MIKEY GARCIA VS. JESSIE VARGAS SET FOR FEB. 29
Mikey Garcia and Jessie Vargas will clash in a Welterweight blockbuster at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas on Saturday February 29 live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
YURIORKIS GAMBOA MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES
Former unified world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa, an Olympic gold medalist from Cuba, held a media workout in Miami Wednesday as he prepares to take on boxing’s hottest attraction Gervonta “Tank” Davis for the vacant WBA Lightweight Title Saturday, December 28 live on SHOWTIME from the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a Premier Boxing…
DEONTAY WILDER NAMED AMBASSADOR FOR PEACE BY POPE FRANCIS
Undefeated WBC World Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder was named the Boxers’ Representative and Ambassador for Peace through Sport by Pope Francis during a private ceremony at Scholas Occurentes headquarters in Vatican City on Friday.
LOMACHENKO “NOT IMPRESSED” WITH TEOFIMO LOPEZ
Vasiliy Lomachenko might’ve been the least impressed person inside Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. The three-division champion commended Teofimo Lopez for winning a lightweight world title. Lomachenko also acknowledged Lopez’s power, which was on full display during his second-round stoppage of Richard Commey. Other than that, Lomachenko wasn’t wowed by what Lopez…
BOXING LEGEND LEON SPINKS IN HOSPITAL WITH CANCER
Former heavyweight world champion Leon Spinks is in the intensive care unit at a Las Vegas hospital due to complications from prostate cancer, his family confirmed Friday evening. Spinks, 66, was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year. The cancer has since spread to his bladder, according to the family statement posted on Twitter:…
KENYA’S RAYTON OKWIRI VICTORIOUS AGAIN
Kenya’s Rayton “Boom Boom” Okwiri defended his Africa Boxing Union (ABU) middleweight title on Saturday night at Charter Hall, Nairobi. Okwiri claimed a unanimous point victory against stubborn Augustine “Big Ben” Matata from the Democratic Republic of Congo in a 10-round bout that left fans on the edge of their seats. Okwiri, 33,…
TYSON FURY ANNOUNCES NEW TRAINER AHEAD OF WILDER REMATCH
Tyson Fury has split with his trainer, Ben Davison, less than two months before his rematch with Deontay Wilder. “Tyson and myself had to make decisions which resulted in our working relationship coming to an end,” Davison tweeted on Sunday. “We remain friends and he will smash the dosser.” Fury later revealed that…
AFRICAN GAMES SHOW KENYA BOXING CAN RECLAIM LOST GLORY
Boxing, once a glamour sport in Kenya, is on the path to regaining its lost glory in continental arena after the national team redeemed its image in the African Games in Morocco.
DANNY GARCIA, JARRETT HURD RETURN ON STACKED JAN. 25 CARD
Two-division world champion Danny “Swift’’ García returns to the ring to take on hard-hitting slugger Ivan “El Terrible’’ Redkach in a 12-round WBC welterweight title eliminator Saturday, January 25 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, in a Premier Boxing Champions event. In the co-feature, former unified 154-pound champion “Swift”…
CRAWFORD OVERCOMES SLOW START, STOPS KAVALIAUSKAS IN NINE
Terence Crawford was a 16-1 favorite to defeat Egidijus Kavaliauskas but it wasn’t so one-sided once the opening bell rang.