A huge fight week featuring the first two heavyweight world title fights in Brooklyn in 115 years kicked off Tuesday with media workouts at world famous Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn. This Saturday, January 16 at Barclays Center, WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder will make the third defense of his title against Polish bruiser Artur Szpilka…
Tommy Martin says he’ll prove age is nothing but a number by taking the Commonwealth and WBC International Super-Lightweight title from John Wayne Hibbert at the Copper Box Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on January 30, live on Sky Sports. Martin challenges his long-time friend for the titles in the latest big domestic…
Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne says he’s fitter than ever and ready to make history. The 36-year-old Australian aims to become his nation’s first ever world heavyweight champion when he squares off with WBA kingpin Ruslan Chagaev in Grozny, Chechnya, on March 5. Browne has been training like a demon with head coach Rodney Williams and…
Ray Flores: First of all, I want to send a Happy New Year to all the media and everyone that is joining us on the conference call. I’m really excited about Fight Week on Fox in Los Angeles. I could not think of a better way to kick off 2016 than the fight that we…
It was one of the slowest weekends in the sport for quite some time but there was one high profile contest that took place on Saturday at Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany with the vacant WBA super middleweight title on offer. Squaring off in the ring were 20 year old German KO specialist Vincent Feigenbutz…
Undefeated light heavyweight prospect Ahmed Elbiali (13-0, 11 KOs) will enter the ring in an eight-round bout against Andrew Hernandez (10-3-1, 2 KOs) as part of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) “Toe-To-Toe Tuesdays” on FS1 and “Boxe De Campeones” on Fox Deportes on Tuesday, January 12 from the Dancehall in San Antonio. Live coverage begins at…
Sky Sports Box Office will show the eagerly anticipated super-bantamweight unification World Title fight between two of Britain’s undefeated champions, Carl Frampton MBE and Scott Quigg. Tickets sold out in a matter of minutes for the must-see event at the Manchester Arena on Saturday February 27. Someone’s perfect record will go as the long-awaited clash…
Hatton Promotions and Black Country Boxing are joining forces again in 2016 to bring more top class pugilism to the Midlands. The promotional outfits hosted three successful events during the final months of last year and will pick up where they left off at Walsall Town Hall on Friday, 19th February with a nine fight…
Undefeated lightweight Alejandro “El Charro” Luna (19-0, 14 KOs) will meet Mexico’s Alan Herrera (34-7, 22 KOs) in a 10-round bout as part of a full night of undercard action on Saturday, January 23 from Staples Center in Los Angeles. The event is headlined by the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Fox and Fox Deportes…
Lou DiBella: Thank you very much and welcome to the final conference call for the Showtime Championship Boxing show, January 16 of this new year at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The show will begin at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Showtime. It’s a world championship, heavyweight championship doubleheader. These are the…
WBC titlist Deontay Wilder, the American heavyweight champ, looks to continue his path to heavyweight history by putting his imprint on the division one step at a time. “I’m just a different fighter than these guys in the heavyweight division,” he said. “My athletic skills, the way I move in the ring, my speed, the…
Promoter Bob Arum made it official; Manny Pacquiao’s final opponent will be Timothy Bradley on April 9, 2016 in Las Vegas. Bradley and Pacquiao will be meeting for the third time in their careers, setting up a trilogy after their previous fights in 2012 and 2014. Bradley won the first meeting with a controversial split…