Featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar and former three-division world champion Abner Mares went face-to-face for the first time Thursday as they hosted media roundtables in Los Angeles ahead of their showdown on Saturday, June 25, live on CBS from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Showtime Championship Boxing on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, begins at…
Sam Evans says he was made for fighting and he’ll prove it in Walsall this Saturday night, May 14. The 20-year-old is quietly spoken outside of the ring, but inside it he lets his fists do the talking. This weekend he gets the opportunity to stretch his perfect professional record to four victories when he…
World light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev returns to the ring Saturday night, June 7, to defend his WBO International and NABA title belts against Argentinian champion Ezequiel “El Olympico” Maderna in the 12-round main event at historic Bell Center in Montreal, Canada.
The thrilling light-welterweight unification clash between Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol is to be screened exclusively live in the UK on BoxNation on July 23. The pair collide at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with WBO champion Crawford and WBC title-holder Postol putting their belts on the line to determine the lineal world champion…
Felix Cash has signed a promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing and will make his professional debut at The O2 in London on June 25, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Decorated amateur Cash kicks off at Middleweight in the Greenwich venue and the Wokingham talent believes he’ll be hunting titles next summer as the 23…
Fighting for his young family, as well as to expand the legacy associated with his last name, the son of five-time world champion and 1996 U.S. Olympian Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver – unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. – this past weekend continued establishing his own identity in the ring. After a nine month…
Anthony Ogogo (8-0, 4 KOs) will make his long-awaited return to the ring on May 28 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, live on Sky Sports. Unbeaten Ogogo’s professional career has been stop-start so far due to injury, with the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist set for his first action since July where he moved to…
WBA Super Welterweight Champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara is set to defend his world title and settle his score against Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan when the two meet in the main event of a Showtime Championship Boxing tripleheader featuring the top 154-pound talent in the sport on Saturday, May 21 from The Chelsea, inside…
A picture may be worth a thousand words but a stamp is forever. Just ask WBC super lightweight champion”The Iceman” Viktor Postol, who presented a larger than life commemorative stamp of himself to his opponent WBO junior welterweight titlist Terence “Bud” Crawford at today’s Beverly Hills press conference. The undefeated world champions announced their 12-round…
Former WBO junior welterweight champion, “The Siberian Rocky”, Ruslan Provodnikov is deep in training in Indio, Calif. with his trainer Joel Diaz for his June 11 main event bout with John Molina Jr. at The Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. “Knowing exactly the date…
Conor Benn returns to action after an impressive April debut with spots on two World title undercards – Ricky Burns’ vacant WBA Super-Lightweight title clash with Michele Di Rocco on May 28 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow and Anthony Joshua MBE’s IBF Heavyweight title defence against Dominic Breazeale at The O2 in London on…
With chilling efficiency, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez retained his WBC middleweight title by turning the ambition of challenger Amir Khan into dust with a single right hand on Saturday night at Las Vegas’ brand new T-Mobile Arena. Coming up from the welterweight division, Khan had been in control of the contest during the first four rounds,…