Final Forum Boxing and The Gallery Studio Group, LLC, announced today that CBS Sports Network will televise its premiere “Ringside Red Carpet” Boxing series. Each two-hour live telecast will feature at least two fights. The first event will be held on Saturday, December 13 at 8:00 PM, ET. Each title fight will be centered on…
Ricky Hatton has paid tribute to Anthony Mundine, but he still feels his fighter, Sergey Rabchenko, beat the Aussie veteran. Mundine picked up the WBC Silver light-middleweight crown with a contentious split decision verdict over the Belarusian in Melbourne on Wednesday night. It was a display that showed the 39-year-old still has a place among…
The WBA Championships Committee denied the request for a direct rematch by Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno, after he was defeated by the Dominican Juan Carlos Payano, who is now bantamweight world champion. Additionally, rules E.21 and E.22 of the regulation provides that the referee has the authority to stop the bout after consulting the doctor in…
On Tuesday, Nov. 25, undefeated super middleweight contender Derrick “Take It to the Bank†Webster will headline the third installment of Parx Casino Tuesday Night Fights at 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia. The 6-foot- 4 Glassboro, N.J., resident owns an impressive 17-0 record (8 knockouts) and is coming off a six-round, unanimous-decision win over Michael…
Former WBA Light Heavyweight title holder Beibut Shumenov (14-2, 9 KOs) returns to the ring December 13, kick-starting his new quest to become a two-division world champion, against cruiserweight Bobby Thomas Jr. (14-2, 9 KOs) in an eight-round bout on the Khan vs. Alexander card, presented by Golden Boy Promotions, at MGM Grand in Las…
Hennessy Sports and Team Sauerland are pleased to announce that the IBF Cruiserweight Championship showdown between Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) and Ola Afolabi (21-3-4, 10 KOs) will be broadcast live on Channel 5 from 8.30-10.30pm. British boxing fans will now have the chance to follow London-born Afolabi as he attempts to dethrone the…
Morden’s newly-crowned EU champion Lenny Daws has been made official challenger for the European (EBU) light-welterweight title and hopes to tempt the champion, Michele Di Rocco, into a rematch at some point in 2015. Daws lost a disputed and controversial 12-round decision to Di Rocco in June 2013 and has been eager for a return…
InterBox held a press conference today in Montreal to announce that fans at the Bell Centre on December 6 will be able to watch three major fights: light heavyweights Lucian Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) vs. Roberto Bolonti (35-3, 24 KOs) and Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) vs. Donovan George (26-4-2, 22 KOs), as well as…
Kal Yafai says he will hunt down a World title shot next year – if he can pass his ‘first big test’ on Saturday with flying colours. Yafai defends his IBF Inter-Continental title against former World title challenger Everth Briceno, and the Birmingham talent has set his sights on landing more major straps in 2015.
Former Canadian college basketball player and No. 2 ranked “Dangerous” Denton Daley (12-0, 6 KOs) challenges Interim WBA cruiserweight champion Youri “El Toro” Kalenga (20-1, 13 KOs) Saturday night at Hersey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Kalenga vs. Daley headlines “World Championship Boxing,” promoted by United Boxing Promotions (UBP), the first world title fight ever…
South African promoter Rodney Berman has made bold inroads into Europe and will be promoting Gennady Golovkin against Martin Murray in a much-anticipated middleweight championship bout in Monte Carlo in February 2015. Here, the Golden Gloves CEO talks about the past, present and future. Congratulations. Your recent tournament in Monte Carlo delivered high-quality match-ups. Presumably…
Regular WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev has started training camp for the first defense of his second title reign which is supposed to take place in early 2015 in Hamburg. After his mandatory challenger Luis Ortiz disqualified himself with a positive test, Team Chagaev is currently looking for an opponent.