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The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee ordered, this August 1st, a purse bid to secure a match between the Japanese fighter Ryota Murata and the American Robert Brant for the WBA middleweight title.

Murata is the current champion of the division and won his title after beating the Cameroonian French resident Hassan N’Dam, whom he defeated in seven rounds on October 22nd, 2017, in Japan. Subsequently, he made the first defense of his WBA belt against the Italian Emanuele Felice Blandamura, a fighter whom he dispatched in the eighth round by technical knockout on April 14th, 2018, in Yokohama. Continue reading “WBA orders purse bid for Murata-Brant”

Former middleweight champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin and WBA Super Middleweight Women’s World Champion Alicia “The Empress” Napoleon visited Crestwood Day Camp Wednesday afternoon and hosted a motivational and fitness training session with over 200 campers. Quillin and Napoleon took advantage of the opportunity to share positive messages with the campers ahead of their respective matchups taking place this Saturday, August 4 from NYCB LIVE.

“Being a boxer is my lifestyle, and to be able to share some of the things that made me who I am with these kids is a great joy,” said Quillin. “It’s so important to reach out to the next generation and give them the tools to live positively. As a pro athlete I consider that part of my job and something I take pride in doing.”

Welterweight contender Yordenis Ugas and Argentine slugger Cesar Barrionuevo will battle in a World Boxing Council (WBC) title eliminator while unbeaten Polish heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki will face former heavyweight champion Charles Martin in a 10-round attraction as part of a Showtime tripleheader on September 8 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The previously announced ain event is Danny “Swift” Garcia against “Showtime” Shawn Porter for the vacant WBC welterweight title. The winner of Ugas-Barrionuevo earns the WBC’s second mandatory position to the winner of Garcia vs. Porter.

Edwin Reyes and Jesus Soler battled to an entertaining eight round draw in the main event of Tri-Star Boxing Promotions’ “Fight Night at Limelight” Saturday, July 28 in Nashville, Tennessee.

With a standing room only crowd cheering him on, Reyes moved up in weight to challenge for the UBF All-Americas 112 pound championship and had a significant size disadvantage. Known for his exciting style, the popular Nashville-based Guatemalan found success early with his signature volume punching. Later in the bout, the Arecibo, Puerto Rico based Soler neutralized Reyes by using his length and buzzed him with some hard shots to the head. There were also a few close rounds that could’ve gone either way as each man had moments of success. Continue reading “Late Results from Nashville”

By Boxing Bob Newman

The North American Boxing Federation is celebrating their golden anniversary in a big way. Their 50th annual convention will take place in Reno, Nevada, proudly self-proclaimed “The Biggest Little City in the World.” All event will be held at the Resort Complexes of the Circus Circus, Eldorado and the Silver Legacy. Among expected guests are Top Rank’s Bob Arum, Continental Americas lightweight champ Teofimo Lopez and former NABF and two division world champ Jesus “El Matador” Chavez. Continue reading “NABF 50th annual convention in Reno starting tomorrow”

By Gary “Digital” Williams

August brings two quality boxing cards to the Beltway area. One will be in Northern Virginia and another in Maryland. On Saturday, August 4th, Ponytail Promotions will bring a card to the Michael and Son Sportsplex at Dulles in Sterling, VA.

The main event has multi-time world champion Tori “Sho Nuff” Nelson in a 10-round bout against Tiffany Woodard of Wilson, NC. Nelson (17-2-3, two KO’s) will look to bounce back from suffering two straight losses against quality opposition. In her last outing, Nelson lost a 10-round unanimous decision to Christina Hammer for the WBC and WBO Middleweight championships on June 22nd in Detroit, MI. Prior to that, Nelson dropped a 10-round unanimous decision to Claressa Shields for the IBF and WBC Super Middleweight championships on January 12th in Verona, NY. Continue reading “Quality Cards Coming to Beltway in August”

Photos: Ed Keenan/Main Events

World Boxing Organization (WBO) light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, his challenger Eleider Alvarez, World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, and his challenger Isaac Chilemba made their grand arrivals today at the new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City’s Main Valet Entrance at the ‘Big Guitar.’ They fight Satrday night on HBO. More photos

By David Finger

One of New Mexico’s most successful boxing series returns August 4th as Isidro Castillo and School of Hard Knocks Boxing host an action pack show at Club La Sierra in Hobbs, New Mexico.

