Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, Canada played host last night to the weekend’s top event as WBC light heavyweight king Adonis Stevenson retained his crown with a 12 round unanimous decision against challenger Sakio Bika. Southpaw Stevenson, 26-1 (21), was able to control the contest mainly by the threat represented his left hand as Bika,…
Exciting and undefeated former lightweight world champion Omar “Panterita†Figueroa (24-0-1, 18 KOs) will take on former two-division world champion Ricky Burns (37-4-1, 11 KOs) in the main event when Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) returns to CBS on Saturday, May 9 at 4 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. PT, at the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo,…
Chris Jenkins will face Tyrone Nurse for the vacant British Light Welterweight title at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on April 11, live on Sky Sports, after champion Willie Limond was forced out of his defence against Jenkins with a shoulder injury. Unbeaten Welshman Jenkins was set to challenge Limond for the title, but…
Brooklyn-native, unbeaten Frank “Notorious†Galarza (16-0-2, 10 KOs) returns to the ring to battle Belgium’s Sheldon “The Closer†Moore (13-2-1, 9 KOs) in an eight-round super welterweight bout headlining ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader on Friday, April 10 from the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT,…
When the bell rings tonight in the 15,000 seat hockey arena Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson will face his most experienced opponent to date in the form of Sakio Bika. Australia’s Bika, 32-6-3 (21), like Stevenson, 25-1 (21), is a former super middleweight who held the WBC title in…
Bob Ajisafe will face Daniel Wanyonyi for the vacant Commonwealth Light Heavyweight title at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on April 11, live on Sky Sports. Ajisafe is on a roll after a hot 2014 where he picked up the British title against Dean Francis in March and took out Leon Senior and Matty…
Kal Yafai will face Rey Megrino for the WBC Silver Flyweight title at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on May 9, live on Sky Sports. Yafai is gunning for a World title shot at 112lbs after making a successful debut at the weight in Sheffield on Saturday night, and victory of Megrino will catapult him…
Exciting and undefeated former lightweight world champion Omar “Panterita†Figueroa (24-0-1, 18 KOs) will take on former two-division world champion Ricky Burns (37-4-1, 11 KOs) in the main event when Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) returns to CBS on Saturday, May 9 at 4 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. PT, at the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo,…
Top junior welterweight contender Thomas Dulorme (22-1, 14 KO’s) from Puerto Rico, along with his team led by Puerto Rican trainers, Anthony ‘Gallero’ Otero and Félix Pagan Pintor, are feeling highly confident about their world title bout against Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (25-0, 17 KOs), who was the 2014 ‘Boxer of the Year’ and former WBO…
Kell Brook wants to box as soon as possible after his brutal four-round demolition of Jo Jo Dan in his first defence of his IBF Welterweight title in Sheffield on Saturday. Brook dismantled his mandatory challenger with a stunning display of his trademark power and accuracy, flooring the Romanian-Canadian twice in both the second and…
Stephen Simmons and Jon-Lewis Dickinson both say their clash on Saturday night will not go the distance as they meet at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, live on Sky Sports. Simmons defends his WBC International Silver title against local man Dickinson and the unbeaten Scotsman expects to have too much power for his host….
Unbeaten pair Scotty Cardle and Craig Evans clash for the vacant British Lightweight crown on Matchroom Boxing’s bumper May 30 bill at The O2 in London. Cardle has been biding his time for a crack at the Lonsdale belt since landing the English title in September with a stunning first round stoppage of Kirk Goodings…