BLUE CORNER RED CORNER MAIN EVENT – WBC, WBA & RING MAGAZINE WELTERWEIGHT TITLES – 12 ROUNDS Floyd MAYWEATHER vs. Marcos R. MAIDANA Las Vegas, NV Santa Fe, ARG 45-0 (26 KOs) 35-3 (31 KOs) Weight: 146 lbs. Weight: 146.5 lbs. WBC SILVER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE – 12 ROUNDS Amir KHAN vs. Luis COLLAZO Bolton, ENG…
Interim featherweight champion of the World Boxing Association Jesus Cuellar, from Argentina, is set to defend his championship for the first time. The fight will be against the former champion Rico Ramos tonight at the Hard Rock Café Hotel in Las Vegas.
Chicago’s most popular professional boxer, Donovan “Da Bomb†George will return to action on Friday, June 20, headlining the next installment of the acclaimed “Fight Night” series in the Windy City’s Premier Boxing Venue, the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The 29-year-old George, born and raised in Chicago, made his triumphant return to battle on…
“Diamond Boy” Manuel Charr is heading to Moscow again to face former world champion Alexander Povetkin on May 30 for the WBC international heavyweight championship. “This will be an awesome fight”, says Charr. “I am very proud that I got invited to fight Povetkin and reached an agreement with his handlers. This is my big…
Aussie prospect Damien “Super” Hooper wants to test his mettle in the UK. The unbeaten 22-year-old from Toowoomba, Queensland, represented his country at the 2012 London Olympics and has been itching for a return to the European nation since signing for Hatton Promotions early last year. This past weekend, he watched his friend and stable…
Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather has contemplated calling it quits but says it is only legacy which is keeping him from throwing in the towel. The pound-for-pound ace has admitted he is in two minds about whether he wants to continue boxing, with the allure of adding to his already glittering résumé preventing him from bringing…
During Friday and Saturday, Las Vegas will see in action seven boxers who have been world champions or currently own the World Boxing Association black and gold championship. The first to get into the ring, will the featherweight Interim champion Jesus Cuellar from Argentina, who will fight Rico Ramos, who was bantamweight world champion during…
A focused Floyd Mayweather stated that Saturday’s Showtime PPV showdown with Marcos Maidana could be the best performance of his storied career, knowing that Marcos Maidana has knockout percentage of more than 80 percent. “Everybody keeps asking who is going to crack the May-Vinci Code,†said Mayweather. “This guy has a good uppercut, this guy…
I confirm that Ricky Hatton has been left unable to fulfil his media commitments at the impending Floyd Mayweather Jnr vs. Marcos Maidana fight. Ricky has been advised that he must apply for a Visa for entry into the US as the documents he intended to travel with have been deemed insufficient for entry at…
Kal Yafai will face Yaqub Kareem for the vacant Commonwealth Super Flyweight title on Wednesday May 21, at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, live on Sky Sports – with younger Brother Gamal making his professional debut on the bill. Yafai fights for his first pro title on the bill against the former champion from…
Wallasey’s Steve Williams makes his long-awaited return to the ring on May 24 at Deeside Leisure Centre, when he takes the first step on the journey that he hopes will see him find a place in the upper echelon of the domestic light welterweight scene. With Dave Coldwell now part of Williams’ team in a…
Showtime Sports will offer a blitz of live and documentary programming across multiple platforms this week in advance of the Showtime PPV presentation of “The Moment” Mayweather vs. Maidana†– a four-fight telecast headlined by boxing superstar and No. 1 pound-for-pound titlist Floyd “Money†Mayweather against Marcos Maidana in a 12-round welterweight world championship unification…