Tag: Boxing

Press Release: Canelo Alvarez to fight Liam Smith for WBO Junior Middleweight World Championship September 17, 2016

LOS ANGELES (June 24, 2016) - Known for his power and dominance in the ring, Canelo Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) will look to win his third title in the junior middleweight division when he challenges undefeated heavy-hitter Liam "Beefy" Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs) for the WBO Junior Middleweight World Championship on Saturday, September 17.  A battle between two power-punchers, Canelo vs. Smith promises action between two fighters willing to take a punch in order to secure the next Knockout of the Year. The event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.  Information regarding venue and tickets will be announced shortly. "I am very pleased to announce my next fight against Liam Smith, a tremendous fighter with real knockout power, and the Read more [...]

Mexican Heavyweight Contender Andy Ruiz to Headline Salita Promotions’ next ‘Detroit Brawl’

To the delight of the sizable Mexican community in Detroit, on Saturday, July 16, world-rated Mexican heavyweight contender Andy "The Destroyer from Mexicali" Ruiz will appear in the 10-round main event of Salita Promotions' next "Detroit Brawl" installment at the Masonic Temple in Downtown Detroit.  26-year-old Ruiz, from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, is a former amateur standout, now undefeated at 27-0, 18 KOs as a professional and rated WBO #5, IBF #5, and WBC #7 at heavyweight. Ruiz is the current NABF heavyweight champion and has already made four successful defenses. Before that, he held the WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship and made an additional three successful defenses before relinquishing. In his last in-ring appearance, Ruiz stopped former world title challenger Read more [...]

Juan Carlos Payano – I’m ready for war. Warren is in trouble

MIAMI, FL (June 15, 2016) - In an anticipated rematch, WBA and IBO bantamweight champion, Juan Carlos Payano (17-0, 8 KOs), is ready to defend his titles against Rau'shee Warren (13-1, 4 KOs) and show the world he's the king at 118 pounds.  The 12-round co-main event bout scheduled for this Saturday, June 18, 2016, will take place at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.  Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC will broadcast the event live starting at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT. Payano, who won a split decision against Warren in their first bout, wrapped up his final day of training camp yesterday and vows to come out victorious when the two meet again this Saturday.  After a great camp. Payano is ready for war. "I had a great training camp and everyone will see the improvements I've Read more [...]

Tonight: Super Bantamweight Clast on the Way to the Championship

Tonight at the legendary Arena Coliseo in Mexico City, Mexican undefeated Rey Vargas will face African Alexis Kabore in a crash bout on the way to the championship.  It will be an eliminatory fight for the super bantamweight world title against one of the top ranked of the most important body to define the official challenger of reigning division champion, Mexican Hugo " Cuatito " Ruiz. From Otumba, Mexico, Rey Vargas knows no defeat, he has knocked out 21 opponents in 26 fights and his goal is to conquer WBC green and gold 122 belt. In another explosive combat, Mexican Eduardo " Rocky" Hernandez, will face Philippino Warren Mambuanag and high ranked Juan "Churritos" Hernandez against former champion Omar Niño, in a duel with knock out smell. Promociones del Pueblo, supported Read more [...]

Anthony Ogogo faces Chris Herrmann on Saturday night in Glasgow

2012 Olympic Bronze medalist Anthony Ogogo (8-0, 4 KOs) is ready to return to the ring on Saturday, May 28 against Chris Herrmann (21-10-1, 12 KOs) at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, live on Sky Sports.  Ogogo has endured a difficult time with injuries since joining the professional ranks. Having returned from a long-standing Achilles problem, which saw him sidelined for 12 months, the 27 year-old dislocated his shoulder during a unanimous points win over Ruslan Schelev last July.  Now injury free, Ogogo is ready to get his promising career back on track, starting with Saturday’s event, a fight he believes will lead to the bigger challenges he craves. Ogogo's return is part of a huge night of action in Glasgow as Ricky Burns (39-5-1,13 KOs) looks to become a three-division world champion as Read more [...]

