Following his victory last weekend against Daniel Geale, WBA Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin was interviewed by HBO boxing analyst Max Kellerman. During the interview, Kellerman asked "GGG" who he would like to fight and the answer was a resounding "Miguel Cotto".
Following the...
The German boxing commission, Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer - BDB, officially changed the result of last Saturday"s female world championship between Christina Hammer and Anne Sophie Mathis to a "no contest".
By doing so, the BDB followed the ruling of the WBF, which already announced that change...
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today that the visa for Diego "La Joya" Chaves has cleared and that he will be traveling to Las Vegas to face Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios, as scheduled, on Saturday, August 2, at The Chelsea in The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Rios (31-2-1, 22 KOs), of...
WBA champion Gennady Golovkin solidified his iron grip on the middleweight division with a devastating performance against former two-time champion Daniel Geale last night at New York"s Madison Square Garden.
Geale came into the contest as Golovkin"s most accomplished opponent to date and was...
Tyson Fury has now pulled out of tonight’s heavyweight fight against Belarusian - Alexander Ustinov.
The heavyweight giant was scheduled to fight Dereck Chisora but the Londoner was forced to pull out of the contest on Monday having sustained an injury.
Ustinov stepped in at late notice but now ...
Four Irish boxers are through to Sunday’s finals at the European Youth and Junior Championships in Assisi, Italy.
Cheyanne O’Neill, Amy Broadhurst and Kristina O’Hara won their semi-finals today to guarantee Ireland at least three silver medals in the Youth class.
The Athlone, Dundalk and Belfa...
WBC Silver flyweight champion Raja Amasheh has proven big heart inside the ring numerous times.
This Friday the 31-year-old also showed big heart for kids when she became one of the "Big Champions Supporting Small Champions" by visiting the children hospital in Saarbrücken (Germany) under the ...
Boxing legend Mike Tyson and Iron Mike Productions Presents “The Pride of Pittsburgh” on Friday, August 8 at Consol Energy Center and telecast live on Fox Sports 1, headlined by the Steel City’s favorite son, Sammy “The Who Can Mexican” Vasquez
Fighting in the hottest division in boxing, Vasquez ...
Pound-for-pound star Floyd Mayweather will return to his British home of BoxNation with his thrilling September rematch with Argentine assassin Marcos Maidana to be screened live and exclusive on the channel.
The highly charged showdown will be the fifth Mayweather megafight in a row to be...
Luke Campbell, MBE, and Callum Smith will make their American debuts on the undercard of Kell Brook’s IBF Welterweight title clash with Shawn Porter at the StubHub Center in California on August 16, live on Sky Sports.
Olympic gold medal star Campbell and unbeaten Liverpool talent Smith both c...
Dublin’s Patrick "The Punisher" Hyland returned to the ring in style in New York with an impressive stoppage win over Puerto Rico’s Noel Echevarria.
The bout headlined promoter Lou DiBella’s Broadway Boxing card at BB King’s Blues club just off Times Square as Hyland put a frustrating 19 months o...
After making a long-awaited return to the ring with two quick appearances in May and June, Wallasey’s Steve Williams found himself in title class as he travelled to the Italian town of Casteggio last Saturday to face local favourite, Luca Giacon, for the vacant WBA Continental light-welterweight ...
Former English Super Flyweight titleholder Ross "The Boss" Burkinshaw has officially made his return to the division in which his career began.
Burkinshaw, a British Army veteran and former second battalion infantryman, fought his way up the ladder at the 115lb/52.2kg weight limit, and capped...
In front of a packed house of New York City sports media on Tuesday afternoon at the Mendez Boxing Gym, all four TV fighters, Gennady "GGG" Golovkin, Daniel "The Real Deal" Geale, Bryant "By By" Jennings and Mike "The Rebel" Perez went through one of their final workouts prior to the "G4" event...
Undefeated heavyweights Bryant "By By" Jennings and Mike "The Rebel" Perez stopped traffic today at they headed to the world-famous Empire State Building for a media photo opportunity on the 86th Floor Observation Deck.
With a huge crowd of onlookers and supporters watching their every step,...
New York State Athletic Commission announced the officials for the super middleweight 160 pounds championship title fight of the World Boxing Association, Genady Golovkin and the number three rated contender Daniel Geale that will take place on Saturday at the Madison Square Garden.
Michael...
Promoter Shyam Batra announced earlier today that Boxing Evolution TV will broadcast former IBF and WBO Inter-Continental Champion and WBO title challenger Mark Prince’s latest Championship challenge, when he takes on former Czech Republic Light Heavyweight Champion Jiri Svacina, for the MBC I...
