A teenage boxer, Master Daniel Selasi Gorsh, has been invited by the Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF) to join the National Boxing Team, the Black Bombers, for the African Boxing Championship in Brazzaville, Congo. Daniel, who would be fighting in the Light Flyweight Division, is a Form Two student of the Accra Royal School and…
NEW YORK (June 8, 2017) – Undefeated super lightweights Keenan Smith and rising adopted local favorite, Ivan “The Beast” Baranchyk meet in an eight-round bout in the main event of aShoBox: The New Generation quadrupleheader on Friday, July 14 live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla. The ShoBox telecast features eight returning fighters…
TOLEDO, OH (June 8, 2017) – Super welterweight contender Julian “J-Rock” Williams (22-1-1, 14 KOs) will match-up against once-beaten Joshua Conley (14-1-1, 9 KOs) in televised action on Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce live from the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio on Friday, June 30. Televised coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT…
The Institute of Technology Carlow Boxing Club has been awarded the Student Sport Ireland Event of the Year 2016/2017 for the Showdown in the Barrow boxing event it hosted last December. The event has been described by DCU Boxing Coach and Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) coaching tutor Derek Ahern as “by far the…
LANCASTER, CA. (June 7, 2017) – Former world champion Brandon Rios hosted a large contingent of media at Ten Goose Boxing Gym in Van Nuys, California Wednesday as he prepares for his ring return this Sunday, June 11 against Mexico’s Aaron Herrera in the main event of a Special Edition of Premier Boxing Champions on…
Who is the best boxer since “Sugar” Ray Leonard? Or even Muhammad Ali? Ask the newer fans and they may tell you it’s Floyd Mayweather. Ask the older ones and they’ll refer to Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker.
SAN DIEGO (JUNE 7, 2017) -Lee Haskins gets over his first major hurdle in defending his IBF Bantamweight title against Ryan Burnett in Belfast on Saturday – by taking the ferry today due to his fear of flying. Haskins puts his crown on the line for the third time at the SSE Arena Belfast,…
BETHLEHEM, PA. (June 7, 2017) – Unbeaten Miguel Cruz (15-0, 11 KOs) and once-beaten Alex Martin (13-1, 5 KOs) will meet in a 10-round welterweight rematch of their January clash on Tuesday, June 27 in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes from Sands…
Isaac Dogboe, the WBO’s fourth-ranked super bantamweight, has a new opponent for July 22. “Royal Storm” will meet Argentine Javier Chacon on that date at Accra, Ghana’s Bukom Boxing Arena. Dogboe, (16-0, 10 KO’s), was originally slated to meet Claudio Echegary. But the latter pulled out of the bout for reasons that remain unclear…
VERONA, N.Y. (June 7, 2017) – Former unified world champion and current boxing promoter and mentor Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, along with his protégé Jon “JonFer” Fernandez, an undefeated prospect at 130 pounds, discuss future plans ahead of Fernandez’s second appearance on ShoBox: The New Generation this Friday, June 9, live on SHOWTIME (10:30 p.m. ET/PT,…