Peter Nelson named head of HBO Sports
HBO today named Peter Nelson the head of the network’s sports department, promoting him to Executive Vice President, HBO Sports ; essentially meaning he will be in control of boxing on HBO for 2016. Nelson, who has been a staff member of HBO Sports since 2011, has been Vice President,
Lee-Saunders on Sho Extreme December 19th
SHOWTIME Sports® will present the WBO Middleweight World Championship between defending titlist Andy Lee and unbeaten challenger Billy Joe Saunders on Saturday, Dec. 19, live on SHO EXTREME (5 p.m. ET/PT) from Manchester, England. The SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL offering of the Box Nation telecast will feature analysis from SHOWTIME boxing
San Jose, CA Andy Vences co-main event on UniMas card Saturday
Andy Vences of San Jose, CA returns in his second Top Rank bout in the co-main event of an UniMas broadcast on Saturday, December 5th. Eric Altamirano originally of Pittsburg, CA and Guy Robb of Sacramento are also featured on the card. Below is the press release. UniMas returns
DeGale retains title, Granados upsets Imam
IBF super middleweight champion James “Chunky” DeGale (22-1, 14 KOs) retained his title with in a very tough bout against Lucian Bute (32-3, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the Vidéotron Centre in Quebec City. The fight saw DeGale start strong , but seemingly get a little befuddled by Bute’s constant
Charlo, Spence win on NBC
IBF junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (23-0, 18 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Wilky Campfort (21-2, 12 KOs) in the first defense of his belt on Saturday at the Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas. Charlo easily introduced Campfort to the canvas three times in rounds two, three and
Fury upsets Klitschko to win WBA/WBO/IBF heavyweight title
Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) did what he claimed he would do as he earned a twelve round unanimous decision over WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 54 KOs) on Saturday night in front a crowd of 55K at the ESPIRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. The fight was a slow and
DeGale-Bute Weigh In Results
Where: Centre Videotron, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Network: Showtime Time: 8PM PST James DeGale 167.4 vs. Lucian Bute 167.2 (WBC super middleweight title) Isaac Chilemba 173.4 vs. Eleider Alvarez 174.8 (WBC light heavyweight eliminator) Amir Imam 139.5 vs. Adrian Granados 139.5 Oscar Rivas 240.5 vs. Joey Abell 236.5
Charlo-Campfort weigh in results
Venue: The Bomb Factory, Dallas, Texas TV: NBC Time: 12PM PST Jermall Charlo 154* vs. Wilky Campfort 153.2 (IBF jr middleweight title) Errol Spence 147* vs. Alejandro Barrera 146.4 Erickson Lubin 154.4 vs. Alexis Camacho 153 Eddie Ramirez 141.6 vs. Bilal Mahasin 142.2 Ryan Karl 140.8 vs. Ken Alvarez
Klitschko-Fury both make weight
WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 54 KOs) and unbeaten challenger Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) weighed in for their clash Saturday night in Dusseldorf, Germany. Klitschko weighed 245.8 lbs., while Fury scaled in at 247 lbs. The event was not without it’s share of drama as the face-off
Lara-Zaveck weigh in results
Erislandy Lara 153.6 vs. Jan Zaveck 153.2 (WBA super welterweight title) Emmanuel Rodriguez 118 vs. Eliecer Aquino 116.4 Yasmany Consuegra 234.4 vs. John Wesley Nofire 231.2 Yudel Jhonson 156.4 vs. Daquan Arnett 157 Dennis Galarza 136.4 vs. Juan Ramon Solis 143.6 Jose F. Quezada 140.8 vs. Daniel Lorenzana 139 Gregory