Luis “Orlandito” Del Valle Decisions Thomas “KO” Snow; Targets Bigger Opportunities

Washington, DC (May 14, 2016) – 122 pound contender Luis “Orlandito” Del Valle (22-2, 16 KO's) of Bayamon, Puerto Rico scored a clear-cut, eight-round unanimous decision over local southpaw Thomas “KO” Snow (18-3, 12 KO's) on Friday, May 13 at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.  Fighting on Roc Nation Sports' Throne Boxing on BET, Del Valle looked to set the tone by pressuring the DC-based Snow in the opening round. In the second, the former NABA featherweight champion landed a number of straight right hands, including one that sent Snow down hard. Sensing that a knockout may be imminent, Del Valle swarmed Snow but he made it out of the round. The third saw Del Valle land a picture perfect left hook that dropped Snow again, who effectively tied up after tasting the canvas. Del Read more [...]

Marvin Hagler Jr. to take on Ray Leonard Jr. on April 8, 2017 in Atlantic City 30 years to the day of their Fathers’ memorable fight

Atlantic City, NJ (May 13, 2015) – On April 8, 2017, Feldman Brothers, Ritesh Parikh and former Heavyweight champion of the world, Larry Holmes will present a special night that will feature a bout 30 years in the making.   Marvin Hagler Jr. and Ray Leonard Jr. will square off in a battle for legacy in a contest that will come exactly 30 years after the Father’s squared off in a memorable fight.

The third man in the ring will be the same referee that officiated Leonard Sr’s win over Hagler Sr.  That being Richard Steele.

The event will distributed worldwide live on Pay-Per-View.

Derrick Webster to headline D and D Promotions presents Rumble at the Rink on Saturday June 4th

Bristol, PA (May 13, 2016) - On Saturday night June 4th, a brand new boxing series will be launched as D and D Promotions presents its inaugural "Rumble at the Rink" Boxing series that will take place at The Grundy Arena in Bristol, Pa.    Scheduled to appear in the six-round main event will be super middleweight Derrick Webster.     Webster of Glassboro, New Jersey has a record of 19-1 with 10 knockouts and will be looking to get back in the win column after an eleven-month layoff. Webster won his first nineteen bouts, which was highlighted by a 22-second knockout over 23-1 Obodai Sai.  He is coming off his first professional blemish when he was stopped by undefeated Arif Magomedov on July 17, 2015. Also scheduled to appear will be super welterweight Elijah Vines (1-0, 1 KO) of Read more [...]

Undefeated prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. establishing his own identity in ring

TAMPA (May 10,2016)  Fighting for his young family, as well as to expand the legacy associated with his last name, the son of 5-time world champion and 1996 U.S. Olympian Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver - unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. - this past weekend continued establishing his own identity in the ring.  After a 9-month absence, the 28-year-old Tarver (4-0, 3 KOs) returned to the ring in Lakeland, Florida, stopping Jose Cortez in the second round.  Tarver displayed his improving skills, especially a punishing body attack, during a thoroughly dominating performance.  He broke-down Cortez and closed the show in style. "It took me one round to get rid of ring rust," he explained.  "We had a game-plan to go to the body, then the head, body and head, but it took Read more [...]

WBO European Super Featherweight champion Evgeny Chuprakov defends title with 5th round stoppage

Ekaterinburg, Russia (May 9, 2016)--This past Friday night, in Ekaterinburg, Russia, undefeated WBO European Super Featherweight champion Evgeny Chuprakov made the second defense of his title, when he stopped previously undefeated Sebastian Tlatlik in the fifth round of their scheduled 10-round bout.  Chuprakov (16-0, 8 KO's) of Ekaterinburg is currently ranked number-7 by the WBO and number-14 by the IBF. Chuprakov dominated the action and finally the fight was halted by the referee in the 5th round.  This was the third undefeated opponent that Chuprakov has beaten, as he continues to fight top-level competition;  He already has a stoppage victory over former world champion Dmitry Kirillov. "This is a great win for Evgeny.  He stopped an undefeated fighter, and now we are looking Read more [...]

