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The WBA Fedecaribe welterweight title will be disputed on Saturday, February 7, at the Coliseo Guillermo Angulo of Carolina, Puerto Rico, when Rashidi Ellis and Víctor González enter the ring. The fight will have local officials and the WBA supervisor will be Luvi Callejas.

Super bantamweight prospect Isaac “Dynamite” Zarate has been sign to a 5-year contract by California’s Thompson Boxing Promotions. Zarate is currently the NABF Junior super bantamweight champion. Born in San Pedro, California, Zarate holds a 9-1-1 record, 1 KO, and has been a professional boxer since 2011. He is 23 …

Lee “The Banjo” Markham finally gets his big title chance and a potential breakthrough into the big time when he challenges Jahmaine Smyle for the English Super-Middleweight title on the Olivia Goodwin promoted “Ultimate Glory” bill at York Hall on Saturday 14th March. The show marks the Goodwin’s fifth anniversary …

WBA Super and WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) is encouraged by reports that WBC title-holder Leo Santa Cruz’ promoter, Oscar de la Hoya, believes a Rigondeaux vs. Santa Cruz unification fight has to happen. The 34-year-old Rigondeaux, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, has been …

Nicola Pattberg, 36, will take over the newly created position of the Head of Corporate Communications of the Klitschko Management Group in Hamburg starting from 1 February 2015. In this role, she is nationally and internationally responsible for both the strategic communication of Wladimir Klitschko and of the Klitschko Management …

By Peter Fury: Ask any professional boxer to name the toughest part of their profession and they’ll tell you training camp stands out above everything else. It’s often tougher than a gruelling 12-rounder and it’s often tougher than taking a beating on fight night. Training camp can last for months …

Boxing siblings Pauly and Sonny Upton are looking to kick off 2015 with a bang when they return to action next month. The Ricky Hatton-trained prospects will face ‘as yet to be confirmed’ opponents on Mickey Helliet’s dinner show at the Park Lane Hotel in Mayfair, London, on February 5. …

The return of prizefighting to primetime network television has finally arrived as the recently announced Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) series is set to debut on Saturday, March 7 with an action-packed double main event on NBC, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The inaugural PBC on …

Up and coming boxing manager Adrian Clark has released a mini documentary that chronicles a week in the life of his career as he leads up to a fight. The Documentary is titled Adrian Clark: Before The Bell Clark of Dallas, Texas, has quickly become one of the brightest young …

The public weigh-in and press conference for the upcoming George Hillyard vs. Michal Vosyka WBU International Middleweight title bout, will take place at Nonna’s Kitchen, 38 Panton Street, London SW1Y 4EA at 3pm on Thursday, 29th January 2015. On announcing the weigh-in and press conference, promoter Shyam Batra stressed that …

Golden Boy Promotions returns to San Antonio, Texas on Thursday, March 12 with a special HBO Latino Boxing two-fight live telecast co-promoted by Leija Battah Promotions. In the headlining bout, 2008 Mexican Olympian, undefeated WBO International and NABF Junior Lightweight Champion Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas (21-0-1, 15 KOs) will put …

Billi Godoy says he’ll draw on his wins over Jorge Sebastien Heiland and Carlos Baldomir as he challenges John Ryder for the WBO Inter-Continental Middleweight title at The O2 on Saturday, January 31, live on Sky Sports. The Argentine is looking to upset Ryder’s plans of bursting into the top …