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
Frampton survives two knockdowns early to win CBS main event
Well, this didn’t go as planned as Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. dropped IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton twice in the first round as he knocked down Frampton with the first punch of the fight, a check left hook and floored him late in the round as well. The bout which
Arreola and Kassi fight to draw on CBS opener
In the opening bout of the CBS broadcast from El Paso, Texas, Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (37-4 31KOs) fought to a majority draw with Frederic Kassi (18-3 10KOs) in a fairly competitive fight in the heavyweight division. Kassi stayed on the outside for the early duration of the
Lucian Bute returns August 15th on NBCSN
Former world champion Lucian Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) returns to the ring to face Italy’s Andrea Di Luisa (17-2, 13 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight showdown on the second installment of Premier Boxing Champions on NBCSN on Saturday, August 15 from the Bell Centre in Montreal with televised coverage
Leo Santa Cruz vs. Abner Mares August 29th on ESPN
The highly anticipated showdown between undefeated star Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz (30-0-1, 17 KOs) and former three-division world champion Abner Mares (29-1-1, 15 KOs) is official as the two beloved stars that call Southern California home will fight in their own backyard at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles onSaturday,
Keith Thurman makes Collazo stop on the stool
Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0 22KOS) earned a hard fought victory over Luis Collazo (36-7 19KOs) in a homecoming of sorts as the fight was contested in Tampa, Florida which is near Thurman’s hometown of Clearwater, Florida. The end of the bout came in a confusing manner as Collazo retired
Willie Nelson knocks out Tony Harrison in stunning upset
In a fight that lacked early excitement was at no loss for it when it was all said and done as underdog Willie “The Great” Nelson (24-2-1 14KOs) knocked out undefeated junior middleweight prospect Tony Harrison (21-1 18KOs) in Harrison’s first step up in competition. After the fight Nelson explained
Tony Harrison and Willie Nelson argue at press conference
At the final press conference for Premier Boxing Champions debut on ESPN this Saturday in which welterweights Keith Thurman vs. Luis Collazo, it was the co-main event that stole the show. Tony Harrison brought his larger than life persona to the podium as he vocally critiqued Willie Nelson’s demeanor which
Trout-Mundine bout not happening
Remember when Anthony Mundine had that weird ear drum injury that Mundine suffered in sparring? Well, let’s be honest you probably didn’t , but the fight won’t happen. Per Mundine, the equal offer of what he gave up, a spot on a Premier Boxing Champions telecast, which doesn’t seem to
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