At just 22 years old, Baltimore’s Gervonta “Tank” Davis is already America’s youngest world champion just hours away from his first title defense tonight in London. Check out this SHOWTIME Sports video feature for a brief introduction to Davis’ West Baltimore neighborhood and learn about the unique bond he shares with his city and gym. …
At 25 years old, Savannah “Silent Assassin” Marshall, is the third female boxer to join the Mayweather Promotions stable, joining former 4-time world champion Layla McCarter, and junior middleweight undefeated prospect, LaTondria Jones.The Hartlepool-based fighter who garnered attention in the amateur boxing ranks has closed that chapter, and is ready to build a name for…
LAS VEGAS (May 19, 2017) – Unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman is recovering from surgery on his right elbow and expects to be out of action until the end of 2017. Thurman, who held the WBA 147-pound title, defeated WBC 147-pound champion Danny Garcia at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on March 4 to become…
In case you missed it, here’s the Terence Crawford-Felix Diaz official weigh-in. Saturday’s HBO World Championship Boxing® doubleheader telecast begins at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT. Opening up the telecast from Madison Square Garden., is a 12-round lightweight attraction between Ray Beltran and Jonathan Maicelo. The main event of the evening will be a 12-round…
German cruiserweight Noel Gevor (22-10, KOs) says he is confident of causing an upset when he meets former IBF and WBC World Champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (52- 3-1, 37 KOs) tomorrow at the Hala Arena in Poznan, Poland. In what promises be his toughest career test, Gevor takes on the former two-time division ruler in…
Philadelphia, PA (May 19, 2017) – King’s Promotions is pleased to announce that Tonight’s big card will air LIVE on Eleven Sports. The two-hour broadcast will air this TONIGHT from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia as Carlos Rosario (7-1, 4 KO’s) of Pennsauken, Nee Jersey battles Josh Davis (10-1, 4 KO’s) of Washington, D.C.…
LONDON (May 19, 2017) – America’s youngest world champion, Gervonta Davis, and undefeated No. 1 contender Liam Walsh both tipped the scale at the 130-pound limit during Friday’s official weigh-in at the 133-year-old Theatre Royal Stratford East for Saturday’s IBF Junior Lightweight World Championship on SHOWTIME. On Saturday at the sold-out Copper Box Arena…
New York, NY (5/19/17) – On Thursday evening, DiBella Entertainment’s popular Broadway Boxing series returned to New York for the first time in almost a year with a special edition, one-time-only event, held at Brooklyn’s historic Paramount Theater at Long Island University. Brooklyn’s Heather “The Heat” Hardy headlined the card facing Hungarian Edina Kiss…
Los Angeles, CA – Latin Sports, a leading Hispanic Sports Promotions and Management Company announced that one of its premier boxers, Rogelio “Porky” Medina (37-7, 31 KOs) will clash with David Benavidez, an undefeated rising contender (17-0, 16 KOs) this Saturday, May 20th, at the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas. A very motivated…
OTJIWARONGO–When we think of boxing we usually think of the greats, like the late Muhammad Ali, like Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard and recently Floyd Mayweather, to mention only a few, but no woman’s names immediately come to mind. However, somewhere deep in the northern regions of Namibia, there’s a very passionate and upcoming…