ESPN and Top Rank today announced a vast and exclusive, multimedia agreement to make ESPN the home of Top Rank in the U.S. and Canada. Under the agreement, ESPN will televise live fights on ESPN and ESPN Deportes and stream them on the ESPN App, will stream fights and other Top Rank content on the…
Floyd Mayweather Jr makes his long-awaited return to the ring tomorrow evening, sharing the spotlight with MMA ruler Conor McGregor as the two prepare for a scheduled 12 rounds of combat in the light middleweight division at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Mayweather, 49-0 (26), makes his attempt at Boxing immortality via besting Rocky…
Undefeated WBO champions Óscar Valdez and Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will headline and exciting world championship event on Friday, September 22, at Tucson Arena, in Tuscon, AZ. Valdez (22-0, 19 KOs), a two-time Mexican Olympian with strong roots in Tucson, will be defending his WBO featherweight title against the WBO’s No. 4 world-rated contender Genesis Servania…
Bristol boxers Tim Cutler, Wayne Ingram and Aaron Sutton have been added to the Ashley Lane vs Michael Ramabeletsa Commonwealth Title fight card. The show takes place in Swindon on Saturday September 23, 2017 promoted by Neilson Bros in association with Sanigar Events. This should be a cracking show and the first time a major…
The International Boxing Association (IBA) has been relaunched worldwide by a sports group headed by the new IBA president, J.C. Courreges. In 1991, two-time Major League Baseball all-star pitcher and Cy Young Award winner Dean Chance founded the IBA, guiding the international sanctioning body until his death in 2015.
Middleweight prospect Marcos “Madman” Hernandez (9-1, 1 KO) is scheduled to face Kevin Newman II (7-0-1), this Saturday on the Mayweather vs. McGregor undercard. The six rounder will serve as the swing bout for the preliminaries on Fox and Fox Deportes. Prelims on Fox and Fox Deportes begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and…
Neilson Boxing in association with Sanigar Events are delighted to bring the first ever Commonwealth title fight to Swindon in a highly anticipated rematch between South Africa’s Michael Ramabeletsa and Bristol’s Ashley Lane. The pair fought in 2012 resulting in a controversial points win for Ramabeletsa and Lane is excited to even the score:
At Prenton Park, Tranmere Rovers FC, Birkenhead, on Saturday night, Sean ‘Masher’ Dodd had opponent Antonio Horvatic on the canvas four times before Referee Mark Lyson waved the contest off in round 3. The Steve Wood – VIP Boxing Promotions show billed as ‘Birkenhead Baby’ featured five undercard bouts, results as follows: Sean ‘Masher’ Dodd…
Unbeaten rising star David Benavidez and powerful contender Ronald Gavril will battle for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight Championship on Friday, Sept. 8 live on Showtime in the headlining attraction of a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas.
Floyd “Money” Mayweather opened up the Mayweather Boxing Club on Thursday for a media workout ahead of his highly anticipated matchup against UFC champion Conor McGregor on Saturday, Aug. 26 in the headlining attraction of a Showtime PPV event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Joining Mayweather at the media workout were a trio of…
Powerful middleweights Sergiy Derevyanchenko (10-0, 8 KOs) and Tureano Johnson (20-1, 14 KOs) will square-off in a middleweight world title eliminator that headlines a special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and on Fox Deportes on August 25 from Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. “This is a very important fight for…
Former lightweight world champion Mickey Bey (22-2-1, 10 KOs) will face once-beaten contender Anthony Peterson (37-1, 24 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight matchup that headlines Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and on Fox Deportes August 22 from Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas in Las Vegas. Televised coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT…