Katie Taylor advanced to her six straight AIBA World Women’s Elite Championships quarter-final since Russia 2005 at the 8th AIBA World Women’s Championships in Jeju, South Korea today. The Bray woman, who is targeting a fifth successive title in Jeju, beat Finland’s Mira Potkonen on a unanimous decision.
Mayweather Promotions and Showtime bring boxing fans a 154-pound world title showdown between WBA Super Welterweight Titlist Erislandy “The American Dream†Lara (19-2-2, 12 KOs) and former IBF Junior Middleweight World Champion Ishe “Sugar Shay†Smith (26-6, 12 KOs) in the Friday, Dec. 12 installment of Showtime Boxing Special Edition. “Lonestar Battle: Lara vs. Smith 
Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew locked horns once again at today’s press conference – and both men predicted KO wins ahead of their rematch on Saturday at the sold-out Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports Box Office. The bitter rivals addressed the media next door to the venue where they have met before…
On Saturday afternoon, November 22, one of the biggest days in boxing will take place as an eagerly anticipated rematch between former Light Heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (28-1, 14 KO’s) and former two-time championship challenger Tony Bellew (22-2-1, 14 KO’s) airs exclusively and live on AWE. The 12-round Cruiserweight World Title eliminator bout will originate…
Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao is determined to fight pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather before he hangs up his gloves. The two biggest names in boxing have so far failed to meet in the ring despite years of calls from fight fans for the pair to get it on to determine the undoubted number one in the…
Leading boxing television rights distributor/sports marketing firm Octapixx Live is pleased to announce that it has been selected to exclusively market and distribute the worldwide broadcast rights to the February 21, 2015 return of knockout king Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KO) to Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Golovkin will put his WBA, IBO and interim WBC Middleweight Championship…
An IBF super middleweight elimination bout between 168-pound contender Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell (23-1, 16 KOs), of Flint, Mich., and veteran spoiler Derek “The Black Lion” Edwards (27-3-1, 14 KOs), of Las Vegas, has been confirmed as a 12-round co-feature of a Showtime Boxing: Special Edition quadrupleheader on Friday, Dec. 19, live on Showtime at…
Fresh off of his devastating 12th round knockout of previously undefeated No. 2 contender “Dangerous” Denton Daley (12-1) this past Saturday night, as the official WBA mandatory challenger, Interim WBA cruiserweight champion Youri “El Toro” Kalenga (21-1, 14 KOs), has set his sights next on WBA “regular” champion Denis Lebedev (26-2, 20 KOs) with a…
Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime have been informed that WBO Junior Middleweight Champion Demetrius Andrade is unavailable for his scheduled world title defense against Jermell Charlo on Saturday, Dec. 13 on Showime Championship Boxing at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. At this time, it is unclear whether Andrade vs. Charlo will be…
Former WBO Jr. Welterweight champion, “The Siberian Rocky” Ruslan Provodnikov (23-3, 16 KO’s) arrived in Moscow for his fight with former two-time world champion Jose Luis Castillo (66-12-1, 57 KO’s) that will take place on November 28 at the Luzhniki GCKZ “Russia” Arena in Moscow.
Callum Smith says he’ll show that he is ready to mix it with the very best when he takes on Nikola Sjekloca on Saturday night at the sold-out Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Smith faces Sjekloca in an eliminator for the WBC Super Middleweight title with Smith’s International belt also…
Javier Chacon will challenge Jamie McDonnell for the WBA Bantamweight title at the sold-out Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday night live on Sky Sports Box Office. McDonnell is defending his WBA crown for the first time after he landed the belt with a spectacular KO win over Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat at Wembley Stadium in…