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SERVING ROYAL MARINE Commando and hugely decorated amateur star George Crotty will turn professional with the promotional backing of Frank Warren and Queensberry. Crotty, 29, from Hertford, has won an array of honours across an amateur career that ultimately spanned 149 fights, of which he had his hand raised at …

Gabriela Fundora became the youngest fighter to win the undisputed title after knocking out Celeste Alaniz last Saturday. The 22 year-old American won in the seventh round over the Argentinean and took the four flyweight crowns (WBA, WBO, IBF and WBC) in a stunning performance at the Virgin Hotels in …

Matchroom Boxing, in partnership with Goldstar Promotions and Tasman Fighters, is delighted to announce the signing of Conor Wallace. The Australian-based Irishman, who boasts an impressive 14-1 record with 10 victories coming by the way of knockout, is considered to be one of the most exciting Light-Heavyweights on the planet. …

Venezuela will celebrate its first Professional Boxing Convention from November 5 to 8, a conclave that will gather all the actors of the Venezuelan sport in Caracas to analyze the current state of boxing and design new policies to relaunch its future.  The event is organized by the Venezuelan Professional …

Jennifer Miranda was named Boxer of the Month by the Women’s Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association (WBA) after winning the WBA interim featherweight belt on October 20.  The Spanish fighter defeated Panamanian Teresa Almengor at the Las Vegas Theater in Madrid, Spain, in a wide unanimous decision in …

The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee released its October rankings lists, and with them the individual awards, in which Artur Beterbiev was awarded Boxer of the Month and Seiya Tsutsumi took Honorable Mention.  Beterbiev became the WBA new light heavyweight super champion by defeating Dmitry Bivol in one of …

2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Taylor Bevan has signed a long-term promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his professional debut at Super-Middleweight on the huge Sunny Edwards vs. Galal Yafai card at BP Pulse LIVE in Birmingham on Saturday November 30, shown live worldwide on DAZN. …

Matchroom Boxing is today delighted to announce a groundbreaking, major investment partnership with pioneering boxing charity Empire Fighting Chance to support up to 100 amateur boxing clubs across the UK. Fresh from receiving Parliamentary praise from MP Chris Webb in the House of Commons for its outstanding work in the …

Darius Fulghum will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental USA super middleweight belt against Christopher Pearson this Saturday night at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The Houston, Texas native will make another defense of his regional crown from the pioneering body and hopes to continue advancing in his …

Floyd Schofield will be one of the headliners this Saturday night at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada, when he steps into the ring to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) international lightweight belt against René Téllez Girón.  Schofield has the clear objective of fighting for a world title …

By Frank Warren ON SATURDAY EVENING we are back, once again, at the old Birmingham NEC – now known as the BP Pulse Arena – for another bumper night of boxing, the culmination of undertaking significant groundwork in the region. The Midlands, as a whole, is a prolific territory for …

The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championships Committee, has scheduled the purse bid for the mandatory title fight  between welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis and his mandatory challenger Shakhram Giysov for November 8.  The bidding will take place in Houston, Texas, at 11:00 a.m. (local time) and will be directed …