20 Aug 2015

Crawford-Jean announced for October 24th

Undefeated two-division world champion and the reigning Fighter of the Year, Terence “Bud” Crawford, Omaha’s favorite son will take on Dierry “Dougy Style” Jean on Saturday, October 24, at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Crawford (26-0, 18 KOs) will be making the first defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO)

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17 Aug 2015

Lee-Saunders tops UK October 10th triple header

Promoter Frank Warren has officially announced the world championship triple header scheduled for October 10 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The card will be headlined by Andy Lee  who is defending his WBO middleweight title against Billy Joe Saunders. The co-main event will pit Terry Flanagan as he

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03 Aug 2015

Andrade’s promoter suing Roc Nation Sports for tampering

Last week, WBO junior middleweight champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade was stripped by the WBO for failing to defend his title for 13 months, in fact Andrade hasn’t even taken a bout since defeating Brian Rose for the title. On July 29, Andrade’s promoters Star Boxing and Banner Promotions filed

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31 Jul 2015

WBO strips Demetrius Andrade of WBO junior middleweight title

After 13 months with no title defenses and nothing on the boxing schedule, WBO jr. middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade has been stripped of the title by the WBO World Championship Committee. This comes after a lawsuit was filed between Banner Promotions and co-promoter Star Boxing towards Roc Nation Sports, whom

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21 Jul 2015

Demetrius Andrade in danger of being stripped by WBO

The WBO is unhappy with jr middleweight champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade who has not defended his belt since last year against Brian Rose and now want an explanation as to why the belt should not be vacated. Andrade potentially the most talented junior middleweight by most accounts has been unable

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04 Jul 2015

Mayweather likely to be stripped of WBO welterweight title

According to @WorldBoxingOrg Floyd has not complied with the rules by today's 4:30 pm ET deadline. Likely to be stripped of 147 on Monday. — Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) July 3, 2015   Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KO’s) missed Friday’s deadline to comply with the WBO’s condition to retain his

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22 Jun 2015

Bradley vs. Vargas for Interim WBO title not official belt

Well, Floyd Mayweather didn’t want to give up his WBO welterweight title just to have a rival Top Rank fighter pick it up meaning that Timothy Bradley vs. Jessie Vargas will now be for the interim title and not the full fledged one on Saturday, June 27th.   The interim

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21 May 2015

Sadam Ali faces Bradley-Vargas winner for WBO title

Sadam Ali will finally get his big shot after beating Francisco Santana on HBO as he is announced as the next in line for the vacant WBO welterweight title, a title that will find a home after Tim Bradley and Jessie Vargas fight on June 27th at The StubHub Center

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20 May 2015

Flanagan vs. Zepeda for vacant WBO lightweight title

Terry Flanagan was hoping to face Ray Beltran, who was suppose to win the WBO lightweight title after knocking out Takahiro Ao in the second round of their contest on the debut of boxing to the truTV network. The problem was Beltran was TKO’ed on the scales as he came

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18 May 2015

Bradley vs. Vargas for WBO welterweight title

In a press conference held today Top Rank Promotions announced that Tim Bradley will take on Jessie Vargas for the vacant WBO welterweight title that Floyd Mayweather vacated after beating Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd.   Both camps per usual in a press conference offered no juicy tidbits to gossip

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