, a Las Vegas, Nevada amateur boxing program, sent eight members to the 2017 USA Boxing Elite Youth National Championships & Junior Open. The Barrientes twins, Chavez and Angel, both qualified to represent Team USA in the Junior Division by winning belts at the tournament. Angel Barrientes was voted most outstanding boxer…