19 May 2016

LA Fight Club returns June 3rd headlined by Ronny Rios

Los Angeles fight fans will be in for a treat as Golden Boy Promotions kicks off the summer with a big fight weekend with local fan favorite Ronny Rios (25-1, 10 KOs) back in the ring for the first time since defeating Jayson “La Maravilla” Velez on the Cotto vs. Canelo

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19 May 2016

Crawford-Postol PPV card rounding out

The July 23rd clash between Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol which will take place at The MGM Grand on HBO pay-per-view is now starting to get a well-rounded undercard. In the co-main event slot, recently crowned WBO super middleweight champion, Gilberto Ramirez will make his first title defense against Dominik Britsch

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19 May 2016

Shumenov & Flores round out Saturday’s undercard in separate bouts

Cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs)will battle once-beaten Junior Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs)and top contender B.J. Flores takes on Mexico’s Roberto Santos (12-3, 5 KOs) in a pair of boutsthat highlight undercard action on Saturday, May 21 from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The May 21

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18 May 2016

Hanzel Martinez injured in car accident, pulled off Tucson card.

Earlier this afternoon, Hanzel Martinez was rear ended in a bad car accident. He is in good health with no major injuries, however, he has not been medically cleared to fight on this Friday’s CBS Sports card for precautionary reasons due to trauma caused from the accident. This was Martinez’

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18 May 2016

Lara-Matirosyan II media workout quotes

Fight week kicked off Wednesday with media workouts at the UNLV Boxing Gym for the six fighters competing in the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader of 154-pound world title fights this Saturday, May 21 from The Chelsea inside of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Working out Wednesday and headlining the event

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18 May 2016

Golovkin now WBC middleweight champion

Well, minutes after Canelo Alvarez vacated the WBC middleweight title the WBC elevated Gennady Golovkin to full champion making him a belt holder in three of the four major championship bodies. Below is the statement sent out by the WBC to announce Gennady Golovkin as their middleweight champion.  The WBC

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18 May 2016

Canelo vacates WBC middleweight title

Well, don’t expect to see Canelo Alvarez versus Gennady Golovkin this year as Canelo Alvarez vacated the WBC middleweight title he held today. Golden Boy Promotions released the following statements around the Canelo vacating the title   Canelo Alvarez  “After much consideration, today, I instructed my team at Golden Boy

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18 May 2016

Chris Eubank Jr signs with Matchroom, again

Former world champion Chris Eubank Jr (22-1, 17 KOs) has found himself a new promoter, well somewhat. Eubank signed with Matchroom Boxing, a promotion that Eubank worked with in the past and his bout under the new contract will be at The O2 Arena in London on June 25. Eubank left Matchroom

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17 May 2016

Murat Gassiev brutally stops Shimmell, Abell upsets Nofire

In the main event of a national televised card from Carlson, Minnesota broadcast by Fox Sports 1 a new IBF cruiserweight contender was named as Murat “Iron” Gassiev (23-0, 17 KOs) knocked Jordan Shimmell (20-2, 16 KOs) out cold in the first round on Friday night at the Black Bear Casino Resort

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16 May 2016

Lara-Martirosyan II Conference Call Quotes

Erislandy Lara will rematch Vanes Martirosyan, who fought to a draw four years ago. This time around the two will meet for the WBA junior middleweight title at The Chelsea in the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV. In the co-main event of the Showtime broadcast, Jermall Charlo will defend his

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