Month: June 2021

Photos by Sergey Baranov / @fightphoto_official (June 28, 2021) WBO #3, IBF #7, WBC #14 bantamweight Nikolai Potapov continued his “Hunt for The Monster” on Sunday morning (June 27) by scoring an eight-round unanimous decision over Tanzania's Oscar Richard. Fighting in the main event of a 14-fight event at the Soviet Wings Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia and live on Russian TV and Salita Promotions’ YOUTUBE CHANNEL, Potapov (23-2-1, 11 KOs) showed off his world-class skills by dominating the game Richard (7-4-1, 2 KOs) throughout. Potapov, of Podolsk, Russia, was happy to stay busy with the victory and hopes it continues to propel him to the fight he wants: a shot at three-weight world champion and current unified bantamweight world champion Read more [...]

Atlantic City, NJ (June 25, 2021)--, Hard Hitting Promotions is pleased to formally announce a landmark boxing series at The Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City titled, Boardwalk Boxing Powered by Hard Hitting Promotions and Showboat Hotel. The series was announced at a packed press conference that took place this past Tuesday at The Showboat Hotel, with the first event taking place on Saturday, July 31st. "I am so glad to be part of this. This is just the tip of the iceberg," said Manny Rivera, Partner with Hard Hitting Promotions. "This is just a small piece of what is going to happen in Atlantic City. This has been a vision for the last three and a half years. What we will be doing is putting on great fights and high quality events, and we can see this as the start of bringing Read more [...]

Weston, Florida (June 11, 2021)--TOMORROW NIGHT at The Bonaventure Resort Spa in Weston, Florida, undefeated featherweight Edward Vazquez will be back in action when he takes on Yeison Vargas in a six-round bout. Vazquez of Fort Worth, Texas, has a record of 9-0 with one knockout. The 25 year-old Vazquez is managed by DKO Management, will be making his first start since winning an eight-round split decision over Irvin Gonzalez (14-2) on November 28th in Las Angeles to capture the WBC USNBC Title. Vazquez also has wins over Everado Jhoao (1-0), Brandon Arvie (2-0), Brandon Cruz (6-0) and Adan Ochoa (11-1). Vargas of Colombia is 16-6 with 11 knockouts. Vargas, 30, has wins over Ramiro Rojas (12-1-1) and Sander Diaz (5-1-1). Vargas' six losses are to fighters Read more [...]

Fans of international boxing can wake up to boxing for brunch this Sunday, June 27, at 9:00 am ET (6:00 am PT), as Salita Promotions proudly presents another marathon 14-fight matinee of Russian boxing on their popular YOUTUBE CHANNEL, free of charge from the Soviet Wings Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia. The event, entitled “Fight and Win” and presented by Shamo Boxing in association with Salita Promotions, will feature a rugged eight-round battle between WBO #3 and IBF #7 bantamweight Nikolai Potapov (22-2-1, 11 KOs), of Podolsk, Russia, now residing Brooklyn, and Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania’s Oscar Richard (7-3-1, 2 KOs). And in the 10-round co-main event, Beshariq, Uzbekistan’s Bakhromjon “B.F.” Fozilov (3-1-3, 3 KOs) will face 18-fight veteran Andrey Read more [...]

PHILADELPHIA (June 18, 2021)-A highly anticipated lightweight showdown between "Philly Favorites" Steven Ortiz and Damon Allen Jr. headlines a gigantic night of boxing on Saturday, July 24th at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. The fight card, dubbed "Crossroads" will feature the much talked about fight, which has been scheduled twice, but postponed by the Pandemic and then an injury. The fight will headline the second night of back-to-back massive shows at the 2300 Arena promoted by RDR Promotions.  The Ortiz-Allen showdown is promoted in association with DiBella Entertainment. The bout is the most anticipated "Philly vs. Philly" main event matchup since Derek Ennis took a 12-round majority decision over Gabriel Rosado on July, 30 Read more [...]

New York, New York (June 16, 2021) JOE JOYCE will risk his lofty world rankings and guaranteed future Heavyweight Title shot when he goes to battle with CARLOS TAKAM at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday July 24, live on BT Sport.  This huge event will be presented by Frank Warren’s Queensberry in association with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing. Destructive Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) is back in action for the first time since his tenth round win against Daniel Dubois last November when he captured the vacant European title and relieved Dubois of his British and Commonwealth titles. Victory against former world title challenger Takam (39-5-1, 28 KOs) will cement Joe’s status as the next WBO mandatory challenger. Promoter FRANK WARREN said: “It was a great win for Joe Read more [...]

PHILADELPHIA (June 16, 2021)-The recently announced June 25th fight RDR Promotions fight card at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia will be moved to Friday July 23rd. This will set p one of the biggest weekend in recent Philadelphia boxing history as RDR Promotions will present "Crossroads" fight weekend with two huge nights of boxing on Friday, July 23rd and Saturday, July 24th (Card to be announced this week). Tickets Bought from Fighters, must be returned to the Point of Purchase for a refund. Those tickets WILL NOT be honored on July 23rd; Tickets Bought at the 2300 Arena WILL BE honored. In the main event on July 23rd, will be a "cant miss" eight-round lightweight bout between Nahir Albright and Jeremy Hill.  Albright of Sicklerville, New Jersey has a Read more [...]

Orlando, Florida (June 11, 2021)--TONIGHT at The Avanti Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida, super middleweight Christopher Brooker is back in action as he takes on Elie Augustama in a six-round bout on a Christy Martin Promotions card. Brooker, 30 years-old has a record of 15-7, 6 KOs and the Philadelphia native is managed by DKO Boxing He is coming off a second round stoppage of Damion Hill on April 24th in Philadelphia. Brooker is looking for an impressive performance to get back to big fights where he was able to win against the likes of Leo Hall (8-0), John Magda (11-0), Antowyan Aikens (10-1-1), Gabriel Pham (6-0), former world title challenger Elvin Ayala (28-7-1) and Lanell Bellows (18-2-2). In taking on the 21 fight-veteran in Augustama, Brooker Read more [...]