Former world champion Antonio Tarver is no longer returning to the ring on April 17 in Atlanta, according to ESPN. The 52-year-old retired fighter was scheduled to face former UFC heavyweight champion, Frank Mir, in a boxing match. Tarver vs. Mir was one of the undercard fights announced for the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren
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Former WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Tony “Superbad” Harrison will enter the ring to face hard-hitting southpaw Bryant “Goodfella” Perrella in the super welterweight main event of FOX PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes Saturday, April 17 from Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Televised coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m.
RJJ Boxing returns to Mexico for the first time in 2021 on Thursday, April 1st – no April Fool’s jokes – presented by Roy Jones, Jr. Boxing Promotions and De La O Promotions, at Polideportivo Centenario, Los Mochia, Sonora, Mexico A pair of Latino title fights will showcase a quartet of gifted boxers in the
Hollywood, Calif. – Four division world champion Canelo Alvarez celebrated as he cemented his handprints at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The pound-for-pound boxer has joined the likes of athletes like Kobe Bryant, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Hollywood classics Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne. Yamashiro Hollywood hosted Canelo and celebrated his honor at the
Ring City USA has announced a loaded seven-fight undercard for this Thursday’s event, the third and final of the boxing outfit’s residency in Puerto Rico, which will be presented live from Plaza del Quinto Centenario in Old San Juan. The March 25 event will be broadcast live at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on NBC
Ismael Salas is upset at the way the Felix “Mangu” Valera-Bryan Perez fight was recently handled in the Dominican Republic. Pérez (14-1) was awarded the unanimous decision victory over Valera (18-4) in a rematch of their 2018 showdown that Valera won by unanimous decision. The fight was part of a Shuan Boxing card that took
This Friday at the Lienzo Charro De Chapala in Jalisco, the former world super middleweight champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF), Jose “Bolivita” Uzcategui will look to bounce back from his last career defeat, when he faces Josue “Chiquilin” Obando, which will be the main event of the evening organized by BxStrs Promotions, with the
Highly regarded trainer, Manny Robles has confirmed he is currently working with Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith after rumors had circulated which had left Smith’s former trainer, Joe Gallagher, in the dark. “His team and Liam reached out to me, they found interest in working with me and now they’re in California.” Robles told proboxing-fans.com. “He’s in
SSE Arena, Wembley - Bethnal Green Featherweight Ramla Ali dominated Bec Connolly over six rounds, winning 60-55 on the referee’s scorecard to move to 2-0. The Somalia-born boxer displayed her classy ring skills from the opening bell, nearly stopping Connolly with a sustained attack in the third round before completing another one-sided points win. “Apart from
Buenos Aires’ Marcelino Lopez scored four knockdowns en route to a 5th round knockout of Jairo ‘Doberman’ Lopez in their furiously paced slugfest Saturday evening at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Mexico’s Lopez was down once each in rounds two, three, four and five. The last of the lot resulted in referee Mark Calo-oy
Alexander Besputin performed predictably Saturday night against a 43-year-old opponent who hasn’t won a fight in five years. The Russian welterweight contender battered Viktor Plotnikov for two rounds, until Plotnikov’s trainer stopped their bout before the third round began. Besputin (14-0, 9 KOs, 1 NC) won by technical knockout on the Artur Beterbiev-Adam Deines undercard
Veteran Texas fighter Bryan “The Warrior” Vera is in a win-or-retire fight April 17th versus former New England middleweight champion Kendrick “Peppa” Ball in the 8-round main event for the vacant World Boxing Council USNBC (U.S.) Silver super middleweight title at New England Sports Center in Derry, New Hampshire. Fighting out of Austin, the 39-year-old
Dennis Contreras continues to breathe new life into his boxing career, with a growing fan base along for the ride. The March 12 edition of Boxeo Telemundo posted the series’ best ratings since the pandemic, averaging 369,000 viewers over the course of the 90-minute telecast according to Nielsen Media Research. Contreras headlined the show, scoring
Former British champion Brian Rose (31-6-1) fights tomorrow (March 20) in Badia del Valle, Spain ,and squares off against Juan Manuel Lopez Clavero (13-14-1) in the headliner of this Gallego Prada and Team Sole promotion. This is Rose’s first fight since losing to Anthony Fowler in August of 2019. A crowd of 200 will be
Undefeated Australian standout Liam ‘The Mechanic’ Callanan has moved to 11-0 in the pro ranks. The 25-year-old Aussie returned Friday night at the Croatian Sports Complex in Australia’s Gold Coast and tuned up Joneel Lal with brutal first round knockout of the night. Liam opened up about training, the fight and the future. “I am
Maurice Hooker clearly could’ve taken a safer fight in his debut as a full-fledged welterweight. The former WBO junior welterweight champion ultimately determined that upsetting a heavily hyped contender like Vergil Ortiz Jr. would do much more for his career than beating a lesser fighter. Hooker recognizes that this fight is very risky, yet the
If there was anything more frustrating than the manner in which Joe Ward suffered a loss in his pro debut it’s the amount of time he was forced to sit on that result. A fluke knee injury forced Ward to concede early in the second round of his Oct. 2019 bout with Turlock, California’s Marco
The dream of representing Somalia at this summer’s Olympics is still alive for Ramla Ali, although she still faces an anxious wait to see if she will get the chance to box in Tokyo. Ali has her second professional fight when she takes on Bec Connelly at Wembley on Saturday, but the Vogue cover model