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Announcements
Boxing On Showtime TONIGHT! ShoBox Kicks Off Their New Year
LATE AFTERNOON UPDATE: Featherweight prospect Pedro Marquez has been determined unable to participate in his scheduled eight-round showdown tonight against Martino Jules due to an illness....
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Announcements
IBF Champ Caleb Plant Meets Caleb Truax Jan. 30 in LA
LOS ANGELES (January 19, 2021) – Unbeaten IBF Super Middleweight World Champion Caleb “Sweethands” Plant will defend his title against former champion Caleb “Golden” Truax in...
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Worldwide
Matchroom Schedule To Kick Off Year In Boxing 2021 Isn’t Stellar On Paper
Matchroom put out a schedule, which is of course subject to changes because of the whims of fate and COVID, and, it must be said, it...
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Worldwide
Kovalev Told Duva He Didn’t Knowingly Ingest PED, Tainted Supplemented Mentioned As Possible Culprit
Tuesday, Jan. 19 update: In case you were curious, as I was, here you go: YES, Buddy McGirt is still trainer to Sergey Kovalev. The NY...
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New York
Larry Fryers Gets Crack At Rances Barthelemy
NY-based Irishman Larry Fryers is getting his New Year off to a solid start, with word that he’s secured a date with world class pugilist Rances...
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Announcements
Chris Eubank Jr Signs With Sauerland Brothers, Maybe He Dumped Dad?
Confession: I’m not sure how I feel about Chris Eubank Jr, because I sure know how I feel about Chris Eubank Sr. I’ve made no secret...
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Worldwide
Pandemic, Social Upheaval Spur Changes At Barclays Center, But Brooklyn Boxing Will Survive
It’s unwise to assume that something will necessarily look tomorrow as it looks today, but that’s a natural tendency as the world battles this pandemic. Finding...
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Canada
No, I Didn’t Pull A Cancer Scam, Says Podcaster Jonathan Leir aka Jonny Straws
He came out of nowhere, and rose exceedingly quickly in the media ranks, starting up a podcast which focused heavily on a sports betting angle. Jonathan...
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Worldwide
The NYFIES Are Here: Who Is NY Fights Fighter of the Year? Hint: He Was Born in Brooklyn
Tis Dec. 26, and yes, there five days and six nights remaining in this year hand-crafted by Satan and his wretched band of advisors and consultants....
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Worldwide
Gotta Get Gleason’s Merch For A Happy Holiday
Happy Holidays From Gleason’s! HOLIDAY HOURS Dec. 24 – Closing @ 4pm Dec. 25 – Closed Dec. 31 – Closing @ 4pm Jan. 1 – Closed...
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Worldwide
Star in Gaballo Was Not Born In the USA/Connecticut Ring, on Showtime
He came, he saw, he conquered, or so it would seem if you look at the BoxRec. But no, we didn’t see a “star is born”...
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Announcements
Chocolatito To Fight Estrada 8 Years After First Battle, On March 13, 2021
They clashed in 2012, and since then, since he scored a UD12 win over Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez has gone 16-2. But he’s 33,...
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Worldwide
Showtime Fighters Weight Report/Will Star In Gaballo Be Born in CT on Showtime?
The main event was supposed to feature Nonito Donaire and Ali Oubaali, but the Dec. 19 focus fight got switched up when Oubaali tested COVID positive....
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Worldwide
JoJo Diaz Defends IBF 130 Strap Vs. Rakhimov Feb. 13
JOSEPH ‘JOJO’ DIAZ JR. TO DEFEND IBF JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD TITLE AGAINST SHAVKATDZHON ‘SHERE KHAN’ RAKHIMOV PATRICK TEIXEIRA TO DEFEND WBO JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE AGAINST...
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Worldwide
Boxing Gets A Pass During COVID Year, Time To Start Getting Pumped For New Year
It’s a pandemic period, so you (and I think me) can be forgiven if our thinking is a bit more scattered than usual. It makes sense,...
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Worldwide
Zurdo Ramirez Fights Friday, Thinks Scrap Against Canelo Will Occur
Undefeated former Super Middleweight World Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez returns to the ring on Friday, December 18, challenging North American Boxing Federation (NABF) light heavyweight champion...
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Worldwide
Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward, Wladimir Klitschko, George Kimball Make Hall of Fame
The call for the Hall came, and it’s an honor that can get at the emotional core of even the most battle hardened, and characters like...
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New York
Chris Colbert Shows Savvy Side As Entertainer, Closes Show Versus Arboleda
Chris Colbert, the 24 year old Brooklyn born 130 pound title-holder, is a savvy athlete. Outside the ring–he opened up a chicken restaurant with the help of...
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Worldwide
Anthony Joshua Punches Out Pulev, Gets Stop In Round 9
Anthony Joshua went at Kubrat Pulev in round three like the guy owed him money and whispered to him in round two at Wembley on Saturday...
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Worldwide
Evander Holyfield Tells Ak & Barak Tyson Fight Likely Happens
There does come a time when legends stop looking in the mirror, and seeing someone that is decades younger than they are actually are, and that...