Keith Thurman vs. Danny Garcia pulls monster ratings
The bout between Keith “One Time” Thurman and Danny “Swift” Garcia ranked as the highest-grossing non-NBA sporting event in Barclays Center history. The event also set a record for boxing attendance at Barclays Center with 16,533. The live broadcast on CBS pulled in over two million viewers as well
Keith Thurman edges Danny Garcia in welterweight unification fight
Welterweight Keith “One Time” Thurman (28-0 22KOs) pick up a split dice unified the WBA and WBC welterweight titles as he outpointed two weight world champion Danny “Swift” Garcia (33-1 19KOs) as the main event in front of the highest attending boxing event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New
Erickson Lubin knocks out Jorge Cota
Junior middleweight Erickson “The Hammer” Lubin (17-0 12KOs) knocked out Jorge Cota (25-1 22KOs) in the fourth round of an exciting television opener for Showtime Boxing on CBS from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Lubin was given all he could handle early as Cota used relentless pressure along
Fonfara stops Dawson in 10th round
Light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara (29-4, 17 KOs) picked up a major win on Saturday with a 10th round TKO of former world champion Chad Dawson (34-5, 19 KOs). Dawson had the edge earlier, but appeared to slow down in the fight. Fonfara upped his work rate and dropped Dawson
Heather Hardy wins, is MMA now her main focus?
In somewhat bizarre news, Heather “The Heat” Hardy (18-0 4KOs) hit the ring before any fans were allowed into the building. The unsurprising news that Hardy was able to defeat game opponent Edina Kiss (13-3 8KOs) as Hardy commanded the action. The big question after the fight was where is
Tony Bellew stops David Haye in a shocking upset
Tony Bellew(29-2-1, 19 KOs) is having quite the second half to his career as after he picked up a major win last year over a decorated champion at cruiserweight, tonight he might have cemented his status by defeating British boxing royalty as picked up an eleventh round TKO over former
Sam Eggington stops Paulie Malignaggi in UK
In what might be the last fight of a very good professional career Paulie Malignaggi (37-8, 7 KOs) was stopped with a body shot from Sam Eggington (20-3. 12 KOs) in the O2 Arena in London. Malignaggi was doing very well in the fight and most pundits had him winning. Eggington timed a
DeLoach upsets Pearson, Rodriguez survives knockdown to win
Super welterweight Justin “The Chosen One” DeLoach (17-1, 9 KOs) scored a second round KO over Mayweather Promotions Chris “Young King” Pearson (14-2, 10 KOs) on Friday night at the Pechanga Casino & Resort in Temecula, California. In the second round, DeLoach knocked down Pearson twice with Pearson unable to
Elieder Alvarez stops Lucian Bute
Light heavyweight Elieder Alvarez scored a big 5th round knockout over Lucian Bute (32-4-1) on Friday night at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City. The fight was fairly competitive until the third round when Bute began to feel Alvarez’s power. The fight ended in the fifth round with Alvarez stopping
Dat Nguyen upsets Miguel Flores, Darwin Prices wins
The Tuesday evening syndicated Fox Sports 1 cards have provided two upsets to start the year as super featherweight veteran Dat Nguyen (20-3, 7 KOs) stopped Miguel Flores (21-1, 9 KOs) by TKO in round six in the main event at Silver Street Studios in Houston, Texas. Flores decided to try