PARK CITY, Kansas (June 1, 2017) – Wichita-native Nico Hernandez (1-0, 1 KO) is on a mission. The 2016 Olympic bronze medalist wants to establish his home as a real “fight town,” like world champion Terence Crawford has done in Omaha, Nebraska. The 21-year-old Hernandez returns to action Saturday, June 17, in the six-round…
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Nigeria’s Larry Ekundayo returns on July 8th, according to promoter Frank Warren. Ekundayo will fight for the WBO Inter-continental welterweight title at the Copper Box Arena in London. Ekundayo (12-0) faces highly-ranked Gary Corcoran (16-1), who recently campaigned at a higher weight division. Corcoran is no soft touch. Corcoran is moving down for this…
Oscar De La Hoya was nicknamed “The Golden Boy” but the “The Golden Goose” would have been more apt. A De La Hoya bout meant a career-high payday for opponents. For Ike Quartey, it also represented an opportunity to prove he was the world’s best welterweight. “Let me tell you, Ike was in a…
NEW YORK (June 1, 2017) – Adrien Broner-Mikey Garcia? You got it. Today, SHOWTIME Sports® announced a blockbuster matchup between two of boxing’s biggest stars as three-division world champion Mikey Garcia moves up in weight to 140 pounds to face four-division champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®, Saturday,…
LAS VEGAS – Errol Spence, Jr. brought an exhilarating conclusion to the month of May with a resounding 11th round knockout victory over Kell Brook to win a 147-pound world championship on Brook’s home turf of Sheffield, England. Spence’s exciting victory was presented live by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on SHOWTIME this past Saturday night.…
SLOAN, IA (May 31, 2017) – An injury has forced NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (22-0-3, 16 KOs) to withdraw from his scheduled “KO Night Boxing: WAR In WinnaVegas” headline event against Abdiel “Mortero” Ramirez, on Saturday, June 10, airing (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT) on CBS Sports Network live…
WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Adonis Stevenson and Andrzej Fonfara sounded off at the final Stevenson-Fonfara II press conference on Tuesday at Montreal Casino for their 175-pound rematch this Saturday live on SHOWTIME from Bell Centre. WBC Light Heavyweight No. 1 contender Eleider Alvarez and former 175-pound champ Jean Pascal also faced off for…
In May 1995, Ike Quartey fought Jung-Oh Park on HBO’s Pernell Whitaker-Julio Cesar Vasquez card. It was his first bout on a major American network. “Park was tough, man,” Ike says. “I have a scar under my mouth from that fight. I was really feeling his punches in the first round, so in the…
The man enamored with diamonds and gold is set to return to the land littered with them. Floyd Mayweather has confirmed that he will visit Nigeria and Ghana as part of an African tour. Mayweather announced the news via social media. The plan is to visit Nigeria first, where he accepted the invitation of…