27 Jul 2015

Abraham signs contract extension with Team Sauerland

WBO World Champion ‘King’ Arthur Abraham (43-4, 29 KO’s) has signed a contract extension with Team Sauerland, which will keep him tied to the powerhouse promoter until the end of 2017. Having previously agreed terms, Abraham put pen to paper following his sensational sixth-round TKO win over Robert Stieglitz on

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27 Jul 2015

Carson Jones says he will KO Brian Rose’s career

Carson Jones says he will KO Brian Rose again in their rematch – and end his career in the process – when they clash at the KC Lightstream Stadium in Hull on Saturday night (August 1) live on Sky Sports. Jones stopped Rose in Blackpool on Valentine’s Day in controversial

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27 Jul 2015

Boxing Schedule for the Week

Friday, July 31st Tampa, Florida, tape delay, Telemundo (NBC Deportes) – Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Daniel Lozano, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights A bout between two shop worn fighters who are still young , but have suffered two loss each. Rodriguez just started fighting ten rounders a year ago meanwhile Lozano last

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27 Jul 2015

Avalos to replace Magdaleno in Top Rank event on Saturday

World ranked super bantamweight Chris Avalos of Lancaster, California will replace injured Jessie Magdaleno of Las Vegas in the main event here Saturday night at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas. Avalos will face Rey Perez of the Philippines on Top Rank’s Solo Boxeo Tecate – UniMas on Saturday,

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26 Jul 2015

Random notes from the weekend

– – Sacramento, CA featherweight Guy Robb defeated Edwin Solis in the co-main event of Top Rank card in Southern California broadcast on tape delay on UniMas. Vacaville, CA light heavyweight Ryan Bourland was not as fortunate as he lost to Israel Duffus via first round knockout on the same card.

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26 Jul 2015

Viloria and Robb earn wins on Top Rank UniMas card

In main event action, four-time world champion, Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (36-4, 21KO) destroyed Omar Soto (23-12-2, 7KO), dropping him three times in the first round with third ending the bout for good. The bout which was a rematch of their bout five years ago , Viloria wins a regional

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25 Jul 2015

Shumenov outboxes Flores in PBC main event for cruiserweight title

In an odd main event, Beibut Shumenov (16-2 10KOs) defeated B.J. Flores (31-2-1) to win the vacant WBA cruiserweight title by unanimous decision with all three judges scoring the fight 116-112.     The fight was confusing from the start as Shumenov who is typically a plodding pressure fighter began

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25 Jul 2015

Kovalev stops Mohameddi in Three, Pascal survives with iffy decision

IBF, WBO and WBA light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1 25KOs) knocked out Nadjib Mohameddi (37-4 23KOs) in the third round in the Main Event of HBO Boxing telecast from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. Kovalev outclassed the relatively obscure to American airwaves, Mohameddi, who was out

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25 Jul 2015

Golovkin-Lemieux October 17th on PPV

WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) and IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) will meet in a unification showdown between explosive punchers on October 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout will be broadcast on pay-per-view with the HBO production team serving as

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24 Jul 2015

Shumenov-Flores weigh in results

Venue: Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas Time: 8PM EST/ 5PM PST TV: NBCSN Beibut Shumenov 199.4 vs. B.J. Flores 199.6 * (WBA “interim” cruiserweight title) Jordan Shimmell 198.8 vs. Isiah Thomas 198.4 Rico Ramos 126.2 vs. Claudio Marrero 127.8 Andrew Tabiti 196.4 vs. Roberto Santos 204.4 Michael Hunter 200.2

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