On Saturday November 7, former WBO junior welterweight champion, Ruslan “The Siberian Rocky” Provodnikov gets back in the ring to headline a special night of boxing when he takes on undefeated Mexican slugger, Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez. The 10-round welterweight bout takes top spot on the “Night of Champions” tournament event promoted by Rodney Berman’s Golden…
Reigning British middleweight champion Nick Blackwell has poured scorn on domestic rival Chris Eubank Jr’s WBA interim title fight this Saturday, October 24 and encouraged him to stop making idle boasts and start making meaningful fights. Eubank Jr this week claimed he has sights set on a showdown with WBA and IBF middleweight champion Gennady…
Five-time world champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KOs) vehemently refutes the results of his failed New Jersey Boxing Commission drug test taken prior to his 12-round draw with two-time IBF champion Steve “USS” Cunningham this past August 14th in Newark. A report claims Tarver tested positive for synthetic testosterone. He categorically denies taking…
BoxNation will air big-punching Russian Alexander Povetkin’s showdown with Mariusz Wach exclusively live on a stacked bill on November 4th. The imposing Povetkin is coming off a stunning first-round stoppage over the skilled Cuban, Mike Perez, who he dismantled in just over a minute in May. Following that win, the 36-year-old is now on course…
Due to the change of the top of the bill, Matchroom Boxing are offering full and partial refunds to fans that have purchased tickets for the event on Saturday at the Sheffield Arena. Fans can get a full refund from point of purchase or refund in line with the new pricing for tickets for the…
Cuban sensation Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara (21-2-2, 12 KOs) will defend his super welterweight world title against former world champion Jan Zaveck (35-3, 19 KOs) on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN Wednesday, November 25 from Hialeah Park Racing and Casino in Miami with televised coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. “I’m…
It was target practice for WBA/Interim WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin as “GGG” belted IBF titlist David Lemieux around the ring for eight rounds at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. From the start of the bout, Golovkin kept the shorter Canadian fighter at a distance with a razor-sharp jab that battered…
Kent welterweight prospect George Hennon (1-0), trained by Johnny Greaves at the Peacock Gym in Canning Town, London, England, looks ahead to his second professional bout this Saturday against Ali Wyatt (4-28-2) on a Carl Greaves Promotions show at the Grays Civic Hall. The former English kick-boxing champion opposes Torquay-based boxer Wyatt in an attempt…
Tonight, Gennady Golovkin (33-0) faces off against Canadian puncher David Lemieux (34-2-0) in what is being hailed as the next Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns. How many times have we heard that before? Why are people so excited for this fight to come about? Well, the knockout statistics of these two are very high, Golovkin…
Hometown-favorite Andrzej Fonfara (28-3 16 KOs) out-slugged former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-3, 15 KOs) over 12 grueling rounds on his way to a unanimous decision on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Fonfara and Cleverly exchanged punches throughout the night with neither man yielding an inch of ground….
The long, often contentious stretch of inactivity for undefeated super welterweight Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) finally ends tonight at Mohegan Sun Arena. The 2008 U.S. Olympian from Providence returns to the ring for the first time in 16 months to fight former South American champion Dario Fabian “El Gallo” Pucheta (20-2, 11…
Kell Brook has been forced out of his IBF Welterweight title clash with Diego Chaves at the Sheffield Arena on Saturday October 24, after sustaining a rib injury in sparring. Brook was set to make the third defence of his belt against the dangerous Argentine, but having spent time in hospital with the injury and…