Employees of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) were locked out of their offices on Wednesday with president Wu Ching-Kuo set to be ousted from his role, according to an AFP journalist. Security guards have been blocking access to the AIBA offices in Lausanne. A notice pinned to the door and signed by an…
BROOKLYN (July 27, 2017) – Four-division world champion Adrien Broner and three-division world champion Mikey Garcia went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference two days before they headline a Premier Boxing Champions event Saturday, July 29 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®. SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT with unbeaten former world champion Jermall Charlo meeting top…
LOS ANGELES – Accomplished Super Heavyweight amateur and 2016 Olympian Efe Ajagba and fellow Nigerian Heavyweight amateur standout Efetobor Apochi have signed-on to become the latest promising young fighters to join the Ringstar Sports roster. Both fighters will make their professional debuts on the Premier Boxing Champions event headlined by Victor Ortiz vs. Saul Corral…
BROOKLYN (July 26, 2017) – Fighters competing on the Adrien Broner vs. Mikey Garcia undercard this Saturday, July 29 at Barclays Center held an open-to-the-public media workout Wednesday at Modell’s Sporting Goods in Brooklyn before they enter the ring this weekend. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast is headlined by a showdown between four-division world champion Adrien Broner and three-division…
The first contest of the World Boxing Super Series will be the cruiserweight quarter-final between WBO World Champion Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) and Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs) at the Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin on September 9th. Number one seed in the 200lb (90.7 kg) bracket, Usyk, picked the experienced German fighter to be the…
FORMER world champion Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses will use his upcoming fight to inch closer to the big time, the MTC Nestor Sunshine Promotions stable announced on Monday. The former WBA lightweight world champion and current WBO Africa lightweight title holder’s fight against Saidi Mundi of Tanzania will be the main bout of the ‘No…
The Boxing Association of Kenya has appealed to the Government to release funds to help in the national team’s preparations ahead of the World Boxing Championships in Hamburg, Germany, from August 25 to September 3. BAK Vice President Albert Matito said the funds would enable the federation and the technical bench to work out…
VENTURA, CA. (July 25, 2017) – Former world champion Victor Ortiz held a media workout in Ventura, Calif. Wednesday as he prepares to return to the ring and battle Mexico’s Saul Corral in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes Sunday, July 30 live from Rabobank Theater in Bakersfield, California.…
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The sun sets everywhere in Namibia except at MTC Nestor Sunshine Promotions, where Nestor Tobias is known to break night. The country’s premier promoter is hard at work developing a roster that has produced multiple world champions, including current WBA & IBF 140lb. titlist, Julius “The Blue Machine” Indongo.