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,

The third time is the charm for ESPN’s Premier Boxing Champions netted an a much improved rating headlined by Leo Santa Cruz’s majority decision win over Abner Mares. The Saturday, Aug. 29 card delivered the largest boxing audience on ESPN since February 1998 (02/22/98 Mark Johnson vs. Arthur Johnson), which

In front of a jam packed crowd in The Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, featherweight Leo Santa Cruz may have gotten some of the pressure off his back as he defeated his toughest foe to date, Abner Mares. “…we had to box him and that is what we did.”

Julio Cesar Ceja (30-1 27KOs) earned the biggest win of his career in heart of Los Angeles, CA as he defeated Hugo Ruiz (35-3 31KOs) after trading a pair of knockdowns to start off the evening for Premier Boxing Champions at The Staples Center to start the broadcast of Premier

Venue: Staples Center in Los Angeles TV: ESPN Leo Santa Cruz 124.8 vs. Abner Mares 125.2 (vacant WBA “super” featherweight title) Hugo Ruiz 121.4 vs. Julio Cesar Ceja 121 (WBC interim super bantamweight title) Alfredo Angulo 163 vs. Hector Munoz 159.8 Alejandro Luna 135 vs. Sergio Lopez 134.2 Jessie Roman

According to fight promoter, Lou DiBella, Peter Quillin versus Michael Zerafa will be contested at a catchweight of 163 lbs. The bout which will be a daytime precursor to Floyd Mayweather-Andre Berto’s bout on September 12th, will occur in the afternoon on NBC leading into the pay-per-view telecast, give or take

In a clash of top light heavyweight contenders, Polish hero Andrzej Fonfara (27-3, 16 KOs) and former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-2, 15 KOs) will meet in a 12-round clash on Spike TV at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on Friday, October 16. Fonfara will be fighting at UIC Pavilion

Former IBF super middleweight world champ Lucian Bute (32-2, 25 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over overmatched Andrea Di Luisa (17-3, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Bute dropped Di Luisa with an overhand left and Di Luisa’s corner threw in the towel afterwards

In the main event at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, heavyweights Antonio Tarver (31-6-1 22 KOs) and Steve Cunningham (28-7-1, 13 KOs) fought to a split decision draw. This marks the second Premier Boxing Champions heavyweight bout ending in a draw as Chris Arreola and Fred Kassi last month

Undefeated two-division world champion Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz held a media workout Tuesday at the Who’s Next Boxing Academy in La Puente, Calif., before his showdown with Abner Mares on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN on Saturday, August 29 airing live from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. Santa Cruz