NATIONAL HARBOR (May 18, 2017) – Featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. and top challenger Oscar Escandon went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before they square-off in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING this Saturday, May 20 from MGM National Harbor in Maryland. Also in attendance at Thursday’s press conference and…
LONDON (May 18, 2017) – IBF Junior Lightweight World Champion Gervonta Davis, undefeated No. 1 contender Liam Walsh and promoter Floyd Mayweather got into a jarring session during Thursday’s final press conference at Landmark Hotel in London just two days before Saturday’s world title clash on SHOWTIME from Copper Box Arena. Baltimore’s “Tank” Davis,…
Fight fans should witness the full extent of Anthony Yarde’s feted potential this weekend when he enters a championship ring for the first time at the Copper Box Arena in Hackney. The 25 year old ‘Beast’ from Ilford, Essex has required just 16 rounds combined to exterminate his opening 10 opponents since entering the…
The interest in the World Boxing Super Series has been overwhelming. Enrollment for the inaugural season of boxing`s first global knock-out tournament started on Monday, and Comosa has been swamped with applications. Starting in September, eight elite cruiserweights and eight elite super-middleweights will battle out a bracket-style elimination tournament to win the GREATEST prize in…
LOS ANGELES – The white-hot super featherweight division will be on full display Saturday, July 15 when two world title fights come to Los Angeles’ “Fabulous” Forum as part of a stacked tripleheader on HBO Boxing After Dark. In the main event that has “Fight of the Year” candidate written all over it, newly…
Nine national team pugilists, popularly known as ‘The Bombers’, sealed their slots to the Africa Boxing championships after winning their selection trial bouts on Sunday at Lugogo indoor stadium arena. Shadir Musa, Wasswa Ssali, Joshua Kizza, Geoffrey Kakeeto, Juma Miiro, Muzamir Kakande, Shafiq Kiwanuka, Yusuf Babu and Reagan Ssimbwa clinched their places. At…
Errol Spence has set up camp in Amir Khan’s gym in Bolton as he prepares to challenge Kell Brook for the IBF World Welterweight title on May 27 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, live on Sky Sports. Spence touched down in Manchester on Monday as he looks to rip the crown from the Sheffield…
Sparks will fly in the All-Africa title showdown set to take place on June 16. WBO Africa middleweight champion Walter Kautondokwa and WBO Africa interim middleweight titlist Obodai Sai (pictured) will settle the score at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra, Ghana. The IBF Africa middleweight title will also be on the line. Lions…
It will be a hot night of world-class boxing action in the Big Apple when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: TERENCE CRAWFORD VS. FELIX DIAZ AND RAYMUNDO BELTRAN VS JONATHAN MAICELO is seen SATURDAY, May 20 at 10:15 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from Madison Square Garden in New York, exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports broadcasting team…
Rising Ghanaian contender Isaac Dogboe is ready for the next step in his career. Dogboe, 16-0 (10 KO’s), will defend his WBO International super bantamweight title on July 22nd against Argentina’s Claudio Fernando Echegaray. Echegary’s 17-0-1 (9 KO’s) record suggests that he is no slouch but this will be a major step up in…