Gervonta Davis and Badou Jack met with members of the media last Saturday in Las Vegas to discuss their upcoming matchups taking place Saturday, December 28 live on SHOWTIME at the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta in a special year-end Premier Boxing Champions event.
A statement regarding boxing and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from Mauricio Sulaiman, president of the WBC:
After months of believing it would be a year to forget, Duke Micah is poised to end 2019 with a bang.
Zolani Tete has thrown down the gauntlet to bantamweight rival Naoya Inoue, who is hot favourite to overcome Nonito Donaire in the final of the World Boxing Super Series this week.
South Africa’s Hekkie Budler, who has not fought since he was stopped by Japan’s Hiroto Kyoguchi on 31 December last year, is now rated as the No. 1 light flyweight by the WBC and is in line to challenge the champion Ken Shiro of Japan.
Sources confirmed over the weekend that WBA/IBF unified World Super Welterweight Champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams will defend his titles against Jeison Rosario on Jan. 18 on a PBC on FOX telecast from Temple University’s Liacouras Center.
IMINYELA-based True Ndachi Boxing Promotions has embarked on an ambitious development programme targeting school boxers. The stable, which is helping former Pan-African heavyweight champion Thamsanqa Dube revive his career, says they train at least 50 aspiring pugilists every weekend. “We’ve partnered with the National Association of Secondary Heads (Nash) Bulawayo in our endeavour…
Fight to Fame, an entertainment platform with the aim to create new movie stars from the fighting industry recently announced that Roy Jones Jr. has joined fellow world class fighters Chris Van Heerden, Rigan Machado, and Prince Badi Ajamu as one of Fight to Fame’s ambassadors. The ambassadors are expected to guide the new blockchain…
LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, constantly driven to make boxing history, secured another piece of it on Saturday night, but it was not easy.
Undefeated former champion Brian Carlos Castaño (16-0-1, 12 KOs) of Argentina scored a technical knockout win over veteran contender Wale “Lucky Boy” Omotoso (28-5, 22 KOs) of Nigeria in a super welterweight showdown that headlined FS1 PBC Fight Night on Saturday from MGM National Harbor in Maryland. The official time of the stoppage came at…