Curtis Stevens-James De La Rosa rounds out Kovalev-Ward PPV card
The Kovalev vs. Ward “Pound for Pound” HBO Pay-Per-View telecast on November 19 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. will now include the 10-round middleweight showdown between Curtis “The Cerebral Assassin” Stevens (28-5, 21 KOs) and James “The King” De La Rosa (23-4, 13 KOs). Stevens fought earlier this
Showtime announces winter boxing line-up
SHOWTIME Sports will present seven marquee boxing matches pitting top-10 rated champions in the prime of their careers against fellow top-10 rated challengers over four consecutive months beginning in December. The schedule, which is the second robust boxing programming announcement from SHOWTIME in 2016, was announced today by Stephen Espinoza,
Bernard Hopkins-Joe Smith Jr Press Conference Quotes
Former Two-Division World Champion and Future Hall of Famer Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins(55-7-2, 32 KOs) and Light Heavyweight Contender Joe Smith Jr. (22-1, 18 KOs) today hosted a Los Angeles press conference to discuss their 12-round battle set for December 17 at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. and to be
Bay Area’s McMorrow unsuccessful in Mexico against Moreno
Last night in Arena Coliseo in Mexico City, former world champion Esmeralda “Joya” Moreno outpointed the Bay Area’s own “Mighty” Melissa McMorrow over ten rounds. The judges saw the fight 100-88, 100-90 and 98-89.
LaRon Mitchell wins NABF title in Ontario, CA
San Francisco based heavyweight LaRon Mitchell (15-0 13KOs) continued his winning ways by defeating Scott Alexander by way of ten round decision. Mitchell was the aggressor forcing Alexander to move often as well as not generate a lot of force with his blows as Mitchell proved too much for the
Mikey Garcia seeks third world title on January 28th
On Saturday night, January 28, 2017, twenty-eight year old professional boxer Mikey Garcia (Moreno Valley, CA by way of Oxnard, CA/pro record: 35-0-0, with 29 KOs) returns to the ring at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, against WBC Lightweight Champion, Dejan Zlaticanin (Podgorica, Montenegro/pro record: 22-0-0, with 15
SF’s Laron Mitchell makes weight for title fight
San Francisco undefeated heavyweight LaRon Mitchell made weight for his NABF heavyweight junior title fight against Scott Alexander today in Ontario, CA. Mitchell weighed in at 241 1/2 pounds as opposed to Scott Alexander who weighed 229 pounds. The fight which is promoted by Thompson Boxing, will take place at
Amanda Serrano makes boxing history
Amanda Serrano (30-1-1, 23 KOs) arguably the hardest hitting women in the modern era of boxing took only 44 seconds to annihilate Hungarian Alexandra Lazar (8-2, 2 KOs) on Tuesday night to claim the vacant WBO female junior featherweight world title during the annual WBO Convention at the Hotel Caribe Hilton
Shabranskyy-Barrera set for HBO Latino December 16th
Los Angeles-based undefeated Vyacheslav “Lionheart Chingonskyy” Shabranskyy (17-0, 14 KOs) will look to continue his impressive run up the light heavyweight ladder, but standing in his way will be his toughest competition to date in the form of Cuban standout Sullivan Barrera (17-1, 12 KOs), as the two warriors go
Golden State Championship takes place Sunday in Fresno
Fresno amateur standout Marc Castro will be headlining “Golden State Championship” in his hometown of Fresno, CA on October 23rd. Castro, who has a 109 total wins in the amateur ranks is the #1 in the world at his weight class holding 12 national titles and 1 world championship. The