09 Jul 2015

Boxing Schedule for July 11th

6PM, Tampa, Florida, EPSN – WBA “regular” welterweight title, Keith Thurman (c) vs. Luis Collazo; co-main junior middleweight, 10 rounds, Tony Harrison vs. Willie Nelson. A lightweight fight between Edner Cherry and Luis Cruz will be shown online at ESPN3.com.   Los Angeles, CA, HBO Latino – Junior Welterweights, 10 rounds,

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06 Jul 2015

Karim Mayfield issues statement towards Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) mentioned Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield (19-2-1, 11 KOs) as one of his possible opponents for his final contracted fight with Showtime, the San Francisco native says is ready to step up and give Mayweather his first loss. “I’m always ready to fight anyone anywhere,” said

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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

Conlan earns hotly debated decision

Super flyweight Jamie “The Mexican” Conlan (14-0 8KOs) of Belfast, Ireland picked himself off the canvas twice to get a hotly debated unanimous decision over Junior Granados (13-3-1 8KOs) last Saturday night at the National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. In the seventh round, Grandos dropped Conlan with a hard body

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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

PBC Twitter account labels Malignaggi as middleweight w/ wrong fight date

Today Paulie Malignaggi, who takes on Danny Garcia August 1st in Brooklyn, NY on ESPN, took part in the festivities around the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest to celebrate the Fourth of July. Normally this would be an average story to garner some interest, but Premier Boxing Champions Twitter account

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04 Jul 2015

Remembering Bay Area Boxing Legend David “Sarge” Neeleman

  I first met Sarge last year, which is too short of a time to have known him , but long enough for him to have had a lasting impact upon my life. David “Sarge” Neeleman, whom anyone who knew him called him Sarge was a constant professional as for

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