31 Jan 2017

Showtime wins ratings war over HBO in head-to-head action

For the first time in some while, Showtime Boxing outperformed HBO Boxing as it netted roughly 100,000 more viewers then its counterpart. In a tweet by Yahoo! Sports, Kevin Iole reported the numbers from the past weekend’s action. #framptonsantacruz2 on Showtime averaged 587k viewers, peaked at 642k; Vargas-Berchelt on HBO

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28 Jan 2017

Berchelt stops Vargas, Miura stops Roman

In a tough week for Golden Boy Promotions in which their ill-fated lawsuit against Al Haymon was dismissed, CEO Oscar De La Hoya was arrested for driving under the influence and now one of the five profitable fighters in Golden Boy Promotions roster lost as Francisco Vargas took a bad

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27 Jan 2017

Kanat Islam added to Roy Jones Jr. “Skill vs. Will” PPV

World ranked junior middleweight Kanat Islam will battle tough Brazilian Robson Assis in the scheduled 10-round co-feature bout on Friday night, February 17th at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware. The bout will support the previously announced 12-round WBF Cruiserweight title bout featuring legendary Roy Jones Jr. battling Bobby Gunn. The

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26 Jan 2017

Carl Frampton vs. Leo Santa Cruz Grand Arrival & Media Workout

Fight week officially kicked-off Wednesday with fighter grand arrivals and media workouts before the Premier Boxing Champions event this Saturday, January 28 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and live on SHOWTIME. Headlining the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING card and Wednesday’s workout were featherweight world champion Carl Frampton

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25 Jan 2017

Oscar De La Hoya picked up for DUI

Oscar De La Hoya, days before promoting his first major fight card of 2017, has been arrested and is out on bail after being charged with a DUI (Driving Under the Influence). The news which first broke on TMZ is rather alarming since he is promoting a fight with one of

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25 Jan 2017

Jorge Linares vs. Anthony Crolla II Press Conference Quotes

WBC Diamond, WBA and Ring Magazine Lightweight World Champion Jorge “El Niño de Oro” Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) and Anthony “Million Dollar” Crolla (31-5-3, 15 KOs) met today in Manchester for a press conference ahead of their highly anticipated rematch for Linares’ titles set at the Manchester Arena on March 25,

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23 Jan 2017

Yuriorkis Gamboa signs to Golden Boy, fights Rene Alvarado

Building on its record of signing and promoting the best of the best, Golden Boy Promotions – in association with ZR Entertainment — today announced a multi-fight deal with former three-division world champion and Olympic Gold medalist Yuriokis “El Ciclón de Guantánamo” Gamboa (25-1, 17 KOs). The Cuban standout, who

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23 Jan 2017

Chocolatito heads to Costa Rica for training camp

One of the best fighters in the world and World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Flyweight Champion ROMAN “CHOCOLATITO” GONZALEZ, (46-0-0, 38 KO’s), held court in front of a huge crowd of Nicaraguan media before heading to Costa Rica for training camp in preparations to defend his title against Mandatory Challenger SRISAKET

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21 Jan 2017

Dashon Johnson stops Bay Area Ricardo Pinell

The Emerald Queen Casino saw middleweight Dashon Johnson pick up a technical knockout over Ricardo Pinell (14-3-1) in the main event of Battle at the Boat 109 in Tacoma, Washington on Friday night. Johnson (22-20-3, 7 KOs) knocked Pinell down twice in the scheduled 10-round bout, once in the first and again

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21 Jan 2017

Danny Roman upsets Adam Lopez for WBA eliminator fight

In the main event of a fight taking place at Bally’s Atlantic City and broadcast national on Showtime as part of ShoBox junior featherweight Daniel Roman (22-2-1, 8 KOs) won his scheduled 12-round WBA title eliminator against Adam Lopez (16-1-1, 8 KOs) by technical knockout in between the ninth and

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