22 Jun 2016

SF’s LaRon Mitchell headlines first card Friday

One of the sport of boxing’s good guys, heavyweight LaRon Mitchell (12-0 12KOs) is headlining his first card in Southern California at the DoubleTree in Ontario, CA. Mitchell, who trains out of Fire in the Ring Boxing Gym in San Francisco, CA, a gym that is free to anyone under

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22 Jun 2016

Public invited to Mike Alvarado media day in Dallas

“Mile High” Mike Alvarado (35-4 24KOs) will be holding a media day ahead of his fight this weekend in Dallas, Texas. The media day which will take place Thursday, June 23rd will be held at Montoya’s Boxing Gym in Dallas, Texas. The workout will feature Mike Alvarado and Alvarado and Erick De

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22 Jun 2016

Canelo-Golovkin verbally agreed for 2017

Well it might not be the news most want to hear , but Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez will face each other according to Kevin Iole, but just not until late next year. Golden Boy Promotions, Alvarez’s promoter, and K2 Promotions, Gennady Golovkin’s promoter, apparently came to a verbal agreement

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22 Jun 2016

Top PBC welterweights split on Thurman-Porter

Their peers in the welterweight division – world champions, former champions, contenders and top prospects – can’t pick a definitive winner between defending WBA 147-pound king Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) and former world champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs). The majority of the fighters polled –

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22 Jun 2016

Richard Schaefer returns to boxing, starts RingStar Promotions

Richard Schaefer, The man responsible for much of the upswing in momentum at Golden Boy Promotions in the early part of the decade is now back after an 18 month absence as Schaefer returns with a new promotional entity.  Schaefer who has been absent from the boxing landscape since a

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