Keith Thurman beats Josesito Lopez, despite a scare
WBA welterweight world champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (29-0 22 KOs) returned after a 22-month layoff to beat game veteran Josesito Lopez (36-8 19KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions televised bout from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Thurman cruised to an early lead including a vintage Thurman
Boxing Weekend Recap: Fresno fights, Argenis Mendez and more
Ancajas vs Sultan doesn’t thrill Fresno Jerwin Ancajas MEDIA WORKOUT + INTERVIEW prior to his May 26th ESPN+ fight in Fresno, CA. Full Link: https://t.co/LRM200CVJ9 pic.twitter.com/NJm4t1RYoX — LukieBoxing (@LukieBoxing) May 24, 2018 IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas made his sixth title defense against Jonas Sultan at the Save Mart
Cruz defeats Martin on Tuesday night FS1 card
Welterweight Miguel Cruz (16-0, 11 KOs) continued his unbeaten ways as he scored a ten round unanimous decision over Alex Martin (13-2, 5 KOs) on Tuesday night at the Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Cruz dropped Martin in rounds one and four, but found himself having to fight off
Chris Van Heerden in talks to fight LaMont Peterson
On the most recent episode of ITR Radio, veteran reporter Sevak Sarkisian interviewed Chris van Heerden, who shed light a lot of issues including why he is not with Freddie Roach anymore, which if you haven’t listen to it you should do so now. The big takeaway from the
Vanes Martirosyan vs. Miguel Cotto, the next fight to make!
By Sevak Sarkisian As most fight fans already know, boxing legend Miguel Cotto (40-5 33KO’s) will no longer be returning to the ring in February against contender James Kirkland due to Kirkland sustaining an injury in training camp. In my opinion, it’s an unfortunate situation since I thought it would
Weights from Tunica, Mississippi (PBC on FS1)
Tomorrow night from the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, Premier Boxing Champions returns with a great Thursday night card headlined by Sammy Vasquez Jr. vs Luis Collazo. The card will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 with the first television bout at 5PM PST/8PM EST. Sammy Vasquez Jr. 146 Luis
Ghvamichava wins on FS1 fights in Nice, CA
In the main event Levan “The Wolf” Ghvamichava (18-2-1 14KOs) avenged his team mate Amir Khan’s loss to Breidis Prescott (29-9 21KOs) with a seventh round TKO win in front of a packed house at Robinson Rancheria in Nice, CA. Ghavmichava dropped Prescott in the four round and dominated the
PBC Twitter account labels Malignaggi as middleweight w/ wrong fight date
Today Paulie Malignaggi, who takes on Danny Garcia August 1st in Brooklyn, NY on ESPN, took part in the festivities around the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest to celebrate the Fourth of July. Normally this would be an average story to garner some interest, but Premier Boxing Champions Twitter account
Karim Mayfield Set To Fight Shawn Porter on PBC On Spike Tonight
In an exclusive interview with ITRBoxing.com senior writer Lukie Ketelle, Karim Mayfield explained that he took a fight on 24 hour notice against Shawn Porter for the Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV television debut. Porter’s original opponent, Roberto Garcia, failed a pre-fight medical exam and was ruled out of competition.