Six of the top 154-pound fighters in the world spoke to media in Brooklyn Wednesday ahead of their respective Saturday, October 14 showdowns featured in a tripleheader live on Showtime from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The Premier Boxing Champions event is headlined by Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara defending against undefeated Terrell Gausha plus…
Hennessy Sports is delighted to announce a groundbreaking partnership with YouTube that will offer a new way of watching Boxing. The blockbuster WBO World Heavyweight Championship title fight between Joseph Parker and Hughie Fury on Saturday 23rd September at the Manchester Arena will be shown exclusively live in the UK and Ireland on YouTube (www.youtube.com/parkerfury)…
Sensational three-division champion Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz will defend his featherweight world title against Chris Avalos, while four-time world champion Abner Mares defends his 126-pound championship against once-beaten Andres Gutierrez at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. on a show presented by Premier Boxing Champions live on Fox and Fox Deportes on Saturday, October 14….
Gennady “GGG” Golovkin: Question: How frustrating was it to have to wait for this fight with Canelo? Golovkin “We have been talking about this fight for years. The last two years, I lose interest, because after every fight, Golden Boy said, ‘No. OK, maybe next fight.’ I remember the situation after the Amir Khan fight,…
Unbeaten super-middleweight contender (WBA #7 and IBF #11), Caleb “Sweethands” Plant (15-0, 10 KOs), was a big hit at the Sunrise Children’s Hospital in Las Vegas yesterday as he visited kids dealing with medical conditions. The visit was in honor of his daughter Alia, who passed away from an unknown medical condition at 19-months old,…
A trio of 154-pound world champions will defend their titles as part of a Showtime tripleheader headlined by Erislandy Lara defending against undefeated Terrell Gausha, in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions on Saturday, October 14 live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT from Barclays Center. The card, promoted by DiBella Entertainment…
As he awaits his first televised bout on Showtime, taking place at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on September 8, unbeaten super-middleweight contender (WBA #7 and IBF #11), Caleb “Sweethands” Plant (15-0, 10 KOs), is going to be giving back to the community of Las Vegas. Plant will be visiting kids at the Sunrise…
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.