Welterweight Jessie Vargas and junior middleweight DeAndre Latimore were victorious, as expected, in the co-featured fights Friday on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime. But it wasn’t easy for either of them. In the main event, the undefeated Vargas, of Las Vegas, improved to 18-0 and nine knockouts with a hard-fought albeit lopsided 10-round…
Kieran Farrell will now box Stephen Jennings when he bids for his first title later this week. The Liverpool boxer (5-1-1) has stepped in at one week’s notice to challenge Farrell for the vacant Central Area light-welterweight title at Bury’s Castle Leisure Centre, on Friday (March 2).
WBO cruiserweight titlist Marco Huck takes a long rumored step up in weight this evening as “Kapt’n Hook” challenges WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart. This move is a big ask of Huck but at least it’s not a fight against one of the heavy punching Klitschko brothers, who happen to…
From John L. Sullivan and Sandy Saddler, to Rocky Marciano and “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, Massachusetts has been home for some of boxing’s all-time greats. The 21st century, though, has been somewhat lean, quantity-wise, to the point that Bay State boxers in particular, New England fighters in general, have been unfairly given a bad rap for…
Junior Middleweight Captain Boyd “Rainmaker†Melson will put his perfect record on the line when he faces fellow unbeaten Delen “Sniper†Parsley of Brooklyn, NY in an eight round contest Wednesday, March 7 at BB King Blues Club in New York City.
A huge night of boxing in Belfast is on the way as Paul McCloskey and Prizefighter Middleweights II take over the King’s Hall on May 5, live on Sky Sports. McCloskey is looking to keep in World title contention following his brave victory over Breidis Prescott in September and will be gunning for a second…
WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin defends his title against cruiserweight champion Marco Huck on Saturday, February 25, in the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. The fight will be televised live in the U.S. exclusively on Epix, the multiplatform premium entertainment service. EpixHD.com will stream the fights live as part of a special free trial offer for…
The sport of boxing as a whole is currently digesting the potential fall out from the brawl in Munich between the former British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Derek Chisora and former two-weight World Champion David Haye. The unscheduled clash came after the former’s gallant but ultimately unsuccessful world title challenge against Vitali Klitchsko for the…
DiBella Entertainment has announced a solid undercard supporting the Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin card, entitled “The Real Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish Up”, on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Ring 8 Board member Frankie Pena, Ring 8 member and ring announcer David Diamante, active boxer/actor Tommy Rainone (17-4), “Kid Shamrock” producer David Schuster, Ring 8 President Bob Duffy and Bobby Cassidy, Newsday reporter and “Kid Shamrock” playwright were just some of the luminaries to attend the most recent Ring 8 meeting
The oldest fighter in boxing history to win a world title, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, and former World Champion “Bad” Chad Dawson will meet again to settle their heated feud following their October 2011 bout, which was originally scored as a TKO win for Dawson, but later ruled a no decision by the California State…
Tickets for Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs. Miguel “Junito”Cotto, 2012’s biggest night of boxing, go on sale next Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT. The WBA Super Welterweight Championship between the undefeated Seven-Time, Five-Division World Champion Mayweather and Three-Division World Champion Cotto will take place Saturday, May 5 at the MGM Grand Garden…