Can David Haye Compete with the New Heavyweight Elite?

With less than a month to go until his much-anticipated rematch with Tony Bellew, David Haye had to pull out of the planned fight due to a “freak training injury”. The bizarre injury in question reportedly saw him tear his bicep during a stair conditioning session, but it’s the latest in a long line of injuries for Haye, and something that has defined the latter part of his career. Haye, 37, insists he wants to fight Anthony Joshua, although admits he has to beat Tony Bellew before he could be considered for such a fight. It shouldn’t be forgotten what a good fighter Haye was – if not is. He was WBO heavyweight champion of the world until 2011, an impressive feat considering he had not long moved up from the Cruiserweight division – which he had dominated – picking up Read more [...]

2017 National Golden Gloves champion Poindexter Knight, Jr. wins his Pro debut

New York (December, 11, 2017)--On December 1st, welterweight prospect Poindexter Knight, Jr. won his anticipated professional debut when he stopped Samuel Forjoe in the first round of their scheduled four-round bout at The Strand Ballroom and Theater in Providence, Rhode Island.  The 2017 National Golden Gloves champion out of Philadelphia landed a hard combination the corner that had Forjoe bending over, and the bout was stopped in just 63 seconds.  Knight is the latest top-prospect to debut for Split-T Management, and he is promoted by Evander Holyfield's Sports and Entertainment. "Everything went well, I was excited and nervous, but I got through it,"said Knight. "I thought my opponent would have a little more for me, but I did what I had to do in there and I got him out of there.  Read more [...]

Barrientes Twins From Pound-4-Pound Boxing Program Win Belts at 2017 USA Boxing Elite Youth National Championships

LAS VEGAS, NV (December 11, 2017) - This past week, the "Pound-4-Pound" gym, Las Vegas' # 1 amateur boxing program, sent eight members to the 2017 USA Boxing Elite Youth National Championships & Junior Open.  The Barrientes twins, Chavez and Angel both qualified to represent Team USA in the Junior Division, by winning belts at the tournament.  Angel Barrientes was voted most outstanding boxer of the tournament. The five-day tournament, which took place in Salt Lake City, UT, at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center, had the best amateur boxers fighting to see who would triumph and represent Team USA. "I'm very proud of our entire team who all fought hard and had tremendous success in this tournament," said Pound-4-Pound head coach Richard Barrientes. "Although Read more [...]

Surge in Boxing Sons Following Fathers into Combat

There has long been a pattern of family members following in the footsteps of their fathers within sport, with boxing, in particular, seeing this emerge even more often.  Despite the brutality and risk that comes along with stepping into the ring as a professional prizefighter, the rewards seem greater for those who look up to their elder relatives and also go on to lace up their gloves.  There have been plenty of examples of this happening throughout the years but, in the recent past, there has been a surge of young fighters coming through their family's sporting ranks.  The most high profile of them all at the present moment is undoubtedly Chris Eubank Jr, who is seeking to emulate and surpass his father Chris Eubank Snr's illustrious boxing career, in which he won world titles Read more [...]

Tacoma’s Gavronski Ranked No. 13 in the World by WBA

Mike Gavronski took a major step towards realizing his goal of fighting for a world title in 2018 as the Tacoma fighter cracked the World Boxing Association’s Top 15 world rankings for the first time in his career.  Gavronski, the North American Boxing Association super middleweight champion, came in at No. 13 in the most current WBA world rankings. Gavronski (25-2-1, 15 KOs) won the vacant NABA super middleweight title on Nov. 18 after defeating Andrew Hernandez by technical decision. The championship victory marked the fifth consecutive win for Gavronski. “We’re now part of the conversation,” said Gavronski when asked his thoughts about potentially receiving a world title shot in the near future. “It’s everyone’s goal when they get involved in boxing to eventually become Read more [...]

Exciting January Double Header Awaits Boxing Fans

Throughout 2017, fans have been treated to an abundance of top quality fights, with boxing enjoying a throwback year in which the best finally went toe to toe with the best in their respective divisions once again.  There were so many incredible match-ups to take place over the last few months, including the heavyweight title clash between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Arena, a bloody war between Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, as well as the awaited middleweight encounter of Gennady Golovkin versus Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.  The action doesn't stop yet in 2017 either, with there being plenty more bouts around the corner, including another middleweight world title scrap between Britain's Billy Joe Saunders and Canadian Read more [...]

