VERGIL ORTIZ RETURNS TONIGHT
Rising welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr. (15-0, 15 KOs) returns versus veteran Samuel Vargas (31-5-2, 14 KOs) in a 12-round bout tonight, July 24 (Friday).
Rising welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr. (15-0, 15 KOs) returns versus veteran Samuel Vargas (31-5-2, 14 KOs) in a 12-round bout tonight, July 24 (Friday).
Big-time boxing is back! Premier Boxing Champions and SHOWTIME Championship Boxing announced a fight schedule today featuring some of the biggest stars in the sport. PBC stars such as Gervonta Davis, Leo Santa Cruz, Jermall Charlo, Jermell Charlo, David Benavidez and more will headline a stacked 22-bout calendar that will include 18 undefeated…
Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz have a date and a site for their 130-pound title fight. Showtime announced Wednesday morning that they’ll meet October 24 in a pay-per-view main event at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The rest of the Davis-Santa Cruz card was not announced, but Showtime released its full slate…
Talk about a twin bill. Jermall Charlo and Jermell Charlo will co-headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View broadcast September 26 against two of the toughest opponents in their respective divisions. Jermall Charlo will defend his WBC middleweight title versus Sergiy Derevyanchenko, the number one contender for his 160-pound crown. His twin brother, Jermell Charlo, will face…
Nigerian amateur boxers say they may dump the amateur ranks under the supervision of the Nigeria Boxing Federation for their professional careers due to poor treatment, as effects of the coronavirus pandemic bite hard on them.
Bob Arum’s promotional company has solidified new dates for the Eleider Alvarez-Joe Smith and Jose Ramirez-Viktor Postol fights. Alvarez-Smith, a WBO light heavyweight elimination match, will headline an ESPN show August 22. Ramirez will make a mandated defense of his WBC super lightweight title when he opposes Postol in a main event ESPN will…
WBC World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury will have to defend his title in a trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder, according to the challenger’s co-manager Shelly Finkel.
Nine years ago, the cruel hand of death robbed Kenyan sports fraternity of one of its prolific coaches, South African-born Eddie ‘Papa’ Musi.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) Interim President Mohamed Moustahsane has been accused of putting the organisation’s future in further danger by agreeing to work more closely with one of the main professional bodies in the sport. AIBA Executive Committee member Eyüp Gözgeç said a possible partnership with the World Boxing Association (WBA) could “perhaps fully…
Oscar Valdez became the first of Jayson Velez’s 37 pro opponents to knock him out Tuesday night in Las Vegas. A disciplined, tactical Valdez boxed well, but he also dropped Velez once in the fifth round and twice in the 10th before referee Tony Weeks halted their scheduled 10-round junior lightweight fight with 37…