LONDON (JULY 17, 2017) — WBO Middleweight World Champion Billy Joe Saunders will make the second defense of his crown against New York’s Willie Monroe Jr. on Saturday, September 16th at London’s Copper Box Arena, live on BT Sport and BoxNation. Hatfield’s Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) defeated Irish hero Andy Lee to take the…
Johannesburg – World Boxing Organisation (WBO) bantamweight champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete wants to enlist the services of a world-class trainer ahead of his voluntary title defence in September. But this has not gone down well with trainer Loyiso Mtya, who was quoted by the Daily Dispatch as saying he was in the dark…
In today’s world of youth boxing, a pair of Reading fighters are at the head of the class. David Stevens and Xavian Ramirez – both of whom represent East Reading Boxing Club – each won the championship in his respective weight class at the 2017 Junior Olympic Youth Open and Prep National Championships in Charleston,…
The Ministry of Youth and Sports’ delay in finalizing Ghana’s travel arrangements for the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas has caused a reduction in the number of participants. Initially, a 23-member team consisting of 12 athletes and 11 officials were scheduled to travel to this important amateur tourney. That number has been cut down…
FORMER COMMONWEALTH SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT AND BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION, THE LATE PAUL FERRERI – A TRIBUTE I am very sorry to learn this morning of the death of our distinguished former double Commonwealth Champion, Paul Ferreri of Australia. Paul was born in Sicily in 1948 but grew up in Australia. His professional boxing career commenced…
LONG ISLAND, NY (July 16, 2017) – Once-beaten Jamal James (21-1, 9 KOs) scored a unanimous decision victory over former title challenger Jo Jo Dan (36-5, 19 KOs) in Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes action Saturday night from the newly-renovated NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Standing 6’2″,…
LONG ISLAND, NY – Unbeaten Omar Figueroa (27-0-1, 19 KOs) returned to the ring in emphatic fashion with a third-round stoppage of former champion Robert Guerrero (33-6-1, 18 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes Saturday night from the newly-renovated NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial…
Chris Eubank Jr retained a minor title by beating former two-weight world champion Arthur Abraham via 12-round unanimous decision. Eubank Jr, 27, produced a fine display to win by margins of 118-110, 118-110 and 120-108 at Wembley Arena. It was only the sixth defeat of Abraham’s 52-fight career. Eubank Jr will now…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mikaela Mayer is giving up her gold medal dreams to chase even bigger fighting rewards. The U.S. Olympic boxer announced her decision to turn pro Friday. Mayer has signed with promoter Top Rank, and she will make her debut Aug. 5 in downtown Los Angeles. The San Fernando Valley…
MIAMI, Okla. (July 15, 2017) – Ivan Baranchyk went the distance with Keenan Smith in front of Baranchyk’s adopted hometown in the main event of a quadrupleheader featuring eight returning fighters on Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation from Buffalo Run Casino & Resort. In a battle of undefeated fighters, the hard-hitting Baranchyk (15-0, 10…