Tyrone Brunson stopped Manny Woods to win the UBF International Junior Middleweight title after eight-rounds of a scheduled ten-round bout

Philadelphia, PA (December 5, 2017) - Last Friday night Tyrone Brunson stopped Manny Woods to win the UBF International Junior Middleweight title after eight-rounds of a scheduled ten-round bout in front of a sold out crowd at the 2300 Arena.   The exciting 12-bout card was promoted by King's Promotions.  Brunson of Philadelphia systematically broke down woods as he boxed well using a pinpoint jab over the first half of the fight.  In round six, Brunson started landing hard power punches and began to stagger Woods.  Finally after round eight, the corner of Woods pulled the plug on the bout, and Brunson scored his 3rd straight win. Brunson is now 26-6-2 with 24 knockouts.  Woods of Saint Petersburg, Florida is 16-7-1. In the co-feature Brandon Robinson scored Read more [...]

NESN To Air Star Boxing’s November 25 “Slugfest At the Sun” on December 3!

JOE DEGUARDIA'S STAR BOXING is pleased to announce that if you were unable to attend the November 25th, SLUGFEST at the SUN, live from Mohegan Sun, you will be able to watch it on tape-delay, airing on NESN (New England Sports Network) Sunday, December 3rd at 8:00 PM ET.  November 25th's, Star Boxing's SLUGFEST at the SUN, from Mohegan Sun, will also re-air on NESN on:Sunday, December 3rd at 8:00-10:00 PM (first-airing); Friday, December 15th at 8:00-10:00 PM; and Saturday, December 23rd at 6:00-8:00 PM. The broadcast will open with a 6-round Women's Middleweight clash between former 2 time world champion Kali Reis and North Carolina native, Tiffany Woodard in a fight that had the fans on their feet the entire time. In the co-feature bout, the vacant WBC Silver International Super Lightweight Read more [...]

Bryant “Goodfella” Perrella to face Alex “Chi Town Heat” Martin on December 8th on FS1

Fort Myers, FL (November 30, 2017) – Welterweight Bryant “Goodfella” Perrella returns to the ring against Alex “Chi Town Heat” Martin Friday, December 8 at Hialeah Park in Miami, Florida.  The Perrella-Martin showdown is scheduled for 10 rounds and airs on FS1 at 9 PM ET as part of Premier Boxing Champions’ "PBC on FS1" series. The bout proceeds a light heavyweight matchup between former world champion Jean Pascal and unbeaten Ahmed Elbiali. The Perrella-Martin showdown is scheduled for 10 rounds and airs on FS1 at 9 L-R - Head Trainer Michael Nowling, Welterweight Bryant Perrella, Coach Michel Sarduy Photo credit:   Courtesy PM ET as part of Premier Boxing Champions’ "PBC on FS1" series. The bout proceeds a light heavyweight matchup between former world champion Jean Read more [...]

Lamont Roach, Jr., Shines in Front of Hometown Crowd with Unanimous Decision

OXON HILL, MD (Nov. 30, 2017) Super Featherweight Prospect Lamont Roach, Jr. (16-0, 6 KOs) demonstrated yet again why he's one of the best and brightest prospects of the Golden Boy Promotions stable as he defeated tough contender Rey "Flash" Perez (21-9, 6 KOs) via unanimous decision in the 10-round main event of the latest edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at the MGM National Harbor in Maryland. Despite getting caught with a hard shot to the body in the second round, Roach, Jr. prevailed in exciting and dominant fashion, landing right hands and lead left uppercuts to hurt Perez in the later rounds. Roach, Jr. won with three scores of 99-91. "I feel good after a good performance like that," said Roach, Jr. "In the second round, he hit me with a really good body shot. But I stayed composed Read more [...]

