Five-division champion Sugar Ray Leonard did the unthinkable on April 6, 1987, un-retiring after a nearly three-year absence (35 months) and rising from 147 pounds to dethrone southpaw Marvin Hagler as 160-pound champion. Leonard said a victory by Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs) over left-handed IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence (24-0, 21 KOs) would…
Unbeaten WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman will end a 22-month ring absence against title challenger Josesito Lopez on January 26 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Fox at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.
LOS ANGELES – FOX Sports and Premier Boxing Champions today announced eight televised world title fights in the first three months of the new deal, featuring eight world champions and more than two dozen of the world’s best boxers going toe-to-toe.
It was one of the best fights of 2017. WBO super middleweight world champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez had Jesse “Hollywood” Hart down and nearly out in the second round, only for Hart to come back with a furious late-rounds rally. Ramirez ultimately prevailed via unanimous decision that September evening in Tucson, Ariz., but Hart,…
SHOWTIME Sports delivers a day in the life of training camp with Philadelphia’s Jaron Ennis as he prepares to face Raymond Serrano in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation this Friday, November 16, live on SHOWTIME at 9:35 p.m. ET/PT from 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
DiBella Entertainment (DBE) has signed top lightweight contender Emmanuel “The Gameboy” Tagoe (29-1, 14 KOs), from the boxing rich city of Accra, Ghana, to an exclusive promotional contract.
Thrilling bouts and massive entertainment characterized the historic launch of the McDan Amateur Boxing Farmer’s Day edition at the Jubilee Park in Tamale on Friday.
Tony Bellew was anything but the overmatched mark many considered him Saturday night.
Malawi bantamweight Ellen Simwaka today warned she aims to end Kristen Fraser’s Commonwealth title dream in front of her home fans.
Ramla Ali doesn’t remember her birth date; neither does anyone in her family. All she has been told is it was at the start of the civil war in Somalia.