05 Jan 2017

Amanda Serrano spars sister for media workout

Two division world champion Amanda Serrano (30-1-1 23KOs) is gearing up to make one of her toughest defenses of her career on the undercard Badou Jack vs. James DeGale at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Serrano, who will defend her WBO world super bantamweight title against Yazmin Rivas

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04 Jan 2017

Get to Know: Badou Jack

Super middleweight world champion Badou Jack has endured a long road on the way to his highly anticipated super middleweight world championship unification showdown against James DeGale taking place Saturday, January 14 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn and live on SHOWTIME.   Jack comes from a unique background for a

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03 Jan 2017

Unbeaten local talent round-out Jack-DeGale in Brooklyn

Top local talent from New York City will be on display on Saturday, January 14 as Polish heavyweight Adam Kownacki, Brooklyn-native Julian Sosa and Irish welterweight Noel Murphy all enter the ring in separate bouts at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “In addition to the tremendous action that will be televised

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17 Nov 2016

James DeGale vs. Badou Jack Press Conference Quotes

A star-studded press conference took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Wednesday, as Floyd Mayweather, along with several New York boxing “ambassadors,” signified the return of boxing to New York by announcing the super middleweight world championship unification fight featuring Badou Jack against James DeGale that will take place

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16 Nov 2016

Pedraza-Davis to happen on DeGale-Jack undercard

IBF World super featherweight (130 lbs.) champion Jose Pedraza (22-0, 12 KOs) will be will be making his third defense of his title on January 14 against top prospect Gervonta Davis (16-0, 15 KOs) on the undercard of the James DeGale vs. Badou Jack super middleweight unification card on Showtime

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26 Oct 2016

Showtime announces winter boxing line-up

SHOWTIME Sports will present seven marquee boxing matches pitting top-10 rated champions in the prime of their careers against fellow top-10 rated challengers over four consecutive months beginning in December. The schedule, which is the second robust boxing programming announcement from SHOWTIME in 2016, was announced today by Stephen Espinoza,

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26 May 2016

Lucian Bute fails drug test

The WBC has caught another fighter with their drug-testing policy as Lucian Bute tested positive for a banned substance of “Ostarine” in his post-fight drug test. Bute who fought to a draw with Badou Jack for the WBC super middleweight title in Washington D.C. will now see the result overturned.

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01 May 2016

Jack-Bute fight to draw, DeGale gets less than stellar decision

WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack “The Ripper” (21-1-1, 12 KOs) retained his title, but not the way he wanted to as he fought to a twelve round draw against Lucian Bute (32-4, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the DC Armory in Washington, DC. In a close fight that

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04 Apr 2016

Jack-Bute Press Conference Quotes

WBC Super Middleweight World Champion Badou Jack and former world champion Lucian Bute hosted a media roundtable on Friday night to discuss their championship showdown taking place Saturday, April 30 from the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. and live on SHOWTIME. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast begins at 10 p.m.

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11 Mar 2016

Showtime announces massive 12-week fight schedule

SHOWTIME Sports on Friday announced seven live boxing telecasts over a 12-week span, a stacked lineup featuring nine world championship fights and 14 overall matches in boxing’s deepest and most exciting divisions. The full slate of programming will air on SHOWTIME as well as the first Prime Time boxing event on CBS

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