Think about Mongolia. Chances are good the images include majestic mountains, cloistered Buddhists or Genghis Khan. Not professional boxing supremacy. But new IBO featherweight champ Tugstsogt Nyambayar is eager to change that. The native of Ulan-Bator, Mongolia’s capital and largest city, began his trek to the sport’s summit as a precocious teen – capturing a bronze medal at the 2009 Continue Reading...

It isn’t the holiday most often associated with fireworks. But that isn’t stopping the International Boxing Organization from greeting the New Year with a blast that’ll change the landscape in the sport’s super middleweight division. And perhaps the United Kingdom as well. The IBO announced Thursday that its 168-pound championship belt will be up for grabs when British rivalsChris Eubank Continue Reading...

Make no mistake, Jarrett Hurd is a fighter. Though he entered his initial International Boxing Organization 154-pound title defense as a prohibitive favorite over former British champ Jason Welborn, he wasn’t about to make it easy on himself. Instead, the unbeaten Maryland went tooth and nail for the majority of nearly four full rounds before finally blunting the challenger’s bid Continue Reading...

EDMONTON, Canada (September 28, 2018) – The first season of the highly popular World Boxing Super Series’ (WBSS) super middleweight division concludes today (Friday, Sept. 28), when World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight world champion “Saint” George Groves takes on undefeated challenger Callum “Mundo” Smith, airing live from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, starting at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT, exclusively on Super Channel in Continue Reading...

Every so often, a fight is announced that causes the entire sporting world to sit up and take notice. Those with only a passing interest in boxing are suddenly swept up in this sport’s unmatched appeal of two talented, outspoken fighters going head to head. Floyd Mayweather’s win over Manny Pacquiao in May, 2015 was one such occasion. Billed as Continue Reading...