Bradley vs. Vargas for Interim WBO title not official belt
Well, Floyd Mayweather didn’t want to give up his WBO welterweight title just to have a rival Top Rank fighter pick it up meaning that Timothy Bradley vs. Jessie Vargas will now be for the interim title and not the full fledged one on Saturday, June 27th. The interim
Badou Jack to defend WBC belt against George Groves August 22nd
Per the WBC, WBC middleweight champ Badou Jack will make his first title defense against number one contender George Groves on August 22nd in Las Vegas, NV. At the current time no venue is secured, but if Mayweather Promotions promotes the fight which all signs point to it will, then
Boxing Schedule for June 26th-27th
Friday, June 26th At Sheldon, Washington (Showtime) – main event Dominic Wade vs. Sam Soliman, 10 rounds, middleweights; Erickson Lubin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Jamel Herring vs. Oscar Cortez At Hidalgo, Texas (truTV) – main event Gilberto Ramirez vs. Derek Edwards, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Diego Magdaleno vs. Jose
Barthelemey dominates DeMarco, Vasquez survives late resurgence from Omotoso
Former 130 lbs. champion Rances Barthelemy (23-0, 13 KOs) proved his power is still good at junior welterweight as he dropped Antonio DeMarco in the fourth round with a straight left that seemed to take a lot of the fight out of DeMarco. Barthelemy switched stances often and sort of lulled
Lemieux drops N’Dam four times to gain IBF belt
In a fight that felt like deju vu of Hassan N’dam’s performance against Peter Quillin, David Lemieux dropped Hassan N’dam four times enroute to a decision in a fight he stayed competitive in. Without the knockdowns the judges would of scored the bout slightly in favor of Lemieux and even
Gennady Golovkin vs Gilberto Ramirez could be in store says publicist
Huge fight , 15K @Alamodome or sells out @theforum #GolovkinRamirez @trboxing @TomLoeffler1 @GGGBoxing @RamireZurdo https://t.co/45ZtXdkbpR — Bernie Bahrmasel (@BernieBahrmasel) June 19, 2015 Bernie Bahrmasel, the publicist of K2 Promotions, which promotes Gennady “GGG” Golovkin put out a tweet yesterday that explained that Top Rank middleweight prospect, Gilberto Ramirez could be
Weights from Broner vs. Porter
Adrien Broner 143.5 vs. Shawn Porter 144 Errol Spence 149 vs. Phil Lo Greco 152 Terrell Gausha vs. Luis Grajeda Robert Easter 135 vs. Miguel Mendoza 136.5 Michael Hunter 201 vs. Deon Elam 197 Kevin Newman 164 vs. Bobby McIntyre 163 Sanjarbek Rakhmanov 143 vs. Brett Simmons 146
Mayweather wants Andre Berto or Karim Mayfield next
Floyd Mayweather today at the media day for the Adrien Broner vs. Shawn Porter fight dropped a bomb on the boxing world when he explained that he feels that he needs to fight either Andre Berto or Karim Mayfield for what he is calling his last professional bout. The confusion
Roberto Garcia out of bout with Errol Spence Jr.
Robert Garcia out of NBC fight vs @ErrolSpenceJr Sat. Not close to weight. I'm told Spence will get a new opponent, possibly Phil LoGreco. — Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) June 18, 2015 As reported tonight by Dan Rafael of ESPN.com, Roberto Garcia, who listed above in the tweet as Robert Garcia,
Andre Ward Full Media Scrum
Here is the Andre Ward media scrum from his media day for his fight against Paul Smith on June 20th at The Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA