It was back in May that Doncaster’s Jamie McDonnell pulled off one of British boxing’s most majestic away days when he overcame the challenge of Tomoki Kameda in Texas. This weekend, McDonnell returns to the scene of his most accomplished performance to date as he aims to oust the Japanese darling one more time to…
In one of the biggest fights this summer, the featherweight bragging rights of Southern California were won by Leo Santa Cruz, who defeated Abner Mares in a thrilling back and forth firefight at Staples Center in the American city of Los Angeles on Saturday night. Former three-weight world champ Mares started off fast, engaging the…
August goes out with a bang tonight at Staples Center in the American city of Los Angeles with the WBA featherweight “super” title on the line in a massive showdown between California based Mexican boxers Abner Mares and Leo Santa Cruz. The combatants are both multi-weight world champions with Mares, 29-1-1 (15), having held the…
On a hot summer August night, in a specially-constructed ring outside the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, Trevor “The Dream†Bryan remained unbeaten and passed the toughest test of his career with a crowd-pleasing, hard-fought 10-round unanimous decision over Derric Rossy in the main event of a ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader live on Showtime….
Ahead the mostly highly anticipated clash of the summer, featherweights Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares made weight yesterday for their WBA “super” title clash this evening at Staples Center in Los Angeles. WBA Featherweight Super Championship, 12 rounds Leo Santa Cruz: 124.8 lb Abner Mares: 125.2 lb
Former three-division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (30-2, 22 KOs) returns to his hometown looking for a fourth world title as he faces fellow former world champion Khabib “The Hawk” Allakhverdiev (19-1, 9 KOs) for the WBA Super Lightweight title on Saturday, October 3 live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT from…
Anthony Crolla will face Darleys Perez in a rematch for the WBA Lightweight title at the Manchester Arena on November 21, live on Sky Sports. Crolla and Perez clashed in the same venue in July where Perez kept hold of his title via a majority draw despite a tremendous performance from Crolla and having two…
Last night during the Fight Club OC card at the “The Hangar” in Costa Mesa, California, super-welterweight prospect, Marcos “The Madman” Hernandez (7-0, 2 KOs) remained undefeated, winning an six round unanimous decision against Luis Alfredo Lugo (14-23-1, 5 KOs). In the opening round, Hernandez wobbled Lugo with a powerful left hook, almost stopping the…
Boxing star Andy Lee has been overwhelmed at the number of Irish fans set to travel to Manchester for his world title clash with Billy Joe Saunders. The WBO middleweight champion defends his title against the unbeaten Londoner in an Ireland versus England showdown and has been taken aback at the number of fans snapping…
Former Team GB star Iain ‘The Blessed One’ Weaver is set for his first UK bout, since returning from America, this coming Saturday at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, where he will face Latvian Dinars Skripkins. Weaver, who last fought at York Hall back in October 2013, has been establishing himself as one of…
Bruising Polish star Andrzej Fonfara (27-3, 16 KOs) and former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-2, 15 KOs) will meet in a 12-round light heavyweight battle as Premier Boxing Champions on Spike returns to UIC Pavilion in Chicago on Friday, October 16, with televised coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Fonfara, a fan-favorite in Chicago, will…
The inaugural Team Tarver Back-To-School-Drive was a major hit last week at Layla’s House in Tampa, Florida. Multiple former world champion and world heavyweight contender, Antonio “The Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KOs), his son, unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. (3-0, 2 KOs), and some other Team Tarver members distributed school supplies last…