Showtime Sports will offer a robust block of programming across cable and digital platforms in advance of the Showtime PPV presentation of “Toe To Toe: Canelo vs. Angulo,†a live four-fight pay-per-view event on Saturday, March 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. More than a week’s worth of live and taped…
Francois Botha (48-10-3, 29 KOs) may be 45 years old but there is no way of stopping the “White Buffalo” from roaming the prairie. On March 15th the multiple time world title challenger is coming to Arlamow, Poland, to take on Andrzej Wawrczyk (28-1, 14 KOs). When Botha gave his pro debut in February 1990,…
Legendary Hall of Fame promoter Don King and Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson held a press conference in the Rotunda of Cleveland City Hall on Wednesday to introduce the fighters that will compete on ShoBox: The New Generation this Friday, Feb. 21 from the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. In the…
Gary Shaw Productions in association with Greg Cohen Promotions, Antonio Leonard Promotions and All In Entertainment is happy to officially announce the ESPN “Friday Night Fights” co-feature to the main event attraction featuring Rustam Nugaev (26-6-1, 16 KOs) vs. Marvin Quintero (25-4, 21 KOs), taking place at the Pala Casino Spa and Resort in Pala,…
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is in his final days of training camp in Mexico as he prepares for his 12-round super middleweight rematch against Top-Five contender and two-fisted Texan Bryan Vera. Chavez Jr vs. Vera II will take place Saturday, March 1 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX. It will…
Last night at the Horden Pavilion, in Moore Park, New South Wales, Austrailia, former two-time middleweight world champion, Daniel “Real Deal” Geale (30-2, 15 KOs) dominated WBA #12 Garth Wood (12-3-2, 8 KOs), stopping his fellow countryman as Wood’s corner halted the bout after the sixth round. Geale is now eyeing a bout with Gennandy…
Cuban born star, Interim WBA Jr. Middleweight Champion, Erislandy Lara, who now resides in Houston, TX, will take on the moniker “The American Dream”. After escaping communist Cuba, Lara in now experiencing a life full of opportunity, and is very grateful to be living in the United States of America.
Gary Shaw Productions, in association with Javier Bustillo, have recently signed two of Puerto Rico’s top amateur boxers, Luis Paredes and Jean Rivera. Both fighters are scheduled to make their pro debuts on March 22 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on the undercard of Jose Pedraza (15-0, 10 KOs) vs. Alberto Garza (26-6-1, 21 KOs).
British Heavyweights Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury had a successful night on Saturday at the Copper Box Arena, London. Londoner – ‘DelBoy’ Chisora, successfully defended his WBO and WBA International Heavyweight Titles by Unanimous Points victory (118-109; 118-109; 118-110) over Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson of Atlanta, Georgia. Chisora landed a big right to the top of…
Finals tickets are now on sale for the 2014 National Elite Championships. Over 100 male and female boxers have entered for the tournament which begins at the National Stadium in Dublin this Friday. Olympic champion Katie Taylor and Alanna Murphy have entered in the women’s lightweight class.
Bristol Boxing Star Lee Haskins will box for the WBC International Title on the March 1 show at the City Academy, Bristol. Haskins, who is rated #5 by the WBC, will box Elton Dharry, ranked #23, who is based at the prestigious Gleason’s Gym in New York. This is a fight that will secure Haskins…
Darren Hamilton says Curtis Woodhouse is ‘an excellent salesman’ but won’t take his British Light Welterweight title away on February 22 at the Hull Ice Arena live on Sky Sports. Hamilton can claim the Lord Lonsdale belt outright with victory over Woodhouse, who fights for the British title for the first time in his career….