Two Heavy-handed super lightweights look to close out 2017 in Spectacular Fashion

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 28, 2017) A big jump in the super lightweight rankings will be on the line Saturday Dec. 16 when Cletus "Hebrew Hammer" Seldin (21-0, 17 KOs) returns just more than a month after a dominating KO victory to take on highly regarded Yves Ulysse, Jr. (14-1, 9 KOs) at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The 10-round opening event of HBO World Championship Boxing begins live at 9:40 p.m. ET/PT. The fight will serve as the TV opener for the main event featuring WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders putting his belt on the line against former IBF World Middleweight Champion David Lemieux and the co-main event between Antoine "Action" Douglas and Gary "Spike" O'Sullivan for the WBO Intercontinental Middleweight title. Fighting out of Long Island, NY, Seldin is a Read more [...]

Tyrone Brunson looking for big effort against Manny Woods this Friday night

Philadelphia, PA - Junior Middleweight Tyrone Brunson is looking for a major opportunity in 2018.  Brunson of Philadelphia will first need to get past Manny Woods this Friday night at the 2300 Arena in the ten-round main event of a loaded 12 bout card that is promoted by King's Promotions. The 32 year-old is coming off the biggest when of his career when he stopped former two-time world champion Kermit Cintron in five rounds.  The sure-fire Philadelphia Fight of the Year saw Brunson climb off the canvas twice before dropping Cintron three times in the pivotal round five. "The fight fight gave me a lot of confidence," said Brunson.  "To do what I did against Cintron who is a two-time world champion.  I am ready for Friday night." Despite not having a lot of knowledge of Woods, Read more [...]

Golden Boy Promotions: Jose Lopez to fight Avery Sparrow

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 27, 2017) Super featherweight contender José "Wonder Boy" López (18-1-1, 13 KOs) of Carolina, Puerto Rico will now take on Avery Sparrow (8-1, 3 KOs) in the new co-main event of the Nov. 30 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at the MGM National Harbor in Maryland. The event will also feature the headlining debut of Lamont Roach, Jr. (15-0, 6 KOs) as he defends his WBC Youth Super Featherweight Title against Rey "Flash" Pérez (21-8, 6 KOs) in the 10-round main event. ESPN3 (English) and ESPN Deportes (Spanish) will air the fights live at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT. Undercard will stream on ESPN3 at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. ESPN2 will air the fight at 11 p.m.ET/8 p.m. PT. López, a 23-year-old contender who is coming off a four-fight win streak, has earned two regional Read more [...]

Olympic medalist Nico Hernandez injured, “KO Night Boxing: Gold & Glory” postponed

PARK CITY, Kansas (November 27, 2017) - Due to an injury suffered by 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez last week at training camp, this Saturday night's "KO Night Boxing: Gold & Glory" card, presented by KO Night Boxing LLC, has been postponed until February 10, at the same venue, Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas. The 21-year-old Hernandez was scheduled to headline the event in his hometown against Hungarian flyweight champion Jozsef "Little Red" Ajtai (19-9, 12 KOs) in the eight-round main event for the vacant International Boxing Association (IBA) Americas flyweight championship. The promoter plans to keep the card intact, as much as possible, and he is hopeful that Ajtai is available to challenge Hernandez for the IBA Americas title. "Injuries are an unfortunate Read more [...]

Sugar Promotions Postpones New Blood Card in Aguascalientes, Mexico

AGUASCALIENTES, MX (November 27, 2017) - Sugar Promotions will postpone their 8-fight card titled "New Blood", which was scheduled for this Saturday, December 2, due to main event fighter Issac "Canelito" Avelar (13-0, 8 KOs) suffering a minor hand injury.  The show was scheduled to take place in Aguascalientes, Mexico but will now be tentatively rescheduled for February 2, 2018 at the same venue. Issac "Canelito" Avelar, who fights for Prince Ranch Boxing, was set to fight for the WBC FECOMBOX Featherweight title against Alfredo Mejia Vargas (7-1, 1 KO) is looking to stay active during his time off. "Although I won't be able to spar and use my right hand, I'll still be able to work on my jab and other aspects of my game," said Avelar. "In addition, I'll continue to stay in great shape.  Read more [...]