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 Square Garden Arena. The undefeated…
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 end with Broner adopting his…
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 wins in a row since…
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 regulations of the WBA, known…
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 Howard Eastman. At just 26…
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 distance with Browne in August…
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 Cameron was given a count…
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 Gavin Rees possessed some venom…
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
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 have a clearer indication as…
WBA Super/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (13-1, 8 KOs) weighed in today at 175 pounds for his title defense tonight against unbeaten challenger Tamas Kovacs (23-0, 14 KOs), of Slovakia. The pair clash in the opening bout of a Showtime Championship Boxing quadrupleheader, airing live on Showtime at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from…
Tonight at the Arena Quequi, Playa del Carmen in Quintana Roo, Mexico, Golden Boy Promotions undefeated super-featherweight prospect Miguel Flores (12-0, 7 KOs) battles Jorge “Escorpión” RodrÃguez (15-6-0, 6 KO’s) in a bout scheduled for eight rounds. Born in Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico, Flores, now fighting out of Houston Texas, returns home to put his…