Promoter Shyam Batra announced earlier today that Boxing Evolution TV will broadcast former IBF and WBO Inter-Continental Champion and WBO title challenger Mark Prince’s latest Championship challenge, when he takes on former Czech Republic Light Heavyweight Champion Jiri Svacina, for the MBC I...
Promoter Shyam Batra announced earlier today that Boxing Evolution TV will broadcast former IBF and WBO Inter-Continental Champion and WBO title challenger Mark Prince’s latest Championship challenge, when he takes on former Czech Republic Light Heavyweight Champion Jiri Svacina, for the MBC I...
German middleweight contender Mike Keta stopped Mikheil Khutsishvili from Georgia in seven rounds on Saturday in Munich to claim the vacant EPBC middleweight championship.
1,000 fans at sold out Kickboxen-Deutschland-Gym saw an all-action fight from the opening bell in which both fighters had...
Tickets for Kell Brook’s World title challenge against Shawn Porter in California on August 16 go on sale from Matchroom Boxing today at 1pm.
Brook tackles Porter for the Ohio man’s IBF crown at the StubHub Center in Carson live on Sky Sports, and fans of "The Special One" can get the best seats ...
Matthew Macklin will face WBC International champion Jorge Sebastien Heiland in an official eliminator for the WBC Middleweight title held by Miguel Cotto at the National Stadium in Dublin on August 30, live on Sky Sports – with tickets on sale from 9am on Tuesday July 22.
Macklin is back in a...
Lucas "Big Daddy" Browne believes he"ll be a different animal when he returns to the ring on August 1.
The hard hitting Aussie faces unbeaten Ukrainian Andriy Rudenko with the WBC EPBC and WBA Intercontinental titles on the line in Wolverhampton, England.
For some of his past fights, Browne has...
Heavyweight star Tyson Fury will be fighting this weekend despite the cancellation of his world title eliminator with Dereck Chisora.
After enduring yet another major setback following the cancellation of the Chisora bout, due to the Londoner fracturing his left hand, Fury is actively in the...
The big action this weekend took place earlier today at Cotai Arena in Macao, China with WBA/WBO super bantam champ Guillermo Rigondeaux leading the way with a successful defense of his belts.
Hard-hitting Cuban southpaw Rigondeaux, 14-0 (9), didn"t take long to reinforce his status as the...
WBA/IBO Middleweight Champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin will defend his titles against two-time world champion Daniel "The Real Deale" Geale on Saturday, July 26 at Madison Square Garden and live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.
Tom Loeffler: We are definitely excited...
Today, the Mexican boxer Saul "Canelo" Alvarez celebrates a birthday and the World Boxing Association family wishes him the best on this special day.
Alvarez, who celebrates his 24th birthday, was born México. He has been linked to boxing since a very young age; he made his professional debut in ...
Undefeated unified junior featherweight world champion and Cuban sensation Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (13-0, 8 KOs), of Miami, Florida, has promised to provide “a lot of fireworks” when he defends his titles against Top-Five contender and two-time world title challenger Sod Looknongyantoy (...
Undefeated Top-Five world-rated super middleweight contender Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez (28-0, 22 KOs), of Mazatlan, Mexico, is ready for his debut on the international stage.
The southpaw Ramirez, 23, with the mega-watt smile and matinee idol looks, has graduated from prospect to bona fide...
Gary Shaw Productions highly ranked lightweight contender, Rustam Nugaev (27-6-1, 17 KOs) has officially signed to fight Russia"s Denis Shafikov (33-1-1, 18 KOs) in a 12-round IBF elimination bout. The fight will air live on ESPN "Friday Night Fights" and will take place at Chumash Resort...
Just 15 months and five fights removed from his professional debut, two-time Chinese Olympic gold medallist and national icon Zou Shiming (4-0, 1 KO),of Guizhu, China, will step up and fight in his first 10-round bout, facing off against hard-punching veteran and three-time world title...
Following the huge announcement that Floyd Mayweather Jr. finalized the contract for a rematch with Marcos “El Chino” Maidana, Golden Boy Promotions is confirmed to promote its 10th consecutive Mayweather bout.
There was speculation going into these contract negotiations that Mayweather Pro...
The North American Mark Nelson will be the referee of the WBA title fight between Guillermo Rigondeaux and Sod Kokietgym this coming Saturday at the Venetian Cotai Arena Hotel, in Macao, China.
