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Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing has announced he has obtained signed contracts from undefeated super welterweight contenders Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora and Sergio “El Nino” Garcia to face each other. WBC #5-rated Fundora (17-0-1, 12 KOs) and WBC #2-rated Garcia (33-0, 14 KOs) will meet in an exciting 12-round showdown, to be shown

Pick It: TBRB #5 Brandon Figueroa vs. #7 Luis Nery (Saturday, Showtime, 10:00 PM EST) The red hot Jr. featherweight division is center stage for what could be a fantastic scrap. 26-year old Luis Nery (31-0, 24 KO) defends the WBC belt against 24-year old Brandon Figueroa (21-0-1, 16 KO), who holds a WBA sub-title

The first Boxeo Telemundo show to take place in Mexico since the pandemic moves forward without interruption. All boxers made weight for Friday’s show, which airs live on Telemundo from Auditorio Blackberry in Mexico City. Headlining the show, Jair ‘Kaiser’ Valtierra and Emanuel ‘Pollo’ Lopez collide in a 10-round regional lightweight title fight. Valtierra (14-0,

August 14 will be the date of the undisputed heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, although Fury’s contract remains unsigned.  Both Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren, promoters for the two world champions, both confirmed the date the fight will take place in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. The delay to announcing the fight

Former world champion ‘King’ Carlos Molina has fired a warning to rival Sam Eggington that he’ll have to be at his best or he’ll be knocked out by the Mexican warrior in their vacant WBC silver middleweight championship clash on Saturday 22nd May at the Coventry Skydome Arena, live and free in the UK on

Team USA is forced to bank on less being more for the second straight Olympic competition. Six participants will represent the U.S. in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics which is due to take place this summer. A year-long delay in the quadrennial tournament came about due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which also canceled the Boxing

Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says the unification with Anthony Joshua would have to take place on August 14. On Tuesday, Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn had mentioned two tentative dates, August 7 and August 14 – with event being staged in Saudi Arabia. Hearn said the 14th was the preferred date.

After a whirlwind few days where young heavyweight superstar Daniel Dubois has been unexpectedly thrust back into the media spotlight, ‘Dynamite’ has now said it is “time to move on”. Daniel was last seen in the ring on November 28 when he suffered a horrific eye injury at the hands of Joe Joyce. In the

Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, says his boxer has no intention of signing a contract for a unification deal with Anthony Joshua until he is “comfortable” with the terms. On Tuesday, Eddie Hearn, promoter for Joshua, revealed that the unification clash will land on either August 7 or August 14 –

George Kambosos Jr. has confirmed that his lightweight title fight against Teofimo Lopez has a new date. Kambosos told Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole on Tuesday that he’ll challenge Lopez on June 19 at loanDepot Park in Miami, the home stadium of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins. The Lopez-Kambosos bout initially was supposed to headline a

Thompson Boxing Promotions’ super featherweight prospect, George “El Yuyu” Acosta (12-1, 1 KO), picked a career-defining win this past Friday, May 7, 2021, as he defeated Gadwin Rosa (11-2, 9 KOs), at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, FL. “We’re so proud of George Acosta,” were the first words of promoter Ken Thompson, “Acosta has

WBA “regular” light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal is in deep training for his rematch with Badou Jack. Pascal (35-6-1, 20 KOs) vs. Jack (23-3-3, 13 KOs) will be featured as the Showtime Pay-Per-View co-feature to Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition fight with Youtube star Logan Paul. The event takes place on June 6 at the Hard Rock

Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-division champion Billy Joe Saunders, believes his boxer would have been badly hurt had the fight continued with Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. On Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Canelo stopped Saunders in eight rounds to unify the WBO, WBA, WBC super middleweight titles. During the eight round,

Two-division world champion and current WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion Luis “Pantera” Nery will meet Brandon “Heartbreaker” Figueroa in a high stakes battle of unbeatens at 122 pounds in a 12-round battle that headlines action live on Showtime, this coming Saturday, May 15, from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. in a Premier Boxing

Former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev could potentially return to the ring in the cruiserweight division, according to a source in the boxer’s team. Kovalev (34-4-1, 29 KOs), 38-years-old, made his pro debut in 2009 and he’s fought at the light heavyweight limit for the entire duration of career. “The cruiserweight division is one of

ARLINGTON, Texas – Canelo Alvarez and promoter Eddie Hearn agree that Caleb Plant is the only opponent that makes sense for the Mexican superstar to fight next. The undefeated Plant holds the only super middleweight world title Alvarez needs to be crowned boxing’s fully unified 168-pound champion. Alvarez, who already held the WBA and WBC

On Saturday night at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Billy Joe Saunders came up short in his WBO, WBA, WBC unification showdown with Canelo Alvarez after an eye injury forced him to retire from the fight. Saunders had been boxing well throughout the contest. In round eight, Canelo land a big shot that immediately caused

ARLINGTON, Texas – Keyshawn Davis went the distance Saturday night, but he remained unbeaten with ease. The highly touted lightweight prospect was too fast and too skillful for Jose Antonio Meza throughout their six-round bout on the Canelo Alvarez-Billy Joe Saunders undercard at AT&T Stadium. The 22-year-old Davis won all six rounds on each scorecard