Melissa McMorrow and Kaliesha West sign to Blueprint Boxing Promotions
Blueprint Boxing Promotions announced the addition of three time world flyweight champion “Mighty” Melissa McMorrow and Kaliesha “Wild Wild” West to it’s talent roster of world class boxers. Melissa McMorrow (10-5, 1 KOs) is a former three-time world champion who in her last fight defeated previously undefeated former world champion Kenia Enriquez
Thurman-Porter winner will face Mosley-Avanesyan per WBA
The WBA announced this week that the winner of the Keith Thurman versus Shawn Porter bout for the WBA welterweight world title now has a mandatory as the winner of next week’s bout between Shane Mosley and David Avanesyan will be the number one contender At the present time, Thurman
Adrien Broner releases Floyd Mayweather and TMT diss
Last night, boxing star Adrien Broner released a diss to Floyd Mayweather and his company/clique/promotional entity “The Money Team” with a somewhat bizarre rap song. In the song, Broner threatens violence with gun on members of the crew – this comes months after being arrested for a robbery with a
LA Fight Club returns June 3rd headlined by Ronny Rios
Los Angeles fight fans will be in for a treat as Golden Boy Promotions kicks off the summer with a big fight weekend with local fan favorite Ronny Rios (25-1, 10 KOs) back in the ring for the first time since defeating Jayson “La Maravilla” Velez on the Cotto vs. Canelo
Crawford-Postol PPV card rounding out
The July 23rd clash between Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol which will take place at The MGM Grand on HBO pay-per-view is now starting to get a well-rounded undercard. In the co-main event slot, recently crowned WBO super middleweight champion, Gilberto Ramirez will make his first title defense against Dominik Britsch
Shumenov & Flores round out Saturday’s undercard in separate bouts
Cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs)will battle once-beaten Junior Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs)and top contender B.J. Flores takes on Mexico’s Roberto Santos (12-3, 5 KOs) in a pair of boutsthat highlight undercard action on Saturday, May 21 from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The May 21
Hanzel Martinez injured in car accident, pulled off Tucson card.
Earlier this afternoon, Hanzel Martinez was rear ended in a bad car accident. He is in good health with no major injuries, however, he has not been medically cleared to fight on this Friday’s CBS Sports card for precautionary reasons due to trauma caused from the accident. This was Martinez’
Lara-Matirosyan II media workout quotes
Fight week kicked off Wednesday with media workouts at the UNLV Boxing Gym for the six fighters competing in the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader of 154-pound world title fights this Saturday, May 21 from The Chelsea inside of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Working out Wednesday and headlining the event
Golovkin now WBC middleweight champion
Well, minutes after Canelo Alvarez vacated the WBC middleweight title the WBC elevated Gennady Golovkin to full champion making him a belt holder in three of the four major championship bodies. Below is the statement sent out by the WBC to announce Gennady Golovkin as their middleweight champion. The WBC
Canelo vacates WBC middleweight title
Well, don’t expect to see Canelo Alvarez versus Gennady Golovkin this year as Canelo Alvarez vacated the WBC middleweight title he held today. Golden Boy Promotions released the following statements around the Canelo vacating the title Canelo Alvarez “After much consideration, today, I instructed my team at Golden Boy