30 Jul 2016

Carl Frampton upsets Leo Santa Cruz, takes WBA title overseas

In the main event in front of a packed house in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center, Carl Frampton (23-0 14KOs) may have cemented his own legend as he went stateside to defeat highly touted Mexican-American featherweight Leo Santa Cruz (32-1-1 18KOs). From the early get-go, Frampton sat down

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30 Jul 2016

Tony Harrison stops Sergey Rabchenko en route to title shot

Junior middleweight Detroit native Tony Harrison (23-1 19KOs) earned a number one contender spot for the IBF junior middleweight title which is held by Jermall Charlo, as he outclassed Sergey Rabchenko (27-2 20KOs). Harrison was just a higher level boxer as he was able to out jab Rabchenko and simply

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30 Jul 2016

Paulie Malignaggi defends Brooklyn belt over Bracero

Brooklyn’s own Paulie Malignaggi (36-7 7KOs) successfully defended his Brooklyn belt in the place he won originally, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, as he defeated fellow Brooklyn native, Gabriel Bracero (24-3 5KOs) which headlined the Showtime Extreme card that lead into the Showtime Championship Boxing card. The bout

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30 Jul 2016

Tevin Farmer beats Ivan Redkach in Showtime opener

In an upset of sorts, lightweight Tevin Farmer (22-4 5KOs) defeated former prospect Ivan Redkach (19-2-1 15KOs) in the opening bout of the ShoExtreme telecast from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Farmer seemingly outboxed Redkach in the early rounds and then out slugged Redkach in the middle to

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28 Jul 2016

Mikey Garcia not thinking about Crawford, excited to fight in New York

by Adam Sperber Mikey Garcia returns to the ring after a two and a half year layoff and talks about how New York has always been good to him, his win over Orlando “Siri” Salido, his thoughts on facing Terence Crawford in the future as well as some of his

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27 Jul 2016

Mikey Garcia says future is at lightweight division

by Adam Sperber Undefeated former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia will return to the ring after a two-and-a-half-year layoff against former champion Elio Rojas on Saturday, July 30 in an exciting night of boxing on SHOWTIME and SHOWTIME EXTREME that is one of the strongest cards ever assembled at Barclays

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22 Jul 2016

ShoBox returns tonight for 15th anniversary show

Acclaimed Showtime Sports prospect developmental series ShoBox: The New Generation celebrates its 15th anniversary tonight with a quintessential four-fight telecast. Since its inception in 2001, ShoBox has been dedicated to promoting competitive fights pitting promising boxers in the toughest fights of their career. 67 fighters who fought on the series

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22 Jul 2016

Leo Santa Cruz-Carl Frampton by the numbers

The featherweight world championship clash between defending titlist Leo Santa Cruz and undefeated former unified super bantamweight champ Carl Frampton features an unpredictable and potentially explosive mix of styles between two of the world’s top fighters. Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) will make the second defense of his WBA Featherweight

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20 Jul 2016

Mikey Garcia meet and greet in Oxnard on Sunday

Mikey Garcia, the former two-division world champion, will be making his return to the ring on July 30th against former titleholder Elio Rojas on Premier Boxing Champions presented on Showtime Championship Boxing, live from Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center. Mikey Garcia will be hold an event up to

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13 Jul 2016

Malignaggi-Bracero to fight for Brooklyn belt July 30th

Former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi is set to defend Brooklyn’s World Championship Belt in a 10-round welterweight showdown after being challenged on Twitter this afternoon by fellow Brooklyn-native Gabriel Bracero on Saturday, July 30 live on SHOWTIME EXTREME. Malignaggi earned the title of “King of Brooklyn” when he defeated

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