LAVAL, Quebec – Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) outpointed hometown hero David Lemieux (38-4, 33 KOs) to retain the WBO Middleweight World Championship in the 12-round main event of HBO World Championship Boxing at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Saunders, a native of the United Kingdom, outboxed Lemieux for 12 rounds from…
LANCASTER, CA. – Former welterweight world champion Jessie Vargas (28-2, 10 KOs) returned to drop and defeat Aaron Herrera (24-8-1, 15 KOs) by unanimous decision in the main event of a special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes from Pioneer Event Center in…
Namibia’s former two-time world champion Harry “The Terminator” Simon will finally make his long-awaited return to the boxing ring on December 29 at The Dome in Swakopmund when he faces Tanzania’s Said Mbwelwa in a six-round cruiserweight non-title fight. Simon, aged 45, who last fought in 2016 when he defeated Japhet Kaseba of Tanzania…
Undefeated two-division world champion TERENCE “Bud” CRAWFORD (32-0, 32 KOs), from Omaha, is ready to move out of the junior welterweight division and up to the welterweight class. Crawford, the 2014 Fighter of the Year, became boxing’s first undisputed world champion in 15 years when he knocked out fellow unified world champion Julius Indongo…
SHOWTIME SPORTS confirmed today that the SHOWTIME PPV presentation of Mayweather vs. McGregor on August 26, 2017 generated 4.3 million pay-per-view buys in North America. This includes traditional television distribution and online portals such as the new SHOWTIME PPV app and SHOWTIMEPPV.com as well as UFC.TV in U.S. and Canada. Mayweather vs. McGregor, a…
SAN ANTONIO – Undefeated three-division world champion Mikey Garcia will attempt to win a world title in a fourth weight class when he challenges unbeaten IBF 140-pound world champion Sergey Lipinets on Saturday, February 10 live on SHOWTIME. The matchup of top-5 ranked junior welterweights will take place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas…
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania’s boxing standard will be subjected to yet another test this month when professional boxer Nassib Ramadhan takes on Namibia’s Paulus Ambunda in the World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight International title bout. Ramadhan, one of the best super bantamweight boxers in the country at the moment, is now undergoing…
Heavyweight specialist, Ebenezer Tetteh, has promised to win the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa heavyweight title by knocking out Burkinabe, Boniface Kabore, this Saturday at the Unity Park in Accra. The 27-year-old undefeated burly boxer, who has 14 fights to his credit, will come up against the veteran 35-year-old who has fought 24 times…
President Uhuru Kenyatta will bestow the Head of State Commendation award to World Boxing Council Super Bantamweight champion Fatuma “Iron Fist” Zarika at State House. Zarika is part of the few outstanding Kenyans who will be feted by the Head of State on Jamhuri Day as Kenya celebrates 54 years since the attainment of…
Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report in The Week In Boxing – December 12, 2017!