King’s Boxing Gym holds Amateur Boxing Event Saturday May 13th!
Tomorrow at the legendary Oakland boxing gym “King’s Gym”, the heralded gym that Andre Ward first trained at, will be holding an event for USA Boxing. The event which is titled “Mama said ‘Knock You Out’” will begin at 1:30PM with tickets available at the door. Below is all the
Amateur boxing in Carmichael, CA September 20th
This Saturday at California Boxing and MMA in Carmichael, CA, which is roughly 20 minutes from downtown Sacramento, CA, will be putting on “Battledome XII: California vs. Nevada” in an amateur competition. The event as the title explains will feature boxers from the state of California, mostly Northern California boxers
Claressa Shields defends gold medal in back-to-back Olympics
The amazing Claressa Shields did it again as she outpointed Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands to be the lone U.S. Olympian to win gold in USA Boxing. Shields is the first women to win gold for America and pioneer in women’s boxing as she defend her crown.
U.S Olympic Update: Shakur Stevenson is the finals!!!!
It's official! @ShakurStevenson is headed to the FINALS after a walkover by Vladimir Nikitin! ?? pic.twitter.com/qSfPp1RcYO — USA Boxing (@USABoxing) August 18, 2016 Bantamweight Shakur Stevenson is now in the finals after shamed boxer, Vladimir Nikitin of Russia pulled out of the Olympics due to injury. Nikitin, who most feel lost
U.S. Olympic Update: Stevenson medals, Russell loses close bout
Shakur Stevenson became the second member of TEAM USA boxing to win a medal as he defeated Erdenebat Tsendbaatar in the bantamweight quarterfinals. Stevenson becomes the second member of Team USA to gain a medal as Nico Hernandez gained a bronze last week. Shakur Stevenson meets Vladimir Nikitin in the semi-finals
U.S. Olympic Results: Mayer falls one fight short of medal
In the afternoon outing of bouts, lightweight Anastasia Belyakova of Russia was put to the test as she had to give her all to best Mikaela Mayer of United States. Belyakova was more aggressive and had the higher volume, but Mayer landed the cleaner straight punches, which seemed to frustrate many
U.S. Olympic Update: Antonio Vargas gone before medaling
U.S. Olympic flyweight Antonio Vargas may have lasted longer than Charles Conwell, but not that much longer as he was eliminated by Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan. The bout wasn’t close as Zoirov, one of the favorites to win the tournament, put together a masterful performance that saw him win by the scores
U.S. Olympic Update: Stevenson wins opener, Russell one win away from medal
Team U.S. Boxing favorite heading into Rio 2016 proved again why he is worth the hype as he destroyed Robenílson Vieira de Jesus of Brazil in the round of 16 in the bantamweight division. Stevenson, whom the judges tried their hardest to screw out of the decision, by giving the harmless
New podcast: Lukie Boxing U.S. Olympic Boxing Ep2
Lukie and ITRBoxing.com friend, Naota did a podcast this afternoon about everything related to The Olympic boxing for the 2016 games in Rio. Hear their thoughts on Shakur Stevenson, Nico Hernandez getting bronze, Charles Conwell, Gary Antuanne Russell and more For a direct link click here
U.S. Olympic Update: Antonio Vargas advances, preview of tomorrow
In a very limited day of action flyweight Antonio Vargas won his bout against Juliao Henriques Neto of Brazil. Vargas shut-out the hometown fighter, who was 14 years older then the soon to be 20 year-old Vargas. Vargas returns to the ring at 7:45am PST against Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan, which also