Former three-division world champions Abner Mares and Fernando Montiel will square off in all-action co-feature on Saturday, March 12, live on CBS at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT. In the main event of the first prime-time boxing presentation on CBS in nearly 40 years, welterweight knockout artist Keith Thurman will defend his WBA…
Unbeaten brawlers Gerald “El Gallo Negro†Washington (16-0-1, 11 KOs) and Oscar “Kaboom†Rivas (18-0, 13 KOs) will meet in a 10-round showdown of rising heavyweights on Saturday, February 27, in the opening bout of a Showtime Championship Boxing tripleheader from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The telecast features two world title fights. In the…
IBF/WBO/WBA Light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev solidified his position as the top man in his division by battering bitter rival Jean Pascal in their rematch on Saturday night in the cavernous Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The pair had tangled previously in March, 2015 with Kovalev halting Pascal in the eighth, a stoppage that some…
Hosea Burton will face Miles Shinkwin for the vacant British Light-Heavyweight title at the sold-out Manchester Arena on February 27, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Manchester man Burton’s patient wait for a title shot finally ends on the undercard of his Joe Gallagher gym-mate Scott Quigg’s World title unification blockbuster with Carl Frampton, and…
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe believes boxing fans will be hailing a new “Big Daddy” on March 5. The Brooklyner ruled the roost in the land of the giants back in the early ’90s, beating the likes of Evander Holyfield, Bruce Seldon and Michael Dokes. And now he’s tipping Australia’s Lucas Browne to follow…
Juergen Braehmer (47-2, 35 KOs) will defend his WBA Light Heavyweight title against Thomas ‘Tommy Gun’ Oosthuizen (25-0-2, 14 KOs) on March 12 at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany. The bout was originally scheduled to take place last November in Monaco before a hand injury suffered by Braehmer forced the fight’s postponement, but now fully…
George Groves believes a change in trainer to Shane McGuigan can be the missing piece in his World title jigsaw as he returns to action against Andrea di Luisa on Saturday night, at the Copper Box Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, live on Sky Sports. Groves was edged out by Badou Jack in…
Anthony Joshua MBE says he cannot wait to get back into action at The O2 on April 9. The Heavyweight sensation thrilled a sold-out crowd in Greenwich on December 12, in his brilliant British and Commonwealth title clash with bitter foe Dillian Whyte, with the amateur rivals sharing seven enthralling rounds before Joshua claimed the…
Kell Brook has told Kevin Bizier he’s in for a rough night when he defends his IBF Welterweight title at the Sheffield Arena on March 26, live on Sky Sports – before setting up a blockbuster fight in the summer. Brook makes the third defence of his crown against the Canadian, after the IBF ordered…
Showtime Sports is commemorating 30 years of Showtime Championship Boxing with a year-long celebration that will highlight the biggest, most memorable and exciting Showtime fights spanning four decades. The network’s flagship sports series, Showtime Championship Boxing, was born on March 10, 1986 when “Marvelous†Marvin Hagler defeated John “The Beast†Mugabi by spectacular 11th-round knockout….
Mexican warriors Julio Ceja and Hugo Ruiz will compete in a rematch of their exciting 2015 super bantamweight world title fight on Saturday, February 27, live on Showtime from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The Showtime Championship Boxing telecast will be headlined by undefeated three-division world champion Leo “El Terremoto†Santa Cruz, who’ll be making…
The six fighters who’ll be fighting on ShoBox: The New Generation tomorrow/Friday, Jan. 22, live on Showtime at 10:35 p.m. ET/PT at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz., made weight Thursday. Undefeated middleweight Rob “Bravo†Brant (18-0, 11 KOs) of St. Paul, Minn., faces Atlantic City’s Decarlo Perez (15-3-1, 5 KOs) in the 10-round main…