Selby, McDonnell, Macklin and Groves win in undercard action
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (23-1, 8 KOs) survived a second round knockdown to beat a rugged Eric “The Outlaw” Hunter (21-4, 11 KOs) on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England. Hunter who sent Selby to the canvas with a left hook in round two seemed befuddled from that point on
Mikey Garcia gets his release from Top Rank
After two years or so, Mikey Garcia might return to the ring after a lengthy legal battle with his promoter, Top Rank, that had some (including myself) wondering if he would ever box again. The announcement came on “The Morning Punch-In Show With RB & Jae” hosted by Michelle Rosado in
Fury-Klitschko rematch set for July 9th in Manchester
Though the bout has not been officially announced, an agreement between Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko for the WBA and WBO heavyweight titles to take place in Manchester on July 9 has been confirmed to The Independent. The long-awaited rematch that has been in talks since Klitschko lost is title in
Troyanovsky stops Cuenca again, retains IBF super lightweight title
In a rematch, IBF super lightweight champion Eduard Troyanovsky (24-0, 21 KOs) scored the same result over former champion Cesar Cuenca (48-2, 2 KOs) on Friday night at the Krylia Sovetov in Moscow, Russia. Cuenca up until fighting Troyanovsky was 48-0, one away from Floyd Mayweather’s benchmark, but that would
*PACQUIAO AND BRADLEY MAKE WEIGHT!*
I know you can hardly believe it, but tomorrow night on HBO PPV from Las Vegas, Pacquiao and Bradley will meet again for the rubber match. Yes that’s right, fight number three! It’s also could possibly be Pacman’s last fight, if so it’s definitely another hit to the boxing community.
Martin-Joshua weigh-in results
Charles Martin 245 vs. Anthony Joshua 244 (IBF heavyweight title) Lee Selby 125.1 vs. Eric Hunter 125.3 (IBF featherweight title) Jamie McDonnell 117.4 vs. Fernando Vargas 118 * (WBA bantamweight title) Matthew Macklin 159.6 vs. Brian Rose 159.3 The fight will take place at the 02 Arena in London, England and be
San Leandro’s Joel Siapno returns May 21st on Bay Area card
San Leandro’s own Joel Siapno fighting out of The Kennel Boxing Gym in the aforementioned San Leandro, CA will be returning to the ring May 21st in Richmond, CA at the Richmond Auditorium. Siapno who takes on David Cruz in a junior middleweight bout. This will be Siapno’s first fight
Carl Frampton stripped of title for not fighting Rigondeaux
WBA super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton was stripped of his title today for not facing Guillermo Rigondeaux in his next bout. Quigg, who took one voluntary defense against Scott Quigg whom he defeated in February by split decision. Frampton, who had to fight Rigondeaux next to defend his title show
Pacquiao-Bradley III fight purses announced
Per Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports, Manny Pacquiao will make 7,000,000 for his bout on Saturday night at the MGM Grand whereas Tim Bradley will make a whopping 4,000,000 dollars. The number is dramatically lower than previous Pacquiao fights of the past, but still a very high number. The
Pacquiao-Bradley III #NoTrump undercard press conference
WBO super middleweight world champion Arthur Abraham, undefeated contenders Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, Óscar Valdez and Jose Ramírez, former world champion Evgeny Gradovich and rugged veteran Manny Perez hosted their final press conference on Thursday for Saturday’s Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley pay-per-view undercard as well as Floyd Mayweather Sr. trained fighter, Devin