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Tyson Fury calls out Lennox Lewis

Tyson Fury calls out Lennox Lewis #LennoxLewis #TysonFury

After his recent win over the 39-year-old Wladimir Klitschko, IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) has expressed interest in facing the 43-year-old Vitali Klitschko and now the 50-year-old Lennox Lewis. It’s unclear why Fury wants to take on some of the older heavyweights that once graced the sport of boxing, but it looks like Fury has dialed himself in to fighting the…

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Gray, Wiliams highlight CES' year-end holiday spectacular Dec. 18th at Twin River

Gray, Wiliams highlight CES’ year-end holiday spectacular Dec. 18th at Twin River

Bells will be ringing Dec. 18th at Twin River Casino, but not the ones you’ve grown accustomed to hearing at this time of year. (more…)

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Samuel Clarkson Reflects Back on Monstrous 2015, Looks Towards 2016

Samuel Clarkson Reflects Back on Monstrous 2015, Looks Towards 2016 #SamuelClarkson

2015 was an outstanding year for Uprising Promotions light heavyweight Samuel “Main Event” Clarkson (17-3, 11 KOs), one that saw him win five bouts to extend a seven-fight winning streak. Among those victories included a decision over former world title challenger Cedric Agnew and knockouts of highly touted prospects Jerry Odom and Lavarn Harvell on ShoBox: The New Generation. Such success has…

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Lihaug faces Racz on December 12 in Copenhagen

Lihaug faces Racz on December 12 in Copenhagen #Tim-RobinLihaug

Tim-Robin Lihaug (14-1, 8 KOs) can claim his fifteenth professional victory on Saturday, December 12 when he takes on Jozsef Racz (5-4, 1 KO) at the Brondby Hallen in Copenahgen, Denmark. (more…)

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Demecillo, Mothmora Defends WBF Titles, Ducastel vs. Schroeder December 12

Demecillo, Mothmora Defends WBF Titles, Ducastel vs. Schroeder December 12 #KennyDemecillo

World Boxing Federation (WBF) Asia Pacific Bantamweight ruler Kenny Demecillo,10-3-1 (7), will make his first title-defense on Saturday December 12 in Davao City, Philippines when he faces the most experienced and accomplished foe of his career in former world champion Edrin Dapudong, 31-6 (19). (more…)

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Weights from Trenton, NJ

Juan Dominguez 121.5 – Yenifel Vicente 122 Keith Tapia 195 – Garrett Wilson 193 Immanuwel Aleem 159 – Carlos Galvan 158 Christopher Brooker 171 – Zachariah Kelley 170 (more…)

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Revenge Fills the Air on the First Day of Competition at the Olympic Trials for Men's Boxing

Revenge Fills the Air on the First Day of Competition at the Olympic Trials for Men’s Boxing

2015 Pan American Games champion Antonio Vargas (Kissimmee, Fla.) boxed for the first time since his gold medal win in Toronto in the opening bout on Monday. He showed off the skills that earned him international gold in his Olympic Trials debut against Khalid Twaiti (Brooklyn, N.Y.). Vargas took a 3-0 decision over Twaiti in their flyweight bout to move on to the winners bracket semifinals where…

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Billy Wright Is Ready To Step Up And Fight Deontay Wilder For His WBC Title

LAS VEGAS (December 7, 2015) – WBC Latino and FECARBOX heavyweight champion, Bronco Billy Wright (49-4, 38 KOs), is willing and able to step up and challenge Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) for his world title. Currently rated #20 by the WBC, Bronco Billy Wright is currently riding a 20-fight winning streak with 17 of those victories coming by way of knockout. If Wilder, who is currently looking…

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Chad Dawson battles Shujaa El Amin on Tuesday

TRENTON, NJ (December 7, 2015) – Former world champion champion “Bad” Chad Dawson (32-4, 18 KOs) return to the ring to take on Shujaa El Amin (12-8) in a 10-round light heavyweight bout as part of an exciting undercard on Tuesday, December 8 at Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey. (more…)

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Wilder vs Briggs?

by TMZ Sports : Boxing superstar Shannon Briggs is calling out the heavyweight champ — saying Deontay Wilder is a lying “COWARD” who’s smearing his good name … ’cause he’s secretly scared out of his mind. Briggs appeared on “TMZ Sports” on FS1 (Monday @ 9PM PT, 12AM ET) — to respond to Wilder’s insinuation that Briggs couldn’t pass a drug test if the two agreed to fight in January. (more…)

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If it wasn't Jacobs' luck, was it Quillin's bad luck?

If it wasn’t Jacobs’ luck, was it Quillin’s bad luck?

Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs (32-1-0 28KO) told Showtime’s Jim Grey it wasn’t a lucky punch that was responsible for his win over Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (32-1-1 23KO) at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, saturday night. He explained there are no “lucky punches” in boxing. Every punch thrown comes from hours of training,…

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Dillian Whyte Questions 'Fake' & 'Insecure' Joshua's Mental Strength

Dillian Whyte Questions ‘Fake’ & ‘Insecure’ Joshua’s Mental Strength

Dillian Whyte (16-0, 13ko) has questioned bitter rival Anthony Joshua’s (14-0, 14ko) mental strength ahead of their much-hyped, grudge British and Commonwealth heavyweight title clash on Saturday night, saying that he feels the gold medal winning Olympian is too heavily reliant on his promotional ‘hype-machine’ and myriad elite resources, stating mentally, the man he calls ‘Fake-J’ is feeling the…

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Ricky Hatton praises Anthony Upton

Ricky Hatton praises Anthony Upton #AnthonyUpton

RICKY HATTON has poured praise on Anthony Upton following his charge’s gallant effort against Joe Hughes in Walsall on Saturday night. (more…)

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Opponent named: Mario Barrios to face Manuel Vides this Saturday on PBC on NBCSN

Opponent named: Mario Barrios to face Manuel Vides this Saturday on PBC on NBCSN #MarioBarrios

Unbeaten super-featherweight rising star, Mario Barrios (13-0, 7 KOs), has an opponent named for his upcoming bout taking place this Saturday, December 5th at the AT&T Center in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas. Barrios will face Manuel Vides (18-4, 11 KOs) in a scheduled 8-round bout that will be part of the televised portion of PBC on NBCSN. (more…)

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Nielsen fired up for ‘Bad Blood’ battle

Nielsen fired up for ‘Bad Blood’ battle #PatrickNielsen

Patrick Nielsen (27-1, 13 KOs) opened the doors to his gym today for a media workout ahead of his blockbuster showdown with domestic rival Rudy Markussen (39-3, 26 KOs) on Saturday night at the Brondby Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark. (more…)

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Antoine Douglas announces arrival on the world stage on Showtime Championship Boxing

Antoine Douglas announces arrival on the world stage on Showtime Championship Boxing #AntoineDouglas

This past Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Daniel Jacobs retained his WBA Middleweight title with a stunning first round stoppage over Peter Quillin. (more…)

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Russian fighters dominate 2015 World MMA Championships

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (December 7, 2015) — Russian fighters dominated the recent 2015 World MMA Championships (WMMAA), winning gold medals in six of seven divisions to easily capture the team title, in Prague, Czech Republic. (more…)

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