18 Mar 2015

ESPN begins airing PBC July 11th, No More Friday Night Fights

March 18, 2015 – ESPN will televise Premier Boxing Champions, a series created for television by Haymon Boxing, featuring top-level fights between many of boxing’s biggest names. The multi-year agreement was announced today. The first of 12 two-hour annual live Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN (PBC on ESPN) telecasts is scheduled for Saturday, July 11, at 9

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17 Mar 2015

Tickets on sale for Golovkin/Monroe Jr at 12:00 PT TODAY

Los Angeles, CA (March 17, 2015) Tickets will go on sale T ODAY!, March 17 at 12:00 p.m. PDT for the World Middleweight Championship showdown between Boxing Superstar GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN and #2 Rated Challenger WILLIE MONROE JR. set for Saturday, May 16 at the Forum. Priced at $300, $200,

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16 Mar 2015

Dirrell vs. Jack Headlines PBC on Spike on 4/24

Premier Boxing Champions  on Spike TV returns with an action-packed doubleheader on Friday, April 24 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago as the hard hitting Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell (27-0-1, 22 KOs)faces off against challenger Badou Jack “The Ripper” (18-1, 12 KOs) in super middleweight action. The opening bout of the

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16 Mar 2015

SF card canceled for April 30th, New Card April 18th in Redwood City, CA

Although no one close to the situation was at liberty to explain what happened exactly, ITRBoxing.com was told that the city of San Francisco, CA was less than keen on the idea of signing off on boxing permit for the Longshoremen’s Hall in North Beach. Instead the card will relocate

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14 Mar 2015

Berto and Porter Stop Foes on Spike Debut

Berto Earns Stunning Comeback Win   Andre Berto refused to have his boxing career thrown into the bushes as he stopped Josesito Lopez in the sixth round of the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV live in Ontario, CA. Lopez saw success early as he used his

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13 Mar 2015

Golovkin to face Monroe Jr. on May 16th at LA Forum

WBA and WBC (interim) middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin will defend against Willie Monroe Jr. May 16 at the Forum in Inglewood, CA. The fight will be officially announced on Tuesday at a press conference at the LA Forum. The event will be promoted by K2 Promotions and GGG Promotions in

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13 Mar 2015

Erick Bone to fight Shawn Porter, Karim Mayfield will not be replacement

A confusing 16 hour stretch came to a halt as Lance Pugmire of the LA Times reported that Erick Bone made the 149 lbs. weight limit at around 9:30 am PST in an undisclosed location in the greater LA area. This puts an end to a truly dreadful bit of confusion as

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13 Mar 2015

Zachary Ochoa Scores Stunning 1st RD KO

Top junior welterweight Zachary Ochoa earned a stunning first round knockout over Engelberto Valenzuela by first round knockout on the undercard of Francisco Vargas/Will Tomlinson in San Antonio, Texas. In almost a storybook fashion Ochoa ran across the ring and dropped Valenzuela with the first punch of the fight seemingly

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13 Mar 2015

Karim Mayfield Set To Fight Shawn Porter on PBC On Spike Tonight

In an exclusive interview with ITRBoxing.com senior writer Lukie Ketelle, Karim Mayfield explained that he took a fight on 24 hour notice against Shawn Porter for the Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV television debut. Porter’s original opponent, Roberto Garcia, failed a pre-fight medical exam and was ruled out of competition.

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