This weekend the WBC super-middle weight belt and the IBF super middle weight title are on the line for Badou Jack and James DeGale, against Lucien Bute and Rogelio Medina, respectively, at the Armory in Washington DC on Saturday. Interestingly enough, Badou Jack (20-1-1) beat Medina (36-6-0) at the end of 2013 and DeGale beat…
Belfast’s undefeated Carl ‘The Jackal’ Frampton has relinquished his IBF super bantamweight belt ahead of his WBA featherweight super title challenge of California’s undefeated champion Leo Santa Cruz, on July 30 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, USA. In order for Frampton to pursue two-weight World title glory against Santa Cruz this summer,…
With just two days until they enter the ring, Premier Boxing Champions on Spike fighters participated in media roundtables Wednesday in Atlantic City and discussed their respective Friday, April 29 showdowns taking place at Taj Mahal Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City. The card is headlined by the return of the Dirrell brothers as Olympic…
Four of the top super middleweights in the world shared a stage Thursday afternoon as Badou Jack, Lucian Bute, James DeGale and Rogelio Medina participated in the final press conference for their fights this Saturday, April 30, on Showtime Championship Boxing from the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. Televised coverage begins at 10 p.m. ET/7…
The principal boxers involved in the Premier Boxing Champions on Spike card that will take place tonight at The Taj Mahal Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City weighed in yesterday. Super Bantamweights, 12 rounds Jonathan Guzman: 122 lb Daniel Rosas: 121.2 lb Light Heavyweights, 10 rounds Andre Dirrell: 169 lb Blake Caparello: 167 lb
You better believe Saturday night’s alright for fighting, especially in New York on Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend! Three-time world champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez and WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko will go mano a mano for Martinez’s WBO junior lightweight title and the boxing gem of Puerto Rico, Felix “El Diamante” Verdejo, will risk his…
Belfast’s undefeated Carl Frampton will take on California’s undefeated Leo Santa Cruz for the latter’s WBA featherweight super title on Saturday July 30 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Frampton makes the career defining step up in weight to the Featherweight division having recently dethroned WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg on…
Russia’s undefeated super-lightweight prospect, Sergey Lipinets (9-0, 7 KOs), is adapting well to his surrounding here in the United States. Born in Martuk, Kazakhstan but fighting out of Southern California where he now resides, Lipinets is getting great work with top notch fighters, one of them being Victor Ortiz. Lipinets spent quality time in camp…
Welterweight world champion Keith Thurman and former champion Shawn Porter went face-to-face Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan as they hosted a press conference to discuss their highly anticipated Saturday, June 25 showdown on Showtime Championship Boxing on CBS, presented by Premier Boxing Champions live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Televised coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET/6…
On Friday night, May 27, a big night of boxing will kick off a holiday weekend at The Claridge in Atlantic City as Rising Promotions will present a terrific card of boxing. “We are excited to come back to the Claridge. Thanks to the whole staff at Rising Promotions and the AC Boxing Hall of…
Former two-time world champion Andre “The Beast” Berto has wrapped up training camp and is set to travel to Southern California for his highly anticipated rematch against “Vicious” Victor Ortiz that headlines Premier Boxing Champions on Fox and Fox Deportes this Saturday, April 30 at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Prior to the start of…
Undefeated knockout artist Jonathan Guzman (20-0, 20 KOs) will battle Mexico’s Daniel Rosas (20-2, 12 KOs) in a 12-round super bantamweight title eliminator in the opening bout of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike on Friday, April 29 from the Taj Mahal Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City. Televised coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET/8…