Gary Russell Jr, Oscar Escandon make weight for Showtime bout
On a stacked triple header, Gary Russell Jr. will defend his WBC featherweight title against Oscar Escandon in Oxon Hill, Maryland at the MGM Grand as the main event of a Showtime card. The card is promoted by TGB Promotions, weights are below Gary Russell Jr 125.5 vs. Oscar Escandon
Dirrell brothers win a top Spike TV card
In a workmen like performance, Andre “The Ressurected” Dirrell (25-2, 16 KOs) mostly dominated Blake Caparello (22-2-1, 6 KOs) over ten rounds. The one outlier was Caparello landing a shot that dropped Dirrell in the second round. Caparello also dropped light heavyweight Sergey Kovalev (albeit many felt he stepped on the
Weigh-In Results from New Jersey (Spike TV)
Venue: Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ Network: Spike TV Time: 9PM EST/ tape delayed on west coast Ticket Information TV card Andre Dirrell 169 vs. Blake Caparello 167 Anthony Dirrell 168.8 vs. Caleb Truax 168.6 Jonathan Guzman 122 vs. Daniel Rosas 121.2 off-television card Eddie Ramirez 139.8 vs. Osumanu Akaba
Lamont Peterson back in action, October 17th
Former world champion Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KOs) will return to the ring near his Washington D.C. home as he takes on 2008 Olympic Gold medalist from the Dominican Republic Felix Diaz Jr. (17-0, 8 KOs) in a 12-round bout on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC on Saturday afternoon,
PBC: Dirrell-DeGale nets 0.85 overnight rating
Saturday afternoon PBC Boxing on NBC draws 0.85 overnight rating http://t.co/9wbLSORlxt — Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) May 26, 2015 As reported by Sports TV Ratings and Showbuzz Daily, the Saturday afternoon rendition of Premier Boxing Champions, PBC on NBC, Andre Dirrell vs. James DeGale netted an overnight rating of 0.85 which
Fighters (and fans) reacts to Dirrell-DeGale on Twitter
DeGale defeats Dirrell First British Boxer to be Gold Medalist and become World Champion. We got one of those too named Andre Ward. Ward vs DeGale anyone? — Sergio Mora (@TheLatinSnake_) May 23, 2015 Degale just nicked it for me — Kell Brook (@SpecialKBrook) May 23, 2015 Good to see
James DeGale defeats Andre Dirrell to win first world title
James DeGale became the first man to become an Olympic gold medalist as well as a world champion as he defeated Andre Dirrell in Boston, Mass to become the IBF super middleweight champion. DeGale who floored Dirrell in the second round twice and nearly ended the fight early, but appeared
PBC on NBC: Andre Dirrell – James DeGale weigh in results
video courtesy of IFL TV Andre Dirrell (167.8) vs. James DeGale (167.2) for Vacant IBF super middleweight title Edwin Rodriguez 176 vs. Craig Baker 175.6 Danny O’Connor 147.4 vs. Chris Gilbert 146 Logan McGuinness 136.8 vs. Gerardo Cuevas 142 Ryan Kielczewski 127.6 vs. Anthony Napunyi 125.4 Gary O’Sullivan 159.6 vs. Melvin
Andre Dirrell vs. James DeGale final press conference quotes
The final press conference for Saturday’s Premier Boxing Champions on NBC card took place today at historic Fenway Park in Boston. Andre Dirrell (24-1, 16 KOs) and James DeGale (20-1, 14 KOs) in a 12-round super middleweight showdown for the vacant IBF title at Boston’s Agganis Arena. Live televised coverage
Boxing Schedule for May 22-24
Friday, May 22nd BoxNation (UK), 12:30 pm EST, Alexander Povetkin vs Mike Perez, Grigory Drozd vs Lukasz Janik. The main event of this bout could determine the next man to face either Wladimir Klitschko or Deontay Wilder for the heavyweight title. Another storyline is the face that this will be