25 Jun 2015

Tempers flare between Bradley and Vargas prior to bout

  It all started on Tuesday afternoon when former two-division world champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley Jr. (31-1-1, 12 KOs), of Palm Springs, Calif., arrived at his fight week hotel and was asked about his upcoming welterweight world title fight against undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) super lightweight world champion

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25 Jun 2015

Aaron Coley continues winning ways on Andre Ward undercard

Oakland, CA – Middleweight prospect Aaron “Heavy Metal” Coley (10-1-1 6KOs) of Hayward, CA returned to his winning ways by beating tough veteran Yosmani Abreu who has been offering prospects all they can handle up until this point in his career. Coley who earned an unanimous decision winning every round

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25 Jun 2015

Top Rank on truTV: Ramirez vs. Edwards weigh in results

Venue: State Farm Arena, Hidalgo, Texas Promoter: Top Rank TV: truTV Gilberto Ramirez 168 vs. Derek Edwards 168 (WBO International super middleweight title) Diego Magdaleno 134.75 vs. Jose “Chelo” Gonzalez 134.75 (WBO International lightweight title) Esquiva Falcao 159.25 vs. Aaron Drake 157.5 Eduardo Garza 125 vs. Carlos Trevino 124.25 Marc

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24 Jun 2015

Greg Cohen Promotions Signs Rob ‘Bravo’ Brant to a Promotional Contract

Greg Cohen of Greg Cohen Promotions proudly announces the signing of undefeated middleweight Rob “Bravo” Brant (15-0, 9 KOs) to a promotional contract.   24-year-old Brant, from Oakdale, Minnesota, started boxing in 2007 and by 2009 was already a national champion. He went on to become a member of the

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24 Jun 2015

Andy Vences opens Fox Sports 1 telecast on Friday Night in Salinas, CA

Super-featherweight Andy Vences (11-0 7KOs) of San Jose, CA is facing his biggest test of his career on the biggest stage as well opening a Friday night Fox Sports 1 telecast of ‘Golden Boy Live’ against Golden Boy Promotions fighter Santiago Guevara (8-1 3KOs). Vences who changed camps last summer

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24 Jun 2015

IBF will not stop Golovkin-Lemieux from happening says Golovkin Manager

IBF confirmed no issue with @GGGBoxing vs @lemieuxboxing in unification fight next, #BestFightingBest lets do this @GoldenBoyBoxing — Tom Loeffler (@TomLoeffler1) June 23, 2015 Well, earlier this week it was stated that recently crowned IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux would first like to make a mandatory defense of his IBF

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24 Jun 2015

Ward vs. Smith nets low ratings of 323k in viewership

According to industry leader, Showbuzzdaily Andre Ward vs. Paul Smith on BET pulled in less than stellar ratings as it netted 323,000 viewers. The reason this is alarming is that a telecast of David Lemieux defeated Hassan N’Dam for IBF middleweight title pulled 163,000 viewers with a 1/3 of the amount of

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23 Jun 2015

Antonio DeMarco Retires

Via an official statement on the World Boxing Council’s official website, former lightweight WBC champion, Antonio has called it a career. DeMarco who reached the height of his career by defeating both Jorge Linares and John Molina in stunning fashion saw a dramatic decline after losing to Adrien Broner. Since

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23 Jun 2015

Bay Area Heavyweight LaRon Mitchell returns this Friday in Ontario, CA

Normally heavyweight boxers steal the headlines and the spotlight when they’re riding a knockout streak like LaRon Mitchell (7-0, 7 KOs) of San Francisco, CA , but up until this point Mitchell has had a steady progression silently building an interest through impressive knockout victories, but not getting the national

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23 Jun 2015

Adrien Broner is a confusing conundrum

Adrien Broner confuses me and I feel that this sentiment now carries over to the collective boxing whole. Broner who was once viewed as the heir to the Floyd Mayweather crown and brandishing the name “Mr. HBO” now seems like another cautionary tale of giving a young fighter with promise

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