BOXING

Boxing fans will have a tough choice this Saturday night as HBO will air the Miguel Cotto vs Daniel Geale bout while NBC will air the “Premier Boxing Champions” event co-headlined by the Vic Darchinyan vs Jesus Cuellar WBA World Featherweight title bout and the welterweight ten-rounder between Robert Guerrero and Aaron Martinez. Boxing power player […] More

This coming Saturday, Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto defends his WBC World Middleweight title against Daniel Geale of Australia at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.  The fight is set to air on HBO in the United States, and the sport books are carrying lines already.  Cotto is the big name here and he gets to call a […] More

Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy promotions bring their “Los Angeles Fight Club” series back to the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, Calif. this Thursday night with a fight card that is set to air on Fox Sports 1.  The featherweight main event is scheduled for 10 rounds and sees undefeated Jayson Velez (22-0-1) of […] More

The O2 Arena in London saw British fighters go 2-1 in world title fights.  In the main event, IBF World Welterweight champion Kell Brook stopped rival Frankie Gavin in the sixth round to make his second successful title defense and move his record to 35-0. In featherweight, Lee Selby defeated Evgeny Gradovich to earn the […] More

Last night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, Amir Khan made his case to be Floyd Mayweather‘s next opponent with a unanimous decision over former Welterweight World titleholder Chris Algieri.  Though Khan won on the cards by scores of (115-113, 117-111, 117-111), it is unclear whether this was the type of performance that will assure him the […] More

Promoter Eddie Hearn returns to England to host a big card featuring three world title fights this weekend. In addition, Spike TV will be airing “Premier Boxing Champions” from the Barclay’s Center in New York. In the UK, Kell Brook defends his IBF World Welterweight title against fellow countryman Frankie Gavin in the evening’s main event.  Brook […] More

Two former Olympic medalists face off today for the vacant IBF Super Middleweight title belt. Andre Dirrell (25-1, 16 KOs), the 31-year old southpaw from Flint, Mich. takes on 29-year-old Brit James DeGale (20-1, 14 KOs). Dirrell was a bronze medalist in the 2004 Olympics. DeGale took home the gold medal in the 2008 games. […] More

This is a big weekend for boxing, as several big cards grace the calendar, including the “Premier Boxing Champions” broadcast Saturday night that features the Andre Dirrell vs James DeGale IBF Super Middleweight title fight. The co-main event on that card features light heavyweights Edwin Rodriguez (26-1) and Craig Baker (16-0). In Moscow on Friday, […] More

Former WBC World Light Heavyweight champion Montell Griffin returns to the Talk ‘n’ Shoot podcast to complete our interview.  During Griffin’s first guest appearance, we went in depth into his youth and into his amateur boxing career.  Griffin gave us a fascinating look at amateur boxing, and the podcast culminated with him taking us through […] More

This Friday’s edition of “Friday Night Fights” features the Boxcino 2015 tournament finals, with Brandon Adams (17-1)  facing John Thompson (16-1) in the super welterweight tourney, while Andrey Fedosov (27-3) takes on Donovan Dennis (12-1). Adams is a familiar face to fans who have followed promoter Art Pellulo’s Boxcino tournaments the last two years.  Last year, […] More

The vacant IBF World Super Middleweight title is on this line this Saturday in Boston as James DeGale (20-1) of England faces off against Andre Dirrell (24-1) of the United States.  Both men represented their countries in the Olympics, and both men have taken different professional routes to their first world title shots. Dirrell was […] More