Seven-Time, Five-Division World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and reigning WBA Super Welterweight Champion Miguel “Junito” Cotto will officially announce their May 5 mega-fight with a press tour making stops in San Juan, New York City and Los Angeles beginning Monday, February 27.
A packed crowd attended the final press conference on Thursday at American Bank Center Arena to witness the jarring between promoters Don King and Dan Goossen and the fighters participating in Saturday’s Showtime Championship Boxing event, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast.
Undefeated IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris “Thunder†Cloud (23-0, 19 KOs), from Tallahassee, Fla., will make his fourth title defense on Saturday against former WBA light heavyweight champion Gabriel Campillo (21-3-1, 7 KOs), from Madrid, Spain, at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas on Showtime Championship Boxing at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the…
Kell Brook’s ‘War of the Roses’ clash with Matthew Hatton at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on March 17 has been given added endorsement as Sky will screen the show in stunning 3D. The news that the Yorkshire vs. Lancashire clash will be in the new format confirms the magnitude of public interest that ‘War of…
Boxing fans can expect many happy returns this tax season. Former world lightweight champion Brandon “Bam Bam†Rios and former featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa will collide in a battle of the undefeated for the vacant WBA lightweight championship, Saturday, April 14, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
WBC No. 10-ranked heavyweight Eric “Drummer Boy†Molina (18-1, 14 KOs), from Lyford, Texas, will face the toughest challenge of his young career on Saturday when he tangles with WBC No. 1- ranked heavyweight Chris “The Nightmare†Arreola (33-2, 29 KOs), from Riverside, Calif., at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas on Showtime Extreme…
Last week it was announced that Bolton’s Amir Khan has been given an opportunity to regain both his World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation Light Welterweight titles against the American Lamont Peterson, which shall take place on the 15th May at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The decision from the WBA and the…
An ESPN telecast will represent the first ever boxing event held at University of Texas at Arlington’s brand new College Park Center, which opened its doors this past December. The state of the art 6,200 seat stadium is home to UTA’s Mavericks men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams.
Unbeaten junior featherweight Randy Caballero is the hottest thing to hit the Southern California fight scene in years and Texas’ Omar Figueroa Jr. is coming off of the defining fight of his undefeated career. Together they will co-headline an exciting night of world class professional boxing presented by Golden Boy Promotions at Fantasy Springs Resort…
Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward predicts a world title for his newest Kronk Gym-boxer, super middleweight sensation Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, who defends his IBF Inter-Continental belt Saturday night in Montreal, in the 12-round main event that is also an IBF voluntary eliminator for the No. 2 position, against former NABF champion Jesus “El Martillo”…
This week, it has been announced by Golden Boy Promotions that Mexican starlet Saul Alvarez will be making the fourth defence of his World Boxing Council Light-Middleweight title against the veteran American and former three weight World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the 5th May. Alvarez’s defence against…
This Friday night at Nutley High School in Nutley, New Jersey, Heavyweight John Lennox will make his second start of 2012 when he takes on Miles Kelly as part of nine bout card promoted by Gabe LaConte’s First Round Promotions. Lennox, 9-1, 4 KO’s of Carteret, New Jersey is coming off a grueling four round…