23 Feb 2016

Thurman-Porter postponed due to car accident

The biggest fight of the winter is not happening for the time being as undefeated world champion Keith Thurman suffered a neck injury during a car accident that will push back his title defense for Shawn Porter. The announcement made yesterday by promoter, Lou DiBella, explained that though the injuries

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22 Feb 2016

*MIKE “YES INDEED” REED RETURNS FEBRUARY 27 AT THE GARDEN!*

Reed targets win #18 against Mexico’s Marco Antonio Lopez on the HBO Boxing undercard, to be held at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A. – On Saturday night, February 27, 2016, twenty-three year-old Top Rank light welterweight professional boxer, Mike “Yes Indeed” Reed

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20 Feb 2016

East Oakland Boxing Association holding amateur event April 2nd

East Oakland Boxing Association will be holding it’s first amateur boxing event on April 2nd. The gym located on 98th Ave in the heart of deep East Oakland focuses upon serving the community first and foremost as well as a place for young boxers to train and learn the sweet

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20 Feb 2016

Adam Lopez earns dominant win in ShoBox main event

Super bantamweights, Adam “Mantequilla” Lopez (15-0, 7 KOs) kept his unblemished record intact as he earned a ten round unanimous decision over Mario “Yayo” Muñoz (16-1-1, 10 KOs) on Friday night at the Adrian Phillips Ballroom inside of historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ.The judges scored the bout 97-93, 98-92,

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19 Feb 2016

De La Hoya wins atop LA Fight Club main card

In front of a sold-out crowd in downtown Los Angeles, CA at the Bellasco Theater Diego De La Hoya (14-0 8KOs) once again lived up to his last name despite facing less than stellar opposition.  De La Hoya easily dispatched of Arturo Badillo (21-10 19KOs) as he was far too

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19 Feb 2016

Vargas-Salido heading to StubHub Center?

Vargas-Salido will be June 4 at StubHub in Carson. Just waiting on Vargas to sign off, I'm told. — Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) February 20, 2016 Per boxing insider Lance Pugmire of the LA Times social media account, WBC 130 lbs. champion Francisco Vargas will more than likely defend his title

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19 Feb 2016

Top Rank Weigh In Results from Phoenix, Arizona

Jessie Magdaleno 126.7 vs. Rey Perez 131 Carlos Castro 126.7 vs. Rafael Reyes 127 Trevor McCumby 174.4 vs. James Freeman 174.2 Jesse Garcia 131.2 vs. Derick Bartlemay 130.9 Luis Olivares 137.2 vs. Omar Garcia 136.3 Luis Espinoza 112.9 vs. Luis Guerrero 112 Paul Romero 122 vs. Jamie Gutierrez 119 Celebrity

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19 Feb 2016

Shawn Porter Media Day Quotes

Welterweight star “Showtime” Shawn Porter opened up his training camp to media Thursday at Porter Hy-Performance Center in Las Vegas as he prepares for his primetime showdown withwelterweight world champion Keith “One Time” Thurman on Saturday, March 12 on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS presented by Premier Boxing Champions(PBC) from

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19 Feb 2016

Leo Santa Cruz media day quotes

Undefeated featherweight world champion Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz held an open media workout Thursday at Who’s Next Boxing Academy in La Puente, Calif., as he prepares for his first title defense against Kiko “Sensación” Martinez Saturday, February 27 live on SHOWTIME from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Santa Cruz

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19 Feb 2016

DeGale-Medina ordered, could end up on Martin-Joshua card

Super middleweight world champion James DeGale has a new mandatory challenger in Rogelio “Porky” Medina, better known as the guy who knocked out J’Leon Love. DeGale (22-1, 14 KOs) who made his first title defense against Lucian Bute on Nov. 28. Jose Uzcategui (24-1, 20 KOs) was the number one

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