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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 …

Frankie Gavin has signed a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing and will headline a show at The Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on May 9, live on Sky Sports. Gavin will fight under Hearn for the first time on the undercard of Kell Brook’s IBF Welterweight title defence …

Rising star and undefeated featherweight phenom Mario Barrios, (7-0, 3 KOs), is looking to take his career to new heights in 2015. After fighting six times in 2014, Barrios is on the fast track to accomplishing his dream of becoming a world champion. Standing 6’1, Barrios has the height and …

Undefeated middleweight prospect, Caleb “Sweet Hands” Plant (5-0, 4 KOs), returns to the ring this Saturday January 31, 2015 against David Lopez (4-11, 1 KO). The four round bout will take place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA. Managed by Al Haymon, Plant is looking to extend his unbeaten …

Sanigar Events are proud to announce their first championship boxing show of 2015. ‘Unfinished Business’ will take place at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales on March 13 and is to be headlined with rematches between Craig Kennedy v Wadi Camacho and Frankie Borg v Chris Ware. The first contest …

Japanese boxer Takashi Uchiyama, super featherweight world champion was chosen by the ratings committee as the Boxer of the Month of the World Boxing Association. So was announced in the last ratings running from December 6, 2014 to January 5, 2015. The results of the fight held after January 5 …

Melva Santos will be the authority in the ring for the Liliana Palmera vs. Alys “La China” Sánchez fight on Friday, February 6, at the Coliseum Mario de León Guzmán, in Cereté, Colombia. Palmera will defend for the first time her WBA Interim Super Bantam belt she won on the …

On February 21, middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin will face Martin Murray in Monte Carlo, Monaco in what promises to be a critical year for the man they call “GGG.” The plan for Golovkin is to fight four times in 2015 and yet for the moment, he is unable to lure …

Olympic gold medalist, 10-time world champion in six weight divisions and leading boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya will launch a new Spanish-language sports, travel and lifestyle cable television channel called De La Hoya TV, the “Golden Boy” announced today at the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) annual …

Brian Rose says his clash with Carson Jones on February 14 at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, live on Sky Sports, is a must-win contest if he wants to fulfil his World champion ambitions. Rose meets the American for the vacant WBC International Light Middleweight title but the Blackpool ace …

Kell Brook will defend his IBF World Welterweight title against number one mandatory challenger ‘Jo Jo’ Dan at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield on March 28. The Sheffield star landed the title in August with a career-high win over Shawn Porter and makes a long-awaited return to action in his …