Although Hobbs’s three most noteworthy fighters (Edgar Zubia, Gerardo Quintana and Isidro Castillo Jr.) will not be on the card, there is nonetheless no shortage of talented young fighters looking to showcase their skills in front of some of the most devout boxing fans in the Southwest. In a fight that will showcase one of New Mexico’s hottest young prospects, undefeated Aaron “Angel Baby” Perez (3-0, 3 KOs) of Albuquerque will face off against the durable Gene Perez (2-13-1, 0 KOs) in a four round lightweight contest. Continue reading “Perez headlines in Hobbs August 4”

A dozen years after he captured his third world title in two different weight classes, seven since his last fight, “El Gallo” Jose Rivera returns to the ring August 17 to headline “Homecoming”, presented by Granite Chin Promotions (GCP) in association with Rivera Promotions Entertainment (RPE), at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts.

The 45-year-old Rivera (41-6-1, 24 KOs) has already lost more than 30 pounds, now within four pounds of his contracted weight, since he started training earlier this year. He will headline against Ruben “Modern Day Warrior” Galvan (27-26-4, 10 KOs) in the eight-round main event. Continue reading “Ex-champ Rivera, 45, returns to the ring”

Ronson Frank’s Uprising Promotions officially announced today that it has signed undefeated heavyweight Vladimir Tereshkin (20-0-1, 10 KOs) of Kovylkino, Russia.

“Since the first time I spoke to Vladimir, I could hear the enthusiasm in his voice,” said Ronson Frank, President of Uprising Promotions. “He is a very good fighter who has a unique skillset for a heavyweight. He also wants to challenge himself and fight the best guys out there, which is exactly the type of mentality we want from the fighters on our roster. Vladimir has a goal of becoming a champion, and we look forward to working with his team to make that happen.” Continue reading “Uprising Promotions inks Vladimir Tereshkin”

By TMZSports.com

Ever seen a drunk intervention before? Well, that’s kinda what happened Monday night …

Boxing stars Adrien Broner and Gervonta Davis were leaving Ace of Diamonds in L.A. after balling out in the club … when AB decided to deliver a message to Floyd Mayweather and 50 Cent. “Floyd and 50 … y’all on some bitch ass sh*t,” Broner said. “Y’all some bitch ass n****s. Y’all gotta stop that man. Y’all brothers. I’m mad as f*ck y’all doing that in public.”

Broner’s friends with both guys and says he’s sick of watching them feud over Instagram. Broner also says if he and Davis can bury the hatchet, then 50 and Floyd can make peace too. Now, someone get these guys some water and Advil — ’cause you KNOW they’re hungover this morning.

2016 Rio Olympic bronze medallist Filip Hrgovic (5-0, 4 KOs) of Croatia will face his biggest test on September 8 when he meets Scotland’s Gary Cornish (25-2, 13 KOs) for the World Boxing Council (WBC) International heavyweight championship at the Arena Zagreb in Croatia. Hrgovic has raced to 5-0 since turning pro in September 2017 with victories over Raphael Zumbano (TKO1), Pavel Sour (KO1), Tom Little (TKO4), Sean Turner (UD8) and Filiberto Tovar (TKO4). He is currently in Miami training with renowned Cuban coach Pedro Diaz.

Cornish fancies himself as somewhat of a Croatian assassin. “I don’t mind a hostile atmosphere,” he said. “I just block it out and focus on the job at hand. I’ve faced three Croatians before and stopped all of them so I’m confident going over to his backyard.”

