06 Jul 2015

Klitschko-Fury Official for October 24th in Germany

A clash between two of the most polarizing figures in heavyweight boxing is now set as Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 53KOs) who holds all of heavyweight titles except the WBC, which is held by Deontay Wilder, will face Tyson Fury (24-0 18KOs) of London on October 24th in Germany.   Fury took

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06 Jul 2015

Conlan earns hotly debated decision

Super flyweight Jamie “The Mexican” Conlan (14-0 8KOs) of Belfast, Ireland picked himself off the canvas twice to get a hotly debated unanimous decision over Junior Granados (13-3-1 8KOs) last Saturday night at the National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. In the seventh round, Grandos dropped Conlan with a hard body

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06 Jul 2015

Trout-Mundine bout not happening

Remember when Anthony Mundine had that weird ear drum injury that Mundine suffered in sparring? Well, let’s be honest you probably didn’t , but the fight won’t happen. Per Mundine, the equal offer of what he gave up, a spot on a Premier Boxing Champions telecast, which doesn’t seem to

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05 Jul 2015

Bruno Escalante to face Gilberto Mendoza on August 1st

Junior bantamweight Bruno Escalante (13-1-1 6 KOs) will be returning to the ring after nearly a year and a half layoff on August 1st in Redwood City, CA at the Fox Theatre and now Escalante has an opponent. Gilberto Mendoza (5-4-1 1 KO) of Modesto, CA will welcome Escalante back to

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04 Jul 2015

PBC Twitter account labels Malignaggi as middleweight w/ wrong fight date

Today Paulie Malignaggi, who takes on Danny Garcia August 1st in Brooklyn, NY on ESPN, took part in the festivities around the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest to celebrate the Fourth of July. Normally this would be an average story to garner some interest, but Premier Boxing Champions Twitter account

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04 Jul 2015

Remembering Bay Area Boxing Legend David “Sarge” Neeleman

  I first met Sarge last year, which is too short of a time to have known him , but long enough for him to have had a lasting impact upon my life. David “Sarge” Neeleman, whom anyone who knew him called him Sarge was a constant professional as for

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04 Jul 2015

Devon Alexander vs. Diego Chaves deal reached, could be televised on FS1

A deal was reached prior to purse bid for a bout between Devon Alexander-Diego Chaves which will an eliminator bout for the IBF welterweight title. The news was first reported by Dan Rafael of ESPN.com as Tom Brown of TGB, who acted on behalf of Alexander’s promoter on behalf of advisor

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04 Jul 2015

Floyd Mayweather mocks Manny Pacquiao in IG post

I love having fun, joking and living life #SenseOfHumor A video posted by Floyd Mayweather (@floydmayweather) on Jul 1, 2015 at 1:42am PDT Floyd Mayweather took to Instagram to let people know how he feels about Manny Pacquiao’s alleged injury on their clash back in May. In a short 15

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04 Jul 2015

Leo Santa Cruz vs. Abner Mares set for August 29th

Super-bantamweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz will take a major step up in competition as he will face  former three-division champion Abner Mares on Aug. 29 at Staples Center per Lance Pugmire of the LATimes.com. Santa Cruz confirmed the bout verbally to the LA Times as well as the sports

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04 Jul 2015

Mayweather likely to be stripped of WBO welterweight title

According to @WorldBoxingOrg Floyd has not complied with the rules by today's 4:30 pm ET deadline. Likely to be stripped of 147 on Monday. — Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) July 3, 2015   Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KO’s) missed Friday’s deadline to comply with the WBO’s condition to retain his

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