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

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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06 Jul 2015

FULL NIGHT OF UNDERCARD ACTION FEATURES EDNER CHERRY BATTLING LUIS CRUZ & ANTHONY PETERSON TAKING ON RAMESIS GIL FROM THE USF SUN DOME IN TAMPA ON SATURDAY, JULY 11

An exciting night of undercard fights comes to the USF Sun Dome in Tampa on Saturday, July 11 featuring matchups between Edner Cherry (33-6-2, 18 KOs) fighting Luis Cruz (21-3, 16 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight battle and Anthony Peterson (34-1, 22 KOs) facing Ramesis Gil (8-11-5, 5 KOs) in

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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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05 Jul 2015

Sampson Boxing to Stage Historic ‘Las Vegas en el Radisson’ Show, Combining World-Class Boxing and Poker Tournament

The week of Saturday, August 8, at the Radisson Montevideo Victoria Plaza Hotel in Montevideo, Uruguay, promoter Sampson Lewkowicz will stage “Las Vegas en el Radisson,” a historic first for boxing, combining a world-class boxing show that Saturday night with a four-day international poker tournament.   In the boxing show’s

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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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01 Jul 2015

Canelo, Cotto agree on weight, venue not set

WBC and lineal middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KO’s) and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KO’s) have allegedly come to terms upon the highly sought after bout that will take place in November. As reported last night by ESPN.com, the fight is agreed upon in principle at 155 lbs.,

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01 Jul 2015

So what’s going on with Al Haymon and all these lawsuits

[Editor Note: If you’re not a big fan of reading you can listen to a podcast on the topic right here.]   So today Top Rank Inc. filed a lawsuit against Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, citing that Haymon is trying to run every other boxing promoter out of business.

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01 Jul 2015

De La Hoya issues statement on Top Rank’s Al Haymon lawsuit

Golden Boy Promotions Founder and Chairman Oscar De La Hoya released the following statement today in the wake of Top Rank Boxing’s lawsuit against Al Haymon and his affiliated entities. “I applaud Bob Arum and Top Rank Boxing for stepping up on behalf of fighters not only in their own

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30 Jun 2015

Welterweight prospect Rudy Macedo looking to return this year

Nonito Donaire Sr. trained boxer, welterweight Rudy Macedo (1-0 1KO) of Novato, CA hasn’t been in the ring since October of last year when he put together an impressive knockout of Mario Aguirre in Sacramento, CA. Macedo, a highly decorated amateur world champion who was a PAL champion, 5 times

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