WBF Titles Conquered In Germany, Philippines & Uganda

Germany, Philippines and Uganda set the scene for World Boxing Federation (WBF) championship bouts on Saturday, April 30, as thousands of boxing fans witnessed the crowning of two new Intercontinental champions and two new International titlist.  In Germany, at the Tangerhuette Kulturhaus, Samir Nebo stopped Andrei Mazanik from Belorussia to win the vacant WBF Intercontinental Heavyweight title. Nebo seemed to be cruising along steadily, winning the first four rounds comfortably, when the visitor tripped and hurt his ankle. Mazanik did get back on his feet, but when Nebo took advantage of the situation by opening up with combinations, the trainer of Mazanik pulled his man out and Nebo was declared the winner by fifth round technical knockout (time 2:41) and improved his record to 8-1-1 Read more [...]

Mijares vs. Gutierrez…A Real War from Cancun – Pepe Rodriguez

Next June 4, Mexicans Andres "Jaguar" Gutierrez and Christian "Diamante" Mijares, will step in the ring to fight 12 rounds at the Oasis Arena of Cancun, Quintana Roo, México, in a co-promotion of Promociones del Pueblo and Cancun Boxing, which will be broadcast across Mexico by Televisa Deportes on its weekly serial "Sábados de Box". Mijares, who was crowned WBC super flyweight World Champion after defeating Katsushige Kawashima in Tokyo Japan in 2007, is an experienced fighter (35) who has faced several rivals such as Jorge "Travieso" Arce, Vic Darchinyan, Victor "Vikingo" Terrazas and Leo "Terremoto" Santa Cruz among many others, and is considered the best fighter from Gomez Palacio, Durango, México. On the other hand, Andres Gutiérrez, from Queretaro, Mexico, is a young undefeated Read more [...]

Great talents from LA, Las Vegas, San Diego and Oakland to debut in Salon Mezzanine’s “Redemption” May 13th card

The "Redemption" boxing card, to be presented at the Salon Mezzanine of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico scheduled for next May 13, will feature some of the most prominent prospects from prestigious boxing gyms in Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.  Presented by Borizteca Boxing, the card will consist of 13 fights, mostly 4 round bouts, with 56 scheduled rounds, and will include the professional debut of the two sons of the late boxer Hector "Torero" Lopez. Featherweight Adam Lopez will face Hector Garcia, while Hector Lopez Jr. will face an opponent to be named in the super featherweight division.  The Lopez brothers come from the Pullmans Boxing Gym and represesent Team Humble Hands of Burbank. They are trained by the experienced Eddie Levine, who in his Read more [...]

Del Valle to battle Snow May 13 in Washington, DC!

Bayamon, PR (April 29, 2016) - 122 pound powerhouse Luis “Orlandito” Del Valle looks to continue his march towards the top of his division when he faces hard hitting Thomas “KO” Snow in an eight round bout Friday, May 13 at the D.C. Armory.  The fight will air live on BET at 10 PM ET.  Living and fighting out of Bayamon, PR, Del Valle’s professional record is 21-2 with 16 wins coming by way of knockout. A former NABA featherweight titlist, Del Valle destroyed Josh Crespo inside of two rounds April 9 in New Hampshire. Against Snow, Del Valle will look for his fourth straight win by stoppage.  Hailing from Capitol Heights, MD, which is 30 minutes from the nation’s capital, Snow enters the ring with an impressive 18-2 ledger and 12 victories via knockout. A winner in eight of his Read more [...]

Split-T Management signs World Amateur Sensation Marquis Moore

New York, NY (April 29, 2016) - Split-T Management is happy to announce the signing of International Golden Gloves Champion and two-time National Golden Gloves champion, Marquis Moore to a managerial contract. Moore, who was honorably discharged from the army after serving our country for 3 years, will be making his professional debut as a middleweight tonight in Indianapolis, IN on a card promoted by 4 Champs Promotions.Moore, 25, was among the United States top amateur middleweights as he compiled a record of 140-15, highlighted by representing Team USA in many international events including winning the World National Golden Gloves as well as winning the gold medal in numerous national championships including the 2012 Armed Forces Championships, 2013 and 2014 National Golden Gloves, 2015 Read more [...]