23 May 2015

Soto vs. Beltran for junior welterweight “world” WBA title

Ray Beltran (30-7-1 18KOs) will face Humberto Soto (65-8-2 35KOs) for the vacant WBA “world” junior welterweight title on June 27, as the co-feature at the StubHub Center for Timothy Bradley Jr. vs. Jessie Vargas per Mike Coppinger of Boxing Junkie (USA Today Sports). The belt is now vacant since

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17 May 2015

Chocolatito destroys Sosa in two rounds

Well, Roman Gonzalez was worth the wait. The flyweight Nicaraguan knockout artist wasted little time endearing himself to American fans as he destroyed a tough Edgar Sosa, who looked at a loss for the power and skill of Gonzalez. From the start of the fight Gonzalez landed at will with

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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

Sergey Kovalev vs Nadjiib Mohammedi July 18th for IBF title

Sergey Kovalev will make his return to the ring after an odd purse bid saw him pullout of a fight with lineal light heavyweight champion, Adonis Stevenson, as it appeared Stevenson would win the purse bid and the fight would not happen on HBO, meaning that Kovalev’s promoter, Main Events,

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07 May 2015

Monroe Jr: The Fight Against Golovkin Is The Fight I Wanted

“I mean, what he’s done is he’s proven himself and he’s widely known as the best middleweight out there, so you can’t argue with it, and obviously, I’m up there” said Willie Monroe Jr. on a conference calling promoting his fight against number one middleweight in the world Gennady Golovkin.

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05 May 2015

Frankie Gomez Hopes To Take Next Step In Career

Frankie Gomez’s career to this point has been start and stop. The young fighter who has been marred by personal issues, but believes are behind him now. “I’ve been training two to three times a day. I go to Wild Card Gym in the morning, strength train in the afternoon and

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30 Apr 2015

Trainers Roach and Mayweather Sr. Press Conference Quotes

Freddie Roach “When this fight was announced, Manny’s training level went way up,” said Freddie Roach, trainer of Manny Pacquiao. “He’s really excited about this fight. I think we will win a decision and outpoint this guy. If the knockout comes then that will be a bonus. “I think Manny

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30 Apr 2015

Bradley-Vargas Rumored For June 27th at Carson, CA

As first reported by Steve Kim of BoxingScene.com, Timothy Bradley is heavily rumored to be fighting WBA ‘regular’ junior welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on June 27th at the StubHub Center in Carson, CA. The fight would be broadcast via HBO as well take place at 147 lbs. meaning that the

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26 Mar 2015

Sadam Ali-Francisco Santana quotes

The undefeated Sadam “World Kid” Ali and fast -punchingFrancisco “Chia” Santana will face off at “The World’s Most Famous Arena”, Madison Square Garden on Sat. April 25 as the co-feature to “The Champion Returns”, the World Heavyweight Championship between undisputed heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and top-rated challenger Bryant Jennings. The doubleheader will be televised live on HBO

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04 Mar 2015

LukieBoxing Podcast: Conversation with Adam Abramowitz of SN Boxing

  Link     Today we are joined with one of my favorite boxing writers Adam Abramowitz, who has his own bloghttp://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/ , a Facebook group for fight fans http://tinyurl.com/ovevlxt as well as is a force on Twitter @SNBoxing. In this episode we explore the topic of Al Haymon, PBC

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