Last Saturday night’s hotly contested Paulie Malignaggi vs. Adrien Broner Welterweight World Championship fight attracted an audience of 1.3 million viewers, the second-largest viewing audience for a bout on Showtime since the network began tracking individual fights in 2009. The average viewership for the Showtime Championship Boxing televised tripleheader—promoted by Golden Boy Promotions from Brooklyn’s…
Tonight at the Deck in Essington, PA, Marty Feldman and Meldrick Taylor’s Champions of Tomorrow will present its inaugural show with a terrific seven bout card. In the main event, 2008 Olympic Bronze medal winner, Yordenis Ugas will take on tough veteran Adan Hernandez in a ten round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Promoter Gary Shaw is standing behind Jose Sulaiman and the WBC’s stance against AIBA (International Amateur Boxing Association) and its ruling to have professional boxers at the Olympic Games. “I would like to respectfully inform you that the WBC has expressed its opposition to the monopoly to be instituted at the Olympic Games, by a…
Outstanding amateur star Antonio Counihan is set to make his highly anticipated professional debut on the Dave Murphy, in association with Acourtier Events, promoted ‘Independence Day’, Retzke vs. McKenzie World Championship headlined extravaganza, at York Hall on Friday, 5 July 2013.
Rumors have been rife that former light middleweight world champs Miguel Cotto and Cornelius Bundrage will look to comeback from respective losses with a bout between the two on September 28 at Barclays Center in the traditional Cotto stronghold of New York, NY. If the contest comes off, will it be competitive bout that gives…
They say it takes a village to raise a child. While the 21 year old Anthony Hardy may be a full-grown man in legal terms; he is still lying out in his nursery through his beloved sport of boxing.
Revel Casino-Hotel, Atlantic City’s newest and largest casino resort, will proudly host the highly anticipated middleweight showdown between IBF titleholder Daniel Geale (29-1, 15KOs) and No. 6 rated contender from the UK Darren Barker (25-1, 16KOs) on August 17. Gary Shaw Productions in association with Grange Old School Boxing, and Matchroom Boxing, will promote the…
Former English Super Featherweight Champion Ryan Barrett makes a most welcome return to the ring following a fifteen month forced sabbatical from the sport, at the Dave Murphy, in association with Acourtier Events, promoted ‘Independence Day’ Extravaganza at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday 5th July 2013.
The most compelling and anticipated fight in boxing is officially set as the sport’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, undefeated Eight-Time, Five-Division World Champion Floyd Mayweather will face undefeated Mexican star and Super Welterweight World Champion Saul Alvarez in “The One: Mayweather vs Canelo” on Saturday, Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las…
Lomax vs Pryce: Former Prizefighter winner and British title challenger Michael Lomax is only six days away from a must-win fight on Saturday when he tackles former Commonwealth Champion Bradley Pryce over eight rounds in a contest labelled “The Rematch†at York Hall Bethnal Green, on the Goodwin Promotions’ Trail of Destruction show.
Tickets for the Saturday, July 27 Fists of Gold II event are on sale now. The exciting, multi-bout event at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena features two-time Olympic gold medallist and three-time Amateur World Champion Zou Shiming returning to the ring in a flyweight matchup against Mexico’s Jesus Ortega. The spectacular fight card also features…
Team GB Olympic star Anthony Ogogo will compete for the third time as a professional on July 13 at the MS3 Craven Park in Hull, live on Sky Sports on “The Homecoming†along with the professional debut of Olympic team-mate Luke Campbell MBE. 2012 Bronze medallist Ogogo, who will face an opponent to be named…