Floyd Mayweather puts more meaning to his ring name “Money” every time he fights. With early pay-per-view numbers counted and confirmed, the pugilist’s recent Starpower fight against Victor Ortiz generated buys from 1.25 million homes with a value of $78,440,000 dollars in pay-per-view revenue. These numbers make the event the second highest grossing non-heavyweight pay-per-view…
The World Boxing Federation has some of the very best female boxers as the organizations world champions. Middleweight title-holder Christina Hammer and Light Welterweight queen Myriam Lamare both hold top spots in the BoxRec world rankings, while Anne Sophie Mathis and Nadia Hokmi are ranked third at Welterweight and Super Flyweight respectively. Irma Sanchez is…
Hatton Promotions latest major champion Scott Quigg is still basking in the adulation of his brilliant British Super-bantamweight Title win. Bury’s favourite fighting son lifted the domestic title last weekend forcing defending champion – Jason Booth to retire on his stool after seven rounds.
It was to be called “The Fight For The Rightâ€. An eliminator for the WBC portion of the World Heavyweight Championship. In 1992, the heavyweight division was full of prospects all worthy of a shot at the richest prize in sport. You had the likes of Tommy Morrison, Bruce Seldon, Ray Mercer and Michael Moorer…
Brandon “Flawless” Gonzales (14-0-1, 10 KOs) of Sacramento, Calif., weighed in at 161.5 pounds and Ossie “The Ghanaian Gladiator” Duran (26-8-2, 10 KOs) of Paterson, N.J., 161 pounds one day before their eight-round middleweight main event showdown on ShoBox: The New Generation,Friday, Oct. 28, at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, from Bally’s…
TJ Waite and Blaine Dobbins will raise the curtain on Friday’s National U/21 finals with an all-Ulster derby at Dublin’s National Stadium. The Belfast versus Derry light-flyweight showdown is one of 20 finals slated for decision at the home of Irish boxing.
On Wednesday British Cruiserweight Champion Leon ‘Solid’ Williams returned to the Trad TKO Boxing Gym, in Canning Town, for the first time since defeating long time Champ Rob Norton and winning the coveted Lonsdale Belt. Williams – who made the early return to undertake an interview with Sky Sports’ Ed Robinson, which will be aired…
After avenging his only professional loss by decisioning Brian Vera in a rematch earlier this month, Irish middleweight Andy Lee is likely heading for his first world title opportunity. The lanky southpaw took time to speak with SaddoBoxing about his beginnings in the sport, trainer Emanuel Steward and many more facets of his five year…
Just one day after formally announcing Adrien Broner’s first world title fight against Vicente Rodriguez on November 26 from the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio, Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Promotions are pleased to add another treat for fight fans to help celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday weekend by presenting a second world championship fight…
French knockout artist Anne Sophie Mathis (25-1, 21 KOs) plans to make a major statement December 2, fighting outside of Europe for the first time, against American favorite Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (30-1-3, 9 KOs) for the right to claim the No. 1 pound-for-pound position in women’s boxing.
Tickets for “Capital Showdown: Khan vs. Peterson” go on sale Friday, Oct. 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Big-time boxing’s return to our nation’s capital has created a buzz amongst sports fans ready to see the Unified Super Lightweight Champion Amir “King” Khan defend his titles against the No. 1-rated IBF Contender Lamont Peterson on Saturday,…
Li Wen Yang made Chinese Boxing History on Tuesday, October 25, when he became the countries first ever male professional world champion. Yang won the vacant UBO Light Welterweight title with a hard fought, but clear, unanimous decision over Thailand’s Rachamongkol Kokietgym.