Turning Stone Casino, Verona, New York – In a junior middleweight title showdown, Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) became a new player in the weight class with a fourth round stoppage of Sadam Ali (26-2, 14 KOs) to capture the WBO junior middleweight title. Ali went down four times in the fight.
PHILADELPHIA (May 12, 2018) – Blue chip lightweight prospect Devin Haney rose to the occasion in what was the toughest test of his career, defeating veteran Mason Menard via ninth-round TKO in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation Friday on SHOWTIME from 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
The weights are in, as Jorge Linares and Vasyl Lomachenko are ready for battle on Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
South Africa has to pin its hopes on Ukrainian-born heavyweight boxing prospect Vladyslav Sirenko for a grand representation in the “Africa Rising” international tournament that will be part of the celebrations of the inaugural SA Boxing Convention on May 25.
WINDHOEK – Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) yesterday rewarded 2018 Commonwealth gold medalists Jonas Junias Jonas and Helalia Johannes with N$50,000 each.
Members of the boxing media asked to weigh in on the world title showdown between light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson and two-division world champion Badou Jack all see a close fight on Saturday, May 19 but lean toward the challenger to take the crown from the champion live on SHOWTIME from Air Canada Centre in…
Featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. and undefeated mandatory challenger Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr. met members of the media on opposite coasts on Thursday, just one week out of their WBC world title showdown on Saturday, May 19, from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.
New WBO world super bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe is still getting used to his newfound fame, after beating Jessie Magdaleno to claim the Super Bantamweight belt, but the Ghanaian is aiming for bigger bouts as early as August.
Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) is looking to make more history. Lomachenko has captured world titles at featherweight and super featherweight. On Saturday night, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, he will attempt to capture his third divisional belt by dethroning WBA lightweight world champion Jorge Linares (44-3, 27 KOs).
DETROIT (May 10, 2018) – Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and unified women’s super middleweight champion Claressa Shields worked out for the media and spoke to local youth Wednesdayat The Downtown Boxing Gym in Detroit. The boxing star is two weeks into training camp ahead of her SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION showdown Friday, June 22 at 10 p.m. ET/PT live on…