After hosting separate Coast-to-Coast media workouts in Miami and Marina del Rey, Calif., Peter “Kid Chocolate†Quillin, Jesus Cuellar, Jonathan “Polvo†Oquendo and Chris Algieri spoke to the media about their respective showdowns next Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, live on Showtime. Quillin, Oquendo and Algieri held their media workout at the 5th Street…
Showtime Sports will televise the 10-round welterweight matchup between former world champion and Long Island-native Chris Algieri (20-2, 8 KOs) and Ecuador’s Erick Bone (16-2, 8 KOs) on Showtime Boxing ON SHO Extreme, Saturday, Dec. 5, live at 7 p.m. ET/PT from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In the opening bout on SHO Extreme, undefeated rising…
Super welterweight world champion and Cuban sensation Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara (22-2-2, 13 KOs) successfully defended his title against former world champion and Slovenian Jan Zaveck (35-4, 19 KOs) in a Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN show from Miami’s Hialeah Park Racing & Casino. Due to weather in the area, the main event was…
Carshalton’s Lenny Daws aims to become European super-lightweight champion at the second time of asking on December 5 at the Westcroft Leisure Centre, just a stone’s throw from his home, and is adamant he’ll leave nothing to chance. The 36-year-old fought for the European title in 2013, when he dropped a controversial 12-round decision to…
After his impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 KOs) last Friday night at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, undefeated blue-chip featherweight prospect Toka “T-Nice” Kahn-Clary (17-0, 11 KOs) has officially graduated from an eight to ten-round fighter. “My performance was good,” Kahn-Clary looked back on his knockout of Lopez. “I didn’t do…
Anthony Joshua MBE believes Tyson Fury will attack Wladimir Klitschko from the opening bell in their World Heavyweight title clash – but that the champion will hold on to his titles, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Klitschko defends his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts against the unbeaten Manchester man on Saturday night in…
Josh Warrington will defend his WBC International Featherweight title against Jorge Sanchez at The O2 in London on December 12, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Leeds favourite Warrington makes his second defence of the title he won in April against Dennis Tubeiron, having shutout Australian Joel Brunker for the strap in Yorkshire in September….
Fox Sports expands its existing media rights agreement for Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) with multiple primetime Saturday evening bouts on the Fox broadcast network and Fox Deportes in 2016. PBC on Fox debuts Saturday, January 23 at 8:00 PM ET with an action-packed two-hour show headlined by one of the most exciting undefeated fighters in…
George Groves will begin his assault on a fourth World title shot at the top of a stacked Matchroom Boxing and Team Sauerland card at the Copper Box in London on Saturday, January 30, live on Sky Sports. The Hammersmith man lost out in a split decision to Badou Jack for the WBC Super Middleweight…
Anthony Crolla says it will take a long time for his incredible WBA Lightweight title win over Darleys Perez at the Manchester Arena on Saturday night to sink in. Crolla delivered a stunning body shot in the fifth round to KO the Colombian champion in their rematch in front of a vociferous hometown crowd to…
Sonny Upton put on a masterclass in back foot boxing as he outpointed Ryan Toms in an English super-welterweight title eliminator at York Hall, Bethnal Green, on Saturday night, November 21. The Ricky Hatton-trained Londoner had not previously boxed beyond six rounds, but he was in his element over ten rounds as he coolly swerved…
The bang heard around the boxing world last night was the sound of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez gaining the WBC middleweight title with a unanimous decision victory over now ex-four weight champion Miguel Cotto at Mandalay Bay Casino in America’s fight capital of Las Vegas. Cotto started well, bouncing lightly on his toes to launch successful…