By Ron Jackson

One of the most promising young fighters in South Africa today, former South African featherweight champion Azinga Fuzile moving up to the junior-lightweight division scored a one-sided eighth round stoppage win over Waidi Usman from Nigeria to claim the vacant IBF Continental Africa junior-lightweight title at the Orient Theatre in East London on Sunday afternoon.

Fuzile (11-0, 6 KOs) was in control from the opening bell and dominated throughout against an opponent who was only intent on survival. Referee Deon Dwarte went to Usman’s corner in one of the middle rounds to warn the fighter and his cornermen to fight otherwise he would stop the fight. However, this had no effect on Usman (14-3, 12 KOs) and Dwarte stopped the fight in the eighth round. Continue reading “Fuzile wins one-sided contest”

Plan on getting up extra early this Friday morning. The next ESPN+ live boxing stream will begin at 6:15 AM ET/3:15 AM PT when Philadelphia native Tevin Farmer (25-4-1, 5 KOs) takes on Billy Dib (43-4, 24 KOs) for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior lightweight title in Sydney, Australia. Also on the card is top prospect Tim Tszyu (9-0, 7 KOs) defending the WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental super welterweight title against Stevie Ongen Ferdinandus (27-15-1, 14 KOs). Pro Tip: If you want to get a few extra Zs, ESPN promises that the Dib-Farmer bout will start no earlier than 7:30 AM ET/4:30 AM PT.

By John DiSanto – PhillyBoxingHistory.com

Philadelphian Tevin Farmer, 25-4-1, 5 KOs, 1 NC, has a chance to get it right this week when he faces Billy Dib, 43-4, 24 KOs, in a fight in Australia for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) world junior lightweight championship. This will be Farmer’s second attempt at winning a world title after letting his first opportunity slip through his hands, thanks to a long layoff, bad scoring, two injuries, an opponent on performance enhancers, and his own entitled attitude that hampered his ability to get the job done last December.

That concoction of factors conspired to keep Farmer down among the pack of ordinary boxers, but on Saturday, he gets another chance to rise above the rest of the 130-pounders, and above all receive a rare second opportunity to prove what he is all about. However this time, he has to get it right. The bout with Dib comes on Friday, August 3. Continue reading “Farmer needs to get it right this time”

By Ricardo Ibarra

Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) Jr. lightweight world champion Steve “2Pound” Forbes will delve into the promotional side of the fight game once again, staging the second show of his recently formed company 2Pound Sports and Entertainment on Saturday August 25th, at the Jackson Armory in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. Working with partner Christina Lunzman, Forbes aims to build on the success of their inaugural event, which took place last December, and continue to gain more exposure for Portland area boxing. The pair have lined up a promising five-fight card for their follow-up show, featuring young talent from around the Pacific Northwest. Continue reading “Steve Forbes to promote Portland card Aug 25”

WRAM Boxing (William Ramirez) and Nica Boxing (Pablo Osuna) put on another exciting fight card for the locals in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday afternoon. The event took place at the Gimnasio Nicarao and featured former world champion and current World Boxing Association (WBA) mandatory minimumweight world title challenger Byron “El Gallito” Rojas (24-3-3, 11 KOs). It was the first fight for Rojas since last December, but there were no signs of ring rust. He was in excellent shape against his very game opponent and countryman Daniel Mendoza (9-3, 3 KOs). Mendoza came out firing but Rojas was simply too much. He dropped Mendoza for times in route to a third round stoppage. Rojas is next up to face champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong (a.k.a. CP Freshmart, 18-0, 7 KOs). Continue reading “Rojas stays on track for title shot”

By Przemek Garczarczyk

More Jacobs-Derevyanchenko craziness. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has just released the following statement:

A Purse Bid Procedure was scheduled for Thursday, August 9, 2018 for the vacant IBF Middleweight Championship fight between #1, Sergiy Derevyanchenko and #3, Daniel Jacobs. That Purse Bid procedure has been canceled. Both sides reached an agreement.

Earlier in the day, the IBