07 Aug 2015

Erol Spence Jr. to return September 11th on Stevenson-Karpency undercard

Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), in association with Global Legacy Boxing (GLB) and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE), officially announced today that 2012 U.S. Olympian Errol “The Truth” Spence will take on South African welterweight Chris “The Heat” Van Heerden in the 10-round televised co-feature, airing September 11 live on

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05 Aug 2015

IBF Featherweight champ Lee Selby signs with Al Haymon

IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby has signed a deal to work with boxing advisor Al Haymon. As with most Haymon clients, Selby will still keep the services of his longtime manager, Chris Sanigar. Via press release Selby explained his feeling upon the deal. “I’m delighted to have signed with Al Haymon

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04 Aug 2015

Fox Sports 1 goes Toe to Toe with PBC weeknights

FOX Sports today announced that it has reached a multi-year, multi-platform agreement to telecast Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), under which it will be the exclusive boxing program for FOX Sports 1, with content also going to FOX Deportes. The announcement was made by David Nathanson, FOX Sports Head of Business

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01 Aug 2015

Garcia TKOs Malignaggi in ESPN Main Event

In the main event of Premier Boxing Champions second installment on ESPN taking place at The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, welterweight Danny Garcia (31-0 18KOs) stopped Paulie Malignaggi (33-7 7KOs) in the ninth round.   In the early goings, Danny Garcia the much bigger man in the ring

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31 Jul 2015

Danny Garcia vs. Paulie Malignaggi Weigh In Results

Venue: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY TV: ESPN Start Time: 9:00 PM EST/6:00 PM PST main event – 12 round bout Danny Garcia 146.6 vs. Paulie Malignaggi 146.8 co-main event Daniel Jacobs 159.8 vs. Sergio Mora 159.2 (WBA “regular” middleweight title) Omar Douglas 129.4 vs. Frank Santos de Alba Adam Kownacki 251.4

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30 Jul 2015

Garcia-Malignaggi Press Conference Highlights

Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN and undercard fighters held a final press conference Thursday at B.B. Kings Blues Club & Grill in Times Square as they near Saturday’s showdowns at Barclays Center. The event is headlined by undefeated star Danny “Swift” Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) as he makes his 147-pound

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27 Jul 2015

Adonis Stevenson vs. Tommy Karpency set for 9/11 in Toronto

Fighting Tommy Karpency on September 11th in #toronto #WBC Ranked top Ten He's gonna hurt pic.twitter.com/tN7939iF1V — Adonis Stevenson (@AdonisSuperman) July 27, 2015 WBC light heavyweight champion and lineal light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson will be returning to the ring on September 11th on Premier Boxing Champions against Tommy Karpency,

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25 Jul 2015

Shumenov outboxes Flores in PBC main event for cruiserweight title

In an odd main event, Beibut Shumenov (16-2 10KOs) defeated B.J. Flores (31-2-1) to win the vacant WBA cruiserweight title by unanimous decision with all three judges scoring the fight 116-112.     The fight was confusing from the start as Shumenov who is typically a plodding pressure fighter began

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22 Jul 2015

Chavez Jr. ratings in at 663k

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has made his mark in the sport of boxing by being the son of a legend and having a vibrant personality that has endeared him or made him hated by fans at large, predominantly Mexicans. In effect up until this point Chavez Jr. has been a slam

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21 Jul 2015

This week’s boxing schedule

July 24th, Friday Mexico City, Mexico, Telemundo, tape delay – Romulo Koasicha vs. Guillermo Avila, 12 rounds, featherweights; Martin Casillas vs. Roberto Pucheta, 8 rounds, bantamweights A decent couple of bouts for diehard boxing fans who enjoy the lighter weight classes, the main event features a battle of two guys

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