New York State Athletic Commission announced the officials for the super middleweight 160 pounds championship title fight of the World Boxing Association, Genady Golovkin and the number three rated contender Daniel Geale that will take place on Saturday at the Madison Square Garden. Michael Ortega will referee the actions and the judges will be Julie…
Promoter Shyam Batra announced earlier today that Boxing Evolution TV will broadcast former IBF and WBO Inter-Continental Champion and WBO title challenger Mark Prince’s latest Championship challenge, when he takes on former Czech Republic Light Heavyweight Champion Jiri Svacina, for the MBC International Cruiserweight title on his SSE Promoted “Call Of Duty” event at York…
German middleweight contender Mike Keta stopped Mikheil Khutsishvili from Georgia in seven rounds on Saturday in Munich to claim the vacant EPBC middleweight championship. 1,000 fans at sold out Kickboxen-Deutschland-Gym saw an all-action fight from the opening bell in which both fighters had their moments. Keta had the better start putting a lot of pressure…
Tickets for Kell Brook’s World title challenge against Shawn Porter in California on August 16 go on sale from Matchroom Boxing today at 1pm. Brook tackles Porter for the Ohio man’s IBF crown at the StubHub Center in Carson live on Sky Sports, and fans of “The Special One” can get the best seats in…
Matthew Macklin will face WBC International champion Jorge Sebastien Heiland in an official eliminator for the WBC Middleweight title held by Miguel Cotto at the National Stadium in Dublin on August 30, live on Sky Sports – with tickets on sale from 9am on Tuesday July 22. Macklin is back in action for the first…
Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne believes he’ll be a different animal when he returns to the ring on August 1. The hard hitting Aussie faces unbeaten Ukrainian Andriy Rudenko with the WBC EPBC and WBA Intercontinental titles on the line in Wolverhampton, England. For some of his past fights, Browne has practically trained himself, but now…
Heavyweight star Tyson Fury will be fighting this weekend despite the cancellation of his world title eliminator with Dereck Chisora. After enduring yet another major setback following the cancellation of the Chisora bout, due to the Londoner fracturing his left hand, Fury is actively in the process of finding a replacement alongside Hennessy Sports and…
The big action this weekend took place earlier today at Cotai Arena in Macao, China with WBA/WBO super bantam champ Guillermo Rigondeaux leading the way with a successful defense of his belts. Hard-hitting Cuban southpaw Rigondeaux, 14-0 (9), didn’t take long to reinforce his status as the sharpest boxer on the planet with a first…
WBA/IBO Middleweight Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin will defend his titles against two-time world champion Daniel “The Real Deale” Geale on Saturday, July 26 at Madison Square Garden and live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. Tom Loeffler: We are definitely excited about this event. I would like to thank some of…
Today, the Mexican boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez celebrates a birthday and the World Boxing Association family wishes him the best on this special day. Alvarez, who celebrates his 24th birthday, was born México. He has been linked to boxing since a very young age; he made his professional debut in 2005, became the WBC champion…
Undefeated unified junior featherweight world champion and Cuban sensation Guillermo “El Chacal†Rigondeaux (13-0, 8 KOs), of Miami, Florida, has promised to provide “a lot of fireworks†when he defends his titles against Top-Five contender and two-time world title challenger Sod Looknongyantoy (63-2-1, 27 KOs), of Srithep, Thailand, this Saturday, July 19, at The Venetian…
Undefeated Top-Five world-rated super middleweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (28-0, 22 KOs), of Mazatlan, Mexico, is ready for his debut on the international stage. The southpaw Ramirez, 23, with the mega-watt smile and matinee idol looks, has graduated from prospect to bona fide world title contender. He will be defending his perfect record and sterling…