World-class championship boxing returns to the nation’s capital on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, when hometown hero IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Lamont Peterson defends his 140-pound crown against Montreal’s unbeaten Dierry Jean as part of a live Showtime Championshp Boxing at, 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, event at …
Read More »Flores Does The Business Back In The Old Country
This past Saturday night in Cancun Mexico, Golden Boy Promotions super-featherweight prospect, Miguel Flores (13-0, 8 KOs) remained unbeaten with an impressive knockout, destroying Jorge “Escorpión” Rodríguez (15-7-0, 6 KO’s) at the Arena Quequi, Playa del Carmen in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Read More »Heavyweight Hopefuls Jennings, Szpilka Get HBO Playdate
Gary Shaw of Gary Shaw Productions and Leon Margules of Warriors Boxing are happy to announce an agreement has been reached for rising heavyweight contenders Bryant Jennings (17-0, 9 KOs) and Artur Szpilka (16-0, 12 KOs) to meet in a 10-round showdown on January 25 in New York at Madison …
Read More »WBA Champ Broner Dethroned By Maidana In San Antonio
Last night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, WBA welterweight titlist Adrien Broner discovered that saying something and actually doing it are two very different things as he was knocked off by big-punching Argentinian Marcos Rene Maidana. The media build-up to this contest turned contentious as it neared the …
Read More »Braehmer Wins Vacant WBA Title Against Oliveira In Germany
It was the very definition of an ugly fight headlining the bill last evening at Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany but when the paint finished drying after 12 rounds, Juergen Braehmer walked out of the arena as the new WBA light heavyweight champion. The 35 year old southpaw made it 11 …
Read More »WBA Update: Guillermo Jones, Denis Lebedev, Edith Mathysse
The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association, after considering the claim made by the promoter Don King, returned the boxer Guillermo “Felin” Jones as a champion in recess. This was stipulated in the resolution issued on Thursday that ratifies the Russian Dennis Lebedev as cruiserweight champion, according to the …
Read More »Welter Prospect Simeon Hardy Signs With Banner Promotions
Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions is pleased to announce the signing of undefeated welterweight Simeon Hardy to an exclusive promotional contract. Hardy of Brooklyn, New York via Guyana, has a perfect mark of 10-0 with 7 knockouts and he holds two wins over two-time world title challenger and fellow Guyana native …
Read More »Aussie KO King Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne Ends Year In Style
Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne can now turn his attention to title fights in 2014 after he ended this year with another stunning knockout. The Aussie banger despatched New Orleans-born Kiwi Clarence Tillman inside two rounds at the Melbourne Pavilion in Flemington on Friday night. Tillman previously managed to go the …
Read More »Rod Smith Vs Liam Cameron Ringside Boxing
Click the Image for more Rod Smith Vs Liam Cameron Photos At Ice Sheffield, England, last night, Rod Smith of Dronfield, Yorkshire, won the vacant International Masters Middleweight Title by a marginal points decision (96-95) over Liam Cameron of Sheffield. Smith started the fight strongly and was further motivated when …
Read More »Can Marcos Maidana Give “The Problem” Some Problems?
WBA welter champion Adrien Broner is clearly a very talented fighter; we all know what he is about and what he does, and he does it very well. The question here is whether he can do what he has always done against a big punching welterweight. Had Paulie Malignaggi or …
Read More »Adrien Broner, Marcos Maidana Successful On The Scales
Ahead of their WBA welter title contest tonight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Adrien Broner and Marcos Maidana made weight yesterday. WBA Welterweight Championship, 12 rounds Adrien Broner: 144.4 Pounds Marcos Maidana: 146.2 Pounds
Read More »“Funtime” Frankie Gavin Breaks Down Broner vs. Maidana
Loved and loathed in equal measure, WBA Welterweight king Adrien Broner certainly gets fight fans in a lather. He is undeniably talented and appears to possess all the technical tools to become the dominant superstar of this decade. This evening, at the fabulous Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, we should …
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