Lee Selby plans to make a big splash on his American debut as he defends his IBF Featherweight title tonight against Fernando Montiel at the Gila River Arena in Phoenix, live on Sky Sports in the UK and ESPN in the US. Selby makes his maiden defence of the title he won with a superb…
Reigning super flyweight world champion Kohei Kono (30-8-1, 13 KOs) will meet former world champion Koki Kameda (33-1, 18 KOs) as the televised opener of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike on Friday, October 16 from UIC Pavilion in Chicago beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Eddie Ramirez (10-0, 7 KOs), of nearby Aurora, Illinois, will…
A Mets-Cubs showdown has nothing on the upcoming Brooklyn brawl between Long Beach, New York’s undefeated No. 4 world-rated light heavyweight contender “Irish” Seanie Monaghan and Chicago’s Donovan “Da Bomb” George. Monaghan (25-0, 16 KOs) and George (25-4-2, 22 KOs) will be battling for the vacant NABO light heavyweight title this Friday, October 16, at…
Matthew Macklin believes that moving down to Super Welterweight can turn his World title dreams into reality as he faces Jason Welborn for the vacant WBC International title at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on Saturday, October 17 live on Sky Sports. Macklin has had three World title fights at Middleweight, with a cruel split…
ShoBox: The New Generation returns on Friday, Oct. 23, live on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT with a quadrupleheader that matches eight young prospects against each other in the toughest fights of their budding careers. In the main event at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., undefeated Rob “Bravo†Brant (17-0, 11 KOs), of St….
Former world title challengers Youri Kalenga and Roberto Bolonti will do battle in a cruiserweight 10-rounder on the undercard of the Monte Carlo “Night of Champions†tournament on November 7. The card is topped by WBA light-heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer’s title defence against Tommy Oosthuizen. It will be Kalenga’s second fight in Monaco, having beaten…
Undefeated Mexican knockout artist and No. 1 world-rated super middleweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will risk his upcoming world title shot in a 10-round WBO International / NABF super middleweight title defense against Gevorg Khatchikian, of the Netherlands, making his U.S. debut, Friday, November 20, at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Ramirez…
Click Image for more Terry Flanagan Vs Diego Magdaleno Photos It was an epic fight-night at the MEN Arena in Manchester last night, with plenty of action from 11 contests including eight title bouts. The show, promoted by Frank Warren in association with Top Rank, saw Terry ‘Turbo’ Flanagan of Manchester successfully defend, for the…
At the ‘Plus+1 Bar’ at Manchester Arena yesterday afternoon, boxers weighed in ahead of the ‘World World III’ event in Manchester, England tonight which features no less than eight title bouts. The show, promoted by Frank Warren in association with Top Rank, will see Terry ‘Turbo’ Flanagan of Manchester defend, for the first time, his…
Fighters took part in a media workout today at Welch’s Gym in South Boston to kick off fight week for this Saturday night’s Premier Boxing Champions on NBCSN card at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, MA, headlined by Danny “Bhoy” O’Connor (26-2, 10 KOs) vs. Gabriel “Tito” Bracero (23-2, 4 KOs) with triple-header coverage starting…
Super middleweight world champion James DeGale (21-1, 14 KOs), of England, and former world champion Lucian Bute (32-2, 25 KOs), of Montreal, completed a two-city, two-country kickoff press conference Thursday in London to formally announce their Nov. 28 showdown in the main event of Showtime Champions Boxing live on Showtime from the Vidéotron Centre of…
On Saturday night, Irish world-rated contender Patrick Hyland (30-1, 14 KOs) faces David Martinez on the undercard of the PBC on NBCSN event from Lowell, Mass. While the fight won’t be shown on television, Hyland views this is the most important fight of his career as he works his way back into world title contention….