TORONTO, ON– The summer of 2017 is going to get even hotter on August 19, as some of the hottest fighters in Canadian boxing return to the Powerade Centre in Brampton. On the heels of a show in front of a near-capacity crowd on March 18, Lee Baxter Promotions comes back to the scene…
Continuing to honor its pledge to make competitive fights, Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN delivered two significant upsets in the main and co-main events on Cinco De Mayo, with lightweight Robinson “Robin Hood” Castellanos (22-11, 14 KOs) taking out Yuriorkis “El Ciclon de Guantánamo” Gamboa (26-2, 17 KOs) in the main event and Jesus Rojas…
The memorial of Durandt has seen hundreds of friends and colleagues pay their respect to what they call the best boxing trainer South Africa has ever produced. The claim is almost inarguable—Durandt produced more world champions than any other trainer in South Africa’s history and was respected around the world.
Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. weigh-in ahead of their showdown tomorrow night, May 6th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Montgomery, AL – The Montgomery Biscuits, Double-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, are excited to announce that the sale of the franchise has been finalized by Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball and the Southern League to a Lou DiBella-led ownership group. The ownership change will take place immediately. The new Biscuits ownership group…
George Groves will challenge Fedor Chudinov for the vacant WBA World Super-Middleweight title at Bramall Lane in Sheffield on May 27, live on Sky Sports Box Office as chief support for the IBF World Welterweight title clash between Kell Brook and Errol Spence. Groves is gunning to land a World strap in his fourth attempt…
Embattled East London promoter Teris Ntutu of Rumble Africa Promotions has assured that his boxing tournament will still go ahead despite the court battle he is currently embroiled in. Ntutu was arrested by the Hawks for several corruption charges and appeared in the Butterworth Magistrate’s Court where he was granted bail for further appearances.…
Philadelphia, PA. (May 4, 2017) – Christopher Brooker (11-3, 5 KO’s) will take on Oscar Riojas (14-7-1, 4 KO’s) on Friday, May 12th at The SugarHouse Casino. The scheduled eight-round super middleweight bout will headline a card promoted by King’s Promotions. Brooker was summoned to San Diego to help Canelo Alvarez prepare for…
The Premier Boxing Champions series will follow a very busy April with an extremely exciting month of May.
STUDIO CITY, CA. (May 2, 2017) – In the main event of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes, former world champion Argenis Mendez (24-5-1, 12 KOs), won a hotly contested split decision over Ivan Redkach (20-3-1, 16 KOs) from the world famous Sportsmen’s Lodge Event Center…