NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. (May 11, 2017) – Featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. hosted a media workout Thursday along with his brothers and rising prospects Gary Antuanne Russell and Gary Antonio Russell before all three brothers enter the ring on Saturday, May 20 live from MGM National Harbor in Maryland. Coverage on SHOWTIME is…
TOLEDO, OH (May 11, 2017) – Unbeaten lightweight world champion Robert Easter (19-0, 14 KOs) will defend his title in his hometown when he takes on mandatory challenger Denis Shafikov (38-2-1, 20 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce live from the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio on Friday, June 30.…
After coming through a hard night against Nigeria’s Abolaji Rasheed to win the Commonwealth middleweight belt, Sheffield’s Sam Sheedy is on the hunt for a big-name opponent. In a tougher than expected contest, Sheffield’s Sheedy, 18-2 (4), outpointed his spirited opponent to claim the vacant title in his home city’s Bramall Lane venue on…
Twenty-four members of the Ghana national amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers, are continuing their non-residential camping and preparations for the 2017 Africa Boxing championship with daily training at the Accra Sports Stadium. The team consists of 20 men and four women. They have been training for three weeks ahead of the stiff competition,…
WORCESTER, Mass. (May 10, 2017, 2017) – Undefeated rising super featherweight prospect Irvin Gonzalez will headline the third installment of the “New England’s Future” series, Saturday night, June 10, as professional boxing returns for the first time in 11 years to the DCU Center (Exhibition Hall) in Worcester, Massachusetts. “New England’s Future 3” is presented by Rivera Promotions Entertainment (RPE), which…
OTJIWARONGO – Amateur boxers at Otjiwarongo are training hard in preparation for the MTC Sunshine Regional Cup this weekend. The event is set to take place at the Swanevelder Hall here from Friday till Sunday. About 12 amateur boxers have been training for this event at the Otjiwarongo Amateur Boxing Academy for the past two…
NEWLY announced Fiji Amateur Boxing Association (FABA) board members Bulitani Matatwakilai, Usman Ali, Abikash Kumar, Dr Warren Thaggard and Aminiasi Vulaono, aims to restore Fiji Boxing’s former glory. Minister for Youth and Sports Laisenia Tuitubou announced the new FABA board members at the ministry’s headquarters in Suva yesterday. FABA chairman and board member, Matatawakilai said…
It seems like Orange’s Jack Littlefield is never going to give up his NSW Amateur Boxing League light-middleweight title after the 19-year-old defended it for the fourth time last weekend. A belt he won at the end of 2015, Littlefield has now held the 71kg title for almost two years, keeping it firmly in his grasp thanks…
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – May 10, 2017 – Gamal Yafai (pictured) says he can beat Sean Davis any way he wants to when he challenges his local rival for the WBC International Super-Bantamweight title at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on Saturday LIVE on AWE- A Wealth of Entertainment at a NEW START TIME 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT.…
NEW YORK (May 10, 2017) – America’s youngest world champion, Gervonta Davis, will make his first world title defense in the opening bout and featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. will make his mandatory world title defense in the main event of a split-site, four-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event on Saturday, May 20, live on…