The bout has been sanctioned for Rigondeaux"s WBA super bantamweight title and will have Danny Nelson,...
Long before WBC heavyweight champion Bermane "B. Ware" Stiverne (24-1, 21 KOs) knocked out Chris Arreola (35-4) this past May to claim the coveted title belt vacated by retired Vitali Klitschko, Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder (31-0, 31 KOs) started talking smack about Stiverne and he hasn"t...
Gary Shaw Productions world title contender, Puerto Rican star Thomas Dulorme (21-1, 14 KO"s), is available to face current WBO welterweight champion, Manny Pacquiao in November, as it seems that Chris Algieri, current WBO junior welterweight champion, may not fight Pacquiao because of money...
After landing more punches and connecting with a higher percentage, Erislandy "The American Dream" Lara (19-2-2, 12 KOs) feels he was robbed in his fight with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) that took place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this past weekend.
According to Compubox statistics,...
We kick things off in America"s capital of Boxing, Las Vegas, where last night at the MGM Grand there were several major world level bouts.
In a major non-title clash at light middle, former WBC/WBA champ Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, 44-1-1 (31), posted a controversial split decision over current WBA...
Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime will deliver another explosive night of boxing from the renowned StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., when undefeated IBF Welterweight Champion Shawn “Showtime” Porter (24-0-1, 15 KOs), of Akron, Ohio defends his belt against unbeaten British star Kell Brook (32...
Eleven-time world champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and former world champion Marcos “El Chino” Maidana are hitting the road on a four-day, five-city cross-country press tour to officially announce their championship rematch which will take place Saturday, Sept. 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas l...
Michael Ring, TD, Minister of State for Tourism & Sport, today,11th July 2014, announced a special grant of €975,000 to the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA), primarily for boxing clubs.
Most of the allocation (€750,000) is to further extend the 2011 facilities initiative which was dev...
Former world champion “Neon Leon” Spinks celebrates his 61 birthday today, and the World Boxing Association family joins the festivity.
Spinks was born in 1953 in San Louis, Missouri. He began boxing while very young, he was member of the National Team and stood out in the mid 70’s.
He crowned ...
Last evening, Gary Shaw Productions presented another great night of boxing on ESPN "Friday Night Fights" at the Little Creek Casino in Shelton, WA.
In the main event, Tureano Johnson (15-1, 10 KOs) handed Mike Gavronski (14-1-1, 10 KOs) his first defeat, as they battled in a 10-round...
Erislandy Lara has said he doesn’t owe Canelo Alvarez anything other than left hands as he prepares to do battle with the Mexican superstar this weekend.
The Cuban light-middleweight takes on the dangerous Alvarez this Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, live on BoxNation, and despite ...
Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing are delighted to announce their early schedule for the new season on Sky Sports.
Matthew Macklin and Anthony Joshua, MBE, will star in the opening show of the season at the National Stadium in Dublin on August 30, before WBA Super Bantamweight champion Scott...
Kell Brook has vowed to prove he is a World class fighter by ripping the IBF Welterweight crown from Shawn Porter when they clash at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on August 16.
Brook has had to bide his time for his first World title fight with three clashes against previous champion...
Matthew Macklin has teamed up with Matchroom Sport and will kick off the new season at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday August 30 live on Sky Sports.
The Middleweight star is gunning for another World title shot and his opponent will be named at a press conference in Dublin soon. The...
There will be a distinct international flavor to the “Honor & Glory: Canelo vs. Lara” Showtime PPV undercard this Saturday, July 12, as top boxers from Brazil, Ireland, Cuba and Puerto Rico all enter the ring in the lead-up to the long-awaited main event between Canelo Alvarez and Eri...
When he realized that he had really done it again, former heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev went down to his knees on Sunday night at Ahmat Arena in Grozny, Russia.
It was legendary Michael Buffer who announced Chagaev"s close but well deserved majority decision win (115-113, 115-113, 114-114)...
Nathan Cleverly says that beating Alejandro Valori on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool live on Sky Sports will lead to a massive British grudge rematch with Tony Bellew – and he’ll beat his bitter Liverpool foe again.
The Welshman defended his WBO Light Heavyweight crown at the Echo ...
Nathan Cleverly says that beating Alejandro Valori on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool live on Sky Sports will lead to a massive British grudge rematch with Tony Bellew – and he’ll beat his bitter Liverpool foe again.
The Welshman defended his WBO Light Heavyweight crown at the Echo ...
