For the second time in three months middleweight world champion Gennady “GGG†Golovkin has been named the WBA’s Fighter of the Month, following his impressive third round knockout of former world titleholder Nobuhiro Ishida on Saturday, March 30 in Monaco. The stoppage was the seventh defense of the WBA Middleweight Title by Golovkin and was…
Tonight, Wednesday, April 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, Showtime Sports debuts the first episode of the highly anticipated documentary series All Access: Mayweather vs. Guerrero in the lead-up to the presentation of Showtime PPV May Day: the mega-event headlined by boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound titlist Floyd “Money” Mayweather in his welterweight world championship defense against…
Kell Brook will challenge Devon Alexander for the IBF welterweight title at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on May 18, live on Sky Sports. The long-awaited clash between Brook and Alexander has been cancelled twice due to both men succumbing to training injuries, but now ‘The Special One’ from Sheffield and number one rated…
Sheffield puncher Adam Etches believes his fan base is growing so rapidly, it won’t be long until he’s topping the bill on big arena shows. “The Bomber” challenges for his first professional title on Saturday night (April 13) when he faces tough Andrei Abramenka for the IBF youth middleweight crown. Tickets for the show were…
British Featherweight Marianne Marston is to dedicate her upcoming fight, against Latvia’s Aleksandra Jasjukevica at York Hall, Bethnal Green in London on Saturday 27th April 2013, to the memory of her recently departed mentor, Legendary Heavyweight Champion of the World Smokin’ Joe Frazier.
Fox Sports and Golden Boy Promotions, founded by 10-time World Champion Oscar De La Hoya, have reached a multi-media rights extension to televise exciting live boxing in the United States and internationally. The new multi-year agreement keeps Golden Boy Promotions’ bouts with Fox Sports for years to come, and helps establish a new Monday night…
Paul Spadafora has cooled down “Red Hot” Robert Frankel. It wasn’t an easy fight; Frankel revolted against Spadafora’s amazing defensive game. He drilled forward with flurries that could only glance the gloves of the undefeated Light Welterweight contender. But in the end, it was a decisive victory for Spadafora on the scorecards by margins of…
On Friday, at the Civic Hall, Grays, Essex, local man Lee Markham won the vacant British Masters Middleweight Title by outpointing Harry Matthews of York over ten rounds. On Saturday, at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen, Scotland, Lee McAllister of Aberdeen won his six round Welterweight contest against Ivan Godor of Slovakia on points. Younger…
This past Thursday, The state of the art McGirt Training Facility had its grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony. The facility will be a gym and will also house the offices of GH3 Promotions and Greg Cohen Promotions. McGirt Training Facility is already a hit In the community and political leaders joined members of the boxing…
Lava Promotions, in association with the Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo MI, presents “Battle of the Week at Silver Creek.†The main event features a mandatory title bout between Philadelphia’s Yusaf Mack (31-5-2, 17 KO) and Chicago’s Cedric Agnew (25-0, 13 KO).
Undefeated lightweight Angelo “La Cobra†Santana (14-0, 11 KOs), from Miami, Fla., will now face Bahodir Mamadjonov (12-1, 8 KOs), from Uzbekistan now fighting out of Houston, on Friday at Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Las Vegas after his originally scheduled opponent, Carlos Cardenas, bowed out late last week owing to a shoulder injury….
Irish sensation Ryan Burnett will make his eagerly anticipated professional debut next month. The 20-year-old from Belfast will box on a show held in association with Steve Wood’s VIP Promotions at the Olympia in Liverpool, on May 24. Burnett, who will fight at bantamweight, should have made his pro berth last year, but queries on…