Whatever you personally may have felt about the validity of the recent match-up between MMA star Conor McGregor and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, boxing betting fans from all over the world certainly enjoyed the cash cow of a fight. Plenty of established online sportsbooks and new betting sites saw record amounts being wagered upon the…
IBF super middleweight champion James DeGale is in one of the most exciting and talent-rich divisions in the sport. The weight class currently has two of its champions in the World boxing super series with IBO champion Chris Eubank Jr and WBA belt holder George Groves now set to face off against each other. The…
Light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev, 11-0 11KOs, is close to finally realizing his dream of fighting for a world title. His next fight, November 11th will be for the vacant IBF light heavyweight belt against Enrico Koelling. It has been a long overdue opportunity for the former Olympian, but one most in the industry feel…
BROOKLYN (Oct. 15, 2017) – WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Erislandy Lara knocked down previously unbeaten Terrell Gausha en route to a 12-round unanimous decision in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Saturday on SHOWTIME at Barclays Center. The Premier Boxing Champions event featured three world title fights in the stacked 154-pound division, a…
NEW YORK (Oct. 12, 2017) – Six of the world’s best 154-pound boxers met face-to-face at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan on Thursday at the final press conference for this Saturday’s world championship tripleheader live on SHOWTIME. The Premier Boxing Champions event taking place at Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®, features five fighters…
IBF super middleweight champion, James DeGale, is looking to return to the ring this December and return in a big way in 2018. In his last defense in January of this year, DeGale had a unification fight with Badou Jack, a fight that was a close back and forth match that ended in a draw….
(by Jenna J) Last month boxing saw one of it’s most anticipated fights, Canelo vs. Golovkin, happen after two years of hype and promotion. The fight itself brought good action and while it did not deliver a classic fight, it was a good match that most were satisfied in terms of the action they saw…
When Andre Ward decided to retire recently, many were caught off guard due to Ward having established himself as the number one pound for pound fighter in the world after convincingly defeating Sergey Kovalev. Ward stopped Kovalev in only eight rounds, having broken ‘The Krusher’ down with body shots and forcing the stoppage. While there were…
(Photo by Kevin Howard) The House of Blues in Boston Massachusetts featured an exciting boxing card in front of a passionate crowd, many there to support their local fighters. The main event of the night saw Irish fighter, Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan battle Englishman Nick Quigley (15-3, 3 KOs) to a fourth-round technical knockout victory in…
Middleweight contender Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan (25-2, 17 KOs) will headline Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN when it lands in Boston for the first time for a scheduled 10-round middleweight fight against the rugged Nick Quigley (15-2, 3 KOs) at the legendary House of Blues. The Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN coverage will stream live on…
Boxing trainer, Virgil Hunter is one of the few coaches in the sport who has worked with a star boxer throughout his entire career, as he started working with Olympic gold medalist and two division world champion, Andre Ward from the age of nine, to his final bout at age thirty-three. Andre Ward recently retired…
With the recent controversial scoring of the Canelo vs. Golovkin bout from last Saturday night, fans and media alike were once again reminded of one of the biggest flaws from the sport of boxing, questionable judging of bouts that go to decision. In light of Adalaide Byrd’s 118-110 scorecard, many people were also reminded of…
Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez recently produced a great fight in front of a record crowd at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pair collided in what was for sure the most highly anticipated bout that boxing had to offer in recent years. With middleweight supremacy and a potential pound-for-pound number one…
Boxing announcer Dave Bontempo has been in the business of boxing for over 30 years and has called many great events, featuring some of boxing’s biggest legends. He has worked with networks such as ESPN, HBO and Showtime and does the international broadcasts for events both in the USA and abroad. Being in the sport…
LOS ANGELES (September 19, 2017) – Three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz hosted a media workout Tuesday at the new Team Watson Boxing Club in Lake Balboa, Calif. as he prepares to defend his featherweight titles against Chris Avalos on Saturday, October 14 in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX…
LAS VEGAS (Sept. 16, 2017) Lineal and Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) and WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) retained their respective titles in a back-in-forth war that was ruled a draw on Mexican Independence Day in front of a sold-out crowd of 22,358 raucous fans…
Abel Sanchez is only days away from being in the corner for the biggest fight of his career, as Golovkin vs. Canelo is set to take place this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will be staged at the T-mobile arena in front of a sell out crowd. The fight itself has been built…
Boxer Carson Jones has never been afraid of traveling to another fighter’s hometown or country, he has done it throughout his career. He most notably did this when he faced Kell Brook in two fights in the UK, with the first bout being close and competitive. Most recently Carson traveled to Antonio Margarito’s home country…
Boxing Promoter, Tom Loeffler has a busy two weekends ahead of him as he has a triple header on HBO this Saturday, featuring Roman Gonzalez vs Srisaket Sor Rungvisai II and a week later the mega event with Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin. The two events are the best of the fall schedule and feature…
Boxing trainer, Abel Sanchez, is one of the best and most respected corner-men in the sport. He has a great stable of fighters and is one of the most active trainers in the game. The biggest fight of his training career is now less than two weeks away when IBO/WBC/WBA/IBF middleweight champion, Gennady Golovkin faces…
“On The Ropes” Boxing Radio returns this week with host Jenna J to discuss all the recent fights and fight news in boxing. In this episode, I will recap the mega event between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor which saw Floyd Mayweather get the 50th win of his career by stopping the MMA star. I will…
Hall of Fame boxing commentator, ‘The Colonel’ Bob Sheridan is one of the most respected and most well-known voices in the sport of boxing. Having worked in the sport for over forty years, Sheridan has been ringside for some of the biggest events in the history of the sport. I recently had a chance to…
FRED STERNBERG: On behalf of GGG Promotions and Golden Boy, HBO Pay-Per-View, and all our great sponsors, we are less than three weeks away from the fight we’ve been waiting years for. It’s finally here, and, boy, everyone can’t wait, the main event. It’s going to be the World Middleweight Championship. Defending champ Gennady “GGG”…
Heavyweight contender, Amir Mansour, recently turned 45 years old but he is still waiting for his first world title shot. Mansour has seen himself ranked highly over the years but has not seen that translate into a shot at a belt and he has seen lower level boxers getting an opportunity before one for himself….
Trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr, returned to his son’s corner back in 2013 and ended that year with a highly anticipated bout against Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. At that time, Canelo was only 22 years old and was outclassed over 12 rounds by Mayweather Jr. in a bout that sold over 2 million PPV buys. Since that…
