Louisville, KY – May 12, 2017 – Four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and his company Real Deal Sports & Entertainment announced today that he will kick off his “Real Deal Championship Boxing” series on Saturday, June 24, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, KY, in partnership with locally based Top Knotch Boxing and Kentucky Venues. The undercard at…
PARIS (May 12, 2017) – French Olympian and 2016 super heavyweight gold medalist Tony Yoka will make his highly-anticipated pro debut on Friday, June 2 as he faces unbeaten Travis Clark (12-0, 8 KOs) from Le Dome – Palais Des Sports de Paris and live in France on Canal Plus at 7:30 p.m. CET. …
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – May 12, 2017 – Kal Yafai believes he can build something special in Birmingham and wants to unify the Super-Flyweight division as he prepares to make the first defense of his WBA title against Suguru Muranaka at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on Saturday LIVE on AWE- A Wealth of Entertainment…
The national amateur boxing team’s participation in this year’s Africa Confederation Championships and East Africa Championships hangs in the balance. With the continental championships nearly two weeks away, the Boxing Federation of Tanzania (BFT) is yet to raise Sh46 million for the competition. Tanzania is among countries that have confirmed their participation in…
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…