Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California – In a lightweight encounter, Michel Rivera (21-0, 14 KOs) got off the floor to score a sensational knockout of Jon Fernandez (21-2, 18 KOs) in the eight round. (photos by Esther Lin, Sean Michael Ham) Fernandez was pumping a stiff jab for most of the first round. Rivera
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Undefeated middleweight Brad Pauls (14-0, 9 KOs) has signed a long-term promotional deal with Wasserman Boxing. Known as ‘The Newquay Bomb’, the explosive Cornish fighter is one of the UK’s hottest prospects. Unbeaten in fourteen professional contests including nine wins inside the distance, the current Southern Area Champion has already established a reputation as a
Tugstsogt Nyambayar’s introduction to junior lightweight division comes on the heels of the division’s biggest star further elevating his place in the sport. This weekend’s Showtime main event pits Brooklyn’s Chris Colbert (15-0, 6KOs) versus Mongolia’s Nyambayar. At stake is Colbert’s WBA “Interim” junior lightweight title, which—while not a true world title—does ensure the winner
Gilberto Ramirez is apparently trying to make up for lost time. The former 168-titleholder and current light heavyweight Mexican contender has seen his career go by the wayside in recent years due to promotional issues–he fought only twice in the past two years–but he has seemingly found his footing after signing with Golden Boy Promotions
Former college football star, super welterweight boxer Jimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams, recently defeated his first world champion, Yuri Foreman, and the veteran New Haven, Connecticut fighter’s boxing career has been revitalized. This past March 6th, Williams (18-5-2, 6 KOs) was originally supposed to fight Foreman, who withdrew after the weigh in due to sickness. Williams
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury believes Deontay Wilder did the smart thing by remaining quiet during their kickoff press conference last month in Los Angeles. The two boxers came together to announce their trilogy fight, which is scheduled for July 24th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Fury dominated and stopped Wilder in seven
LOGIC DETERMINED THAT it was Daniel Dubois who chose to remove himself from the firing line and take a knee in the 10th round of his huge domestic showdown against Joe Joyce in November. Joyce, quite understandably, begs to differ. The defeat of Dubois is the hallmark name on the record of the 2016 Olympic
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, revealed that his unbeaten boxer is being tested in camp by up and coming prospect Jared Anderson. Fury is preparing for his scheduled trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder, which takes place on July 24 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Arum is pushing
Unbeaten Interim WBA Super Featherweight Champion Chris “Primetime” Colbert and hard-hitting contender Tugstsogt “King Tug” Nyambayar faced off Thursday at the final press conference before they meet in the main event of action live on SHOWTIME this Saturday, July 3 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. (photos
Kazakhstan sensation Tursynbay Kulakhmet will now go up against experienced Aleksei Evchenko when MTK Fight Night heads to Almaty this month. The event takes place on Saturday 10 July, and will be broadcast on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank in the US, on SportTimeKZ in Kazakhstan, and on IFL TV for the rest of
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes a potential unification with IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO champion Anthony Joshua could actually happen in the UK. The fight was in play to take place on August 14th in Saudi Arabia – but then an arbitrator ordered Fury to honor a rematch
Two weeks ago in Guadalajara, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. stepped in the ring for the final time when he took part in a four round exhibition clash with Hector Camacho Jr. Chavez Sr. is widely regarded as the greatest Mexican fighter of all time. Sitting at ringside for that event was four division world champion
The fighting pride of West Belfast, Michael “Mick” Conlan, is primed for a summer homecoming for the ages. Conlan, the WBO No. 1 junior featherweight contender, will defend his WBO Intercontinental title against former world champion TJ Doheny in a 10-round showdown Friday, Aug. 6 at Falls Park in Belfast as part of the Féile
According to Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will be trained by Anatoly Lomachenko for his upcoming showdown with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua’s fight with Usyk is slated for the likely date of September 25 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Usyk was prepared by
WBA Gold super featherweight Mark Urvanov (19-2-1, 10 KOs) got the most he could possibly get of his eight-round mix-weight collision with South African Rofhiwa Maemu (19-12-3, 12 KOs), winning a unanimous decision in a rough non-title fight. Urvanov vs. Maemu was the main event of the night, promoted on Saturday night, June 26, by
FRANK WARREN has delivered a spectacular undercard to support Joe Joyce’s big Heavyweight clash against Carlos Takam at SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday July 24, live on BT. Beside’s Joyce’s WBO International, WBC Silver and Commonwealth Heavyweight championships being on the line, the Hall of Fame promoter has added three further title clashes. There will
Shelly Finkel, co-manager of heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder, is not surprised that his boxer said next to nothing at the kick-off press conference to announce the upcoming trilogy fight with WBC world champion Tyson Fury. (photo by Ryan Hafey) “He didn’t want to get into it with Fury at the press conference,” Finkel told Sports
Junior welterweight Mario “El Azteca” Barrios (26-1, 17 KOs) tasted his first career defeat on Saturday night, when he was stopped in eleven round by Gervonta “Tank” Davis (25-0, 24 KOs) at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Barrios received a hero’s welcome when he arrived at the airport back home in San Antonio. Barrios