London 2012 Olympians Adam Nolan and Darren O’Neill both won their semi-finals at the National Elite Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium tonight. Nolan beat Fergal Redmond on a unanimous verdict to move to within one win of his fourth successive welterweight crown. And O’Neill, who captained the Irish team at the London 2012 Olympics, recorded…
Friday night at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, CA on a Don Chargin and Paco Presents boxing show, IBA Super Flyweight Champion, Bruno “The Aloha Kid” Escalante (12-1-1, 6 KOs), scored a brutal first round knockout against veteran Lorenzo Trejo (33-29-1, 20 KOs). Escalante used his speed and quickness while throwing punches off peculiar…
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr makes his way back into the ring tonight, five months after winning a highly controversial points verdict over fringe contender Brian Vera as the pair clash again, this time at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The first bout was plagued by delays along with problems Chavez had making the super…
After two very difficult and controversial title defenses, Ricky Burns puts his WBO lightweight belt on the line for a fourth time as he meets heavily-hyped American contender Terence Crawford tonight at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow. Crawford comes into his first world title opportunity on the strength of a 2013 campaign that saw…
Superstar Floyd “Money†Mayweather will be ringside at tonight’s ShoBox: The New Generation from Turning Stone Casino in Verona, N.Y., and will be interviewed during the live telecast on Showtime at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. This will be the first television interview Mayweather will give since announcing his next fight against…
Japan’s Kazuto Ioka officially announced his resignation of the World Boxing Association 108-pound title with a communication sent to the Championships Committee. Ioka won the title on December 31, 2012, when he defeated the Mexican Jose Alfredo Rodriguez by TKO 6 in Osaka. He made three defenses of his belt in 2013. With record 14-0…
London 2012 bronze medallists Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan will be in action at the National Elite Championships semi-finals at the National Stadium in Dublin this weekend. Twenty six last-four contests will be decided at the South Circular Road venue on Friday and Saturday. Barnes, who fought at flyweight at the 2013 AIBA World Elite…
WBA Super Bantamweight Champion, Panamanian Anselmo “Chemito†Moreno, announced several changes for his 12th defense against Javier “Chispita†Chacón from Argentina. In a press conference held at Fantastic Casino in Panama City, Panama, Moreno´s team confirmed the date of March 22 at the Arena Roberto Duran with a totally modified undercard now under the promotion…
Undefeated WBC/WBA Super Lightweight Champion Danny Garcia (27-0, 16 KOs), of Philadelphia, and his father/trainer, Angel Garcia, hosted an open media workout on Wednesday at the DSG Boxing Gym in Philadelphia. Garcia is winding down preparations for his long-awaited debut to his native homeland and his world title defense against Maurcio Herrera (20-3, 7 KOs),…
Mexican star Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is hoping to give fights fans something to remember as he takes on Texan Bryan Vera in a bout he hopes will go down as ‘Fight of the Year’. The former WBC middleweight champion faces Vera in a rematch at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, this weekend following…
Tony Dodson says there is no way he will allow another Liverpool boxer to defeat him ahead of his Commonwealth Super Middleweight title clash with Rocky Fielding at the Echo Arena on March 15, live on Sky Sports. The former British champion has previously lost in title fights against fellow Merseyside fighters Tony Quigley and…
Several dozen television camera crews, newspapers and web reporters, photographers, video bloggers and fans were on hand to watch popular former WBC/WBA Super Welterweight Champion Canelo Alvarez during his media workout at House of Boxing on Tuesday in San Diego. With Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya looking on, Canelo worked out for a…