18 Jul 2015

Arreola and Kassi fight to draw on CBS opener

    In the opening bout of the CBS broadcast from El Paso, Texas, Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (37-4 31KOs) fought to a majority draw with Frederic Kassi (18-3 10KOs) in a fairly competitive fight in the heavyweight division. Kassi stayed on the outside for the early duration of the

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16 Jul 2015

Weights from ShoBox (Bethlehem, PA)

Antoine Douglas 159.8 – Istvan Szili 159.4 (IBO Intercontinental title) Arif Magomedov 160 – Derrick Webster 158.3 (NABO Middleweight Title) Adam Lopez 118.6 – Eliezer Aquino 118.5 (WBA FEDELATIN and WBC Latino Super Bantamweight titles) Jerry Odom 168.3 – Samuel Clarkson 172.2 * Manny Folly 121.4 – Jose Garcia 120.6

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16 Jul 2015

Curtis Stevens extends contract with Main Events

Curtis “Showtime” Stevens (27-5, 20 KOs) the 30-year old middleweight from Brownsville, Brooklyn has signed a new promotional deal with Main Events. Stevens found new life in his career since signing with the promotional outfit, Main Events in February 2013. Stevens has had a highly successful two years in terms

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16 Jul 2015

WBC rules Juarez-Taborda a “no contest”, orders a rematch

After analyzing what happened last Saturday in Acapulco, the World Boxing Council, in coordination with FECOMBOX, has declared the bout between Mariana Juarez and Lorena Taborda a “No Contest.” Twenty officials certified by the WBC scored the fight on video and came to the conclusion that 97-93 in favor of

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16 Jul 2015

Anthony Joshua to fight for commonwealth title

Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13 KOs) MBE will face Gary Cornish (21-0, 12 KOs) in his first major title bout with the vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight title on the line at The O2 in London on September 12, live on Sky Sports. Joshua has raced to 13-0 with 13 devastating KO wins

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16 Jul 2015

Mayweather Sr. thinks son should retire

One person is not a fan of the rumored bout between Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto and that man is Mayweather’s father, Floyd Mayweather Sr.   As Mayweather Sr. told Sky Sports, he is not thrilled with the options for his son and would rather he just leave the sport

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15 Jul 2015

MMA’s Rousey wins ESPY, blasts Mayweather

UFC featherweight champion Ronda Rousey (11-0 2KOs 9Subs) received the Best Fighter of the Year in ESPN’s fairly pointless summer award show, The ESPYs on Wednesday night, beating out Floyd Mayweather, Terrance Crawford, Donald Cerrone and Gennady Golovkin. Many outlets have ran with Rousey’s comments after winning the award when the

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15 Jul 2015

Viloria and Robb top UniMas card in Southern California

Hollywood Fight Night makes another quick return to the world famous Florentine Gardens Nightclub on Saturday, July 25, 2015. The 11th installment of the series will mark three shows in less than three months as Top Rank’s Solo Boxeo Tecate on Unimas returns to Tinseltown. The Solo VBoxeo Tecate main

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15 Jul 2015

Mayweather rumored to be fighting Berto on CBS in September

SOURCE: Mayweather Will Fight Berto on CBS http://t.co/rVxZrDMBZe #boxing via @TSSboxingnews — Michael Woods (@Woodsy1069) July 14, 2015 Per boxing insider, Michael Woods,  Floyd Mayweather has just about picked his next opponent as he reported that Mayweather will fight Andre Berto on CBS. Yes, broadcast television as opposed to the PPV

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15 Jul 2015

Top amateur Gabriel Flores Jr. fundraiser in Stockton to be held Friday

This Friday, July 17th, Karl Ross Post 16 presents a breakfast and boxing exhibition fundraiser for Gabriel Flores Jr. endeavor to compete in the U.S. Amateur International Boxing Association’s Junior World Boxing Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia, in September. The event will be held at will be held 7:30 a.m., Friday,

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