13 May 2015

May 29th card in Philly headlined by Frank De Alba

Philadelphia (May 13,2015)-–On Friday night,May 29, boxing comes to theStadium Holiday Inn (900 Packer Avenue) in Philadelphia where some of the best names in Philadelphia boxing will be featured on a card promoted by King’s Promotions. In the main event, Frank De Alba will compete for the UBF  Lightweight title against

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13 May 2015

Anthony Crolla face Darleys Perez for WBA lightweight title in July

Anthony Crolla will make an emotional return to the ring when he challenges WBA world lightweight champion Darleys Perez at the Manchester Arena on July 18, on a huge night of boxing live on Sky Sports. The Manchester man has been given the all-clear to box again by doctors following

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13 May 2015

Tony Ayala found dead at 52

Troubled former middleweight boxing star Tony “El Torito” Ayala Jr. was found dead Tuesday  in San Antonio, Texas. Ayala was just 52 and is believed to have passed away from a heart attack. Ayala had a record of 31-2, 27 KOs, but was overshadowed by his 16 year prison sentence.

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12 May 2015

Canelo-Kirkland nets 2.2 million viewers

Well Canelo Alvarez-James Kirkland was quite the success as the event sold 31,000 tickets at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas on May 9th.  The average television veiwership was 2,146,000 and peaked at 2,296,000. This was the first time Canelo headlined a HBO card in his career.  

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12 May 2015

Adrien Broner vs. Shawn Porter confirmed for June 20th

As first reported by Michael Woods last week and then confirmed today, a mega-fight between Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter will take place on June 20th on NBC. This will serve as the fourth installment of Premier Boxing Champions as it will be a battle of Ohio as Porter originally

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12 May 2015

Scott Quigg to defend belt against Kiko Martinez on July 18th

WBA regular super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg will face former IBF super bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez at Manchester Arena on July 18th, which will air in the UK on Sky Sports. Quigg has been out for quite sometime recovering from a hand injury, but now feels to that the break

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11 May 2015

What’s Next for Canelo, Soro, Figueroa and more

Michel Soro – Soro earned an upset victory over Glen Tapia on TruTV last Friday and just put his name in the running in a thin 154 lbs. weight class. Soro seems destined for a fight in his native France as this upset was as close to a title win

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11 May 2015

The tough truth for Canelo

The tough truth for some is Canelo Alvarez will never prove himself no matter what he does. The freckle faced, red-headed Mexican who first appeared on the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley pay-per-view card will always be viewed as the kid who has gotten everything he wanted. Alvarez, who has been a

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10 May 2015

Nicholas Walters returns to HBO June 13th as headliner

Nicholas Walters is back in action on HBO and this time he will be main eventing a HBO card from Madison Square Theatre. The WBA featherweight champ, Walters, will take on Miguel Marriaga, a man with believe it or not a higher KO percentage than Walters. The two have history

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09 May 2015

Canelo stops Kirkland in 3 rounds

Well, for those who doubt if Canelo Alvarez is legit or not, still, the room for hatred is growing smaller and smaller. Canelo Alvarez was nothing short of spectacular in his three round routing of known tough guy, James Kirkland at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas in front of

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