28 Jun 2016

Andy Vences visits ESPN and WBC in LA prior to July 9th bout

Top Rank Super Featherweight prospect Andy “El Tiburon” Vences of San Jose, CA took a trip to Los Angeles, CA for the day to do a brief media tour to promote his upcoming July 9th fight at Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, CA. Vences started his day by

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19 Jun 2016

Blueprint Boxing holds first event on July 1st in Mexico

Big Berns Boxing Promotions and Blueprint Boxing Promotions are pleased to announce the Friday Night Fights Battala De Le Supremacia boxing event on July 1 in Aguascalientes, Mexico.  This exciting night of world class boxing action takes place at El Deportivo Ferrocarrilero in Aguascalientes, Mexico.  It will be broadcasted on

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14 Jun 2016

Crolla-Linares set for September 24th in UK

WBA lightweight champion Anthony Crolla will take on former WBC lightweight champion Jorge Linares at the Manchester Arena on September 24. This will be Crolla’s second title defense. Linares, who is now the WBC champion in recess, will be putting on the line a WBC Diamond belt, an honorary championship

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10 Jun 2016

Demond Brock retains title over Gutierrez in Las Vegas

Lightweight Demond Brock (12-3-1, 4 KOs) continues his success under the Roy Jones Jr Promotions banner as he defeated Chuy “El Hurracan” Gutierrez (14-1-1, 4 KOs) Friday night at the outdoor Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (DLVEC) in Las Vegas atop a CBS Sports Network card. In typical Brock fashion the

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26 May 2016

Lucian Bute fails drug test

The WBC has caught another fighter with their drug-testing policy as Lucian Bute tested positive for a banned substance of “Ostarine” in his post-fight drug test. Bute who fought to a draw with Badou Jack for the WBC super middleweight title in Washington D.C. will now see the result overturned.

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24 May 2016

Jorge Linares re-signs with Golden Boy, DiBella takes shot at Linares

Jorge “El Niño De Oro” Linares (40-3, 27 KOs) has re-signed with Golden Boy Promotions to main the rights to his United States based fights. The contract allows for Linares to continue working with Teiken Promotions, a promotional entity which has helped his career greatly. After the announcement, promoter Lou DiBella

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23 May 2016

Boxing returns to Oakland June 11th

Boxing returns to Oakland, CA on June 11th as Osric Pratt Presents “Unfinished Business: pro boxing, Juneteenth festival and bike show” with the boxing card being put together by Andy Nance. The card which takes place outdoors at the historic 16th street station 1601 Wood street in Oakland, CA with

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18 May 2016

Golovkin now WBC middleweight champion

Well, minutes after Canelo Alvarez vacated the WBC middleweight title the WBC elevated Gennady Golovkin to full champion making him a belt holder in three of the four major championship bodies. Below is the statement sent out by the WBC to announce Gennady Golovkin as their middleweight champion.  The WBC

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15 May 2016

Wilder-Povetkin canceled over Povetkin’s failed drug test

In some sad, but unsurprising news – Deontay Wilder(36-0 35KOs)  will not be fighting  per a SKY Sports report. Alexander Povetkin (30-1 22KOs), who failed for meldonium, the substance that Maria Sharapova was caught with last year in tennis after VADA conducted random tests weeks out from the fight. To

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13 May 2016

Alexander Povetkin fails drug test, Wilder fight in limbo

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and his foe, Alexander Povetkin voluntarily agreed to Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) in connection with their upcoming May 21 WBC world heavyweight championship. It was announced today, which came as surprise to very few, that Povetkin’s sample came back with a banned substance, Meldoium, most known

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