Posted on 08/04/2022 By: Sean Crose There’s no doubt that it has not been a great year for Ukraine, the eastern European nation engaged in an all out war with Russian forces. WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk returned to his Ukrainian homeland after Russia began its invasion last winter. He’s since been
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3:44 PM ET Sebastian Fundora and his younger sister, Gabriela, are going to be fighting on the same card as professionals for the first time in October, a source told ESPN. The fights are expected to take place on Oct. 8 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Opponents are yet to be
Kendo Castaneda and Antonio Moran are set for the final of ProBox TV’s “Last Chance” tournament at 140 lbs, with the two winning very different fights on tonight’s show from Plant City, Fla. Castaneda (19-5, 9 KO) punched his ticket first, beating local favorite Joseph Fernandez on scores of 96-94 from all three judges in
A FedEx employee delivered in a boxing ring Friday night in Plant City, Florida. Kendo Castaneda withstood a tough challenge from Joseph Fernandez to win a 10-round unanimous decision and advanced to the final of ProBox TV’s “Last Chance Tournament” in the 140-pound division. Fernandez will face the winner of the second semifinal Friday night
Posted on 08/05/2022 By: Sean Crose Eighteen fights. Eighteen wins. Eighteen knockouts. Virgil Ortiz’ record has spoken for itself up to this point in his career. The undefeated 24 year old Texan has established himself as a hard hitting powerhouse at welterweight. He’ll be facing another undefeated fighter this Saturday night, when he squares off
4:54 PM ET WBO junior middleweight champion Natasha Jonas and WBC titleholder Patricia Berghult will fight in a unification title bout on Sept. 3 in Liverpool, England. Jonas (11-2-1, 8 KO) was the first British woman boxer to compete in the Olympics and will be making the first defense of her WBO belt, which she
(Feb. 21, 2021) Former four-division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner returned from his two-year hiatus from boxing with a unanimous decision victory over Jovanie Santiago in the main event of Saturday night’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., in a Premier Boxing Champions event. The popular,
There is ‘Nowhere To Run’ for Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker. The two heavyweights will collide on September the 24th at the AO Arena in Manchester. Join us LIVE for the Joe Joyce v Joseph Parker Press Conference. Hit ‘Subscribe’ above to ensure you never miss a video from the BT Sport YouTube channel. Get
Jack Catterall could soon be right back in the mix — at least as far as he sees it — now that he’s just penned a multi-fight contract with Boxxer, led by promoter Ben Shalom. Catterall is coming off what probably should’ve been a career-defining win against former undisputed titleholder Josh Taylor, but tells Sky
Vergil Ortiz Jr. put to rest any questions of where he stands in the welterweight division. The fighting pride of Grand Prairie, Texas arrived at a ripped and ready 146.6 pounds for his first fight of 2022 and his third straight in the greater Dallas area. Ortiz faces England’s Michael McKinson (22-0, 2KOs), who weighed
Posted on 08/05/2022 By: Sean Crose Featherweight Michael Conlan reutrns to the ring this Saturday at the SSE Arena in Belfast to take on Miguel Marriaga in a scheduled twelve rounder. This is an important fight for Conlan, whose last fight ended in a brutal but memorable defeat at the gloved fists of Leigh Wood.
The Entente Cordial in British boxing lasted about 20 minutes. If people thought Thursday’s announcement of a fight between Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker – a contest that sees a Sky/Boxxer signed fighter appear on a BT/Queensberry show – was about to signal a new world where people get round a table for the good
Posted on 08/04/2022 The Main Event for Boardwalk Boxing’s 10-bout card promoted by and headlined by Rising Star Promotion’s Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (31-5-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday, Aug. 20 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall has been set. The popular Millville, N.J. fighter will face ring veteran Saul Roman (46-15, 38 KOs) of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico in an 8-round
Nonito Donaire has been pretty quiet since his June loss to Naoya Inoue, where he got caught and stopped in the second round of a three-belt bantamweight unification in Japan, but the 40-year-old Filipino legend is now speaking up again. And no, he doesn’t plan to retire. Instead, he’s yet again looking to do something
ProBox TV’s “Last Chance Tournament” 140 lb. semi-finals will take place on Friday, August 5, beginning at 7:15 pm ET at the ProBox Events Center in Plant City, Florida (suburb of Tampa) and will be streamed live, beginning at 9 pm ET at PROBOXTV.com or the ProBox TV app (available here). A ProBox TV monthly
Posted on 08/04/2022 The full card for the long-anticipated trilogy showdown featuring world champions Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin on Saturday, September 17 is complete. Led by super-flyweight sensation Jesse Rodriguez in a co-main title battle against Israel Gonzalez, other thrilling matchups will fill an exciting night leading into the most anticipated fight of the year. The
ShoBox is back once again to offer some Friday night violence. The next broadcast, a tripleheader from Atlantic City, airs on September 9th and features a super lightweight main event pitting Shinard Bunch against unbeaten Hugo Alberto Roldan. Trenton’s Bunch (19-1-1, 15 KO), unbeaten since falling to Paul Kroll in his third pro fight, fought