NAVARRETE-MAGDALENO LIKELY FOR OCTOBER
Top Rank has won the purse bid for the bout between Emanuel Navarrete and Jessie Magdaleno for the vacant WBO featherweight title with a bid of $250,000, the organization announced.
LAWRENCE CARL LOKKO BREAKS SILENCE ON RICHARD COMMEY
Lawrence “Carl” Lokko, founder and lead trainer of the Bronx Boxing Club in Accra, Ghana, has kept silent now—until now. On Tuesday, August 10, Lokko appeared on The Tracker, hosted by Benjamin Nketsia on the Ghana terrestrial platform, Citi TV. The coach recalled how he got started in boxing, ultimately switched over to…
VIDEO: JAMAL JAMES WINS WAR WITH THOMAS DULORME TO CLAIM INTERIM 147LB TITLE
Top welterweight Jamal “Shango” James won an exciting unanimous decision over Thomas Dulorme to capture the Interim WBA Welterweight Title Saturday night in the main event of of FOX PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes, from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
FOX SPORTS AND PBC ANNOUNCE BLOCKBUSTER 2020 SCHEDULE
FOX Sports and Premier Boxing Champions announced today an exciting slate of boxing shows that will include action in some of the sports’ hottest divisions and is highlighted by the highly anticipated showdown between unified welterweight champion Errol “The Truth” Spence, Jr. and two-division champion Danny “Swift” Garcia headlining the first in a series of…
LEO SANTA CRUZ: GERVONTA DAVIS WILL TIRE, I WILL DROWN HIM!
Leo Santa Cruz has been studying footage on his upcoming opponent, Gervonta Davis. Their showdown will headline a Showtime pay-per-view event on October 24th from the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. In a rare occurrence, there will be two world titles – from two weight divisions – at stake. The contracted weight is…
JORGE LINARES TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, JAVIER FORTUNA FIGHT OFF
Jorge Linares has tested positive for COVID-19 and has withdrawn from his fight against Javier Fortuna on Aug. 28.
YOOFI BOHAM: A LIFE DEDICATED TO BOXING
The name Yoofi Boham is as synonymous with Ghana boxing as is Azumah Nelson.
JAMAL JAMES VS. THOMAS DULORME OFFICIAL WEIGHTS
Top welterweight Jamal “Shango’’ James will square off against former title challenger Thomas Dulorme in a 12-round battle for the Interim WBA Welterweight Title, headlining the return of FOX PBC Fight Night on FOX, FS1 and FOX Deportes, Saturday, August 8 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. FOX PBC Fight Night begins at…
LOPEZ MANAGER: NO EFFORT FROM TOP RANK TO GET LOMACHENKO FIGHT DONE!
Split-T Management head David McWater is stuck in hardball negotiations with Top Rank to make the lightweight unification match between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez a possibility.
MANAGEMENT: PATRICK ALLOTEY SUSPENSION A SETBACK; HE’LL BOUNCE BACK
The manager of boxer Patrick Allotey says the suspension of their boxer was a big blow because it did not only affect him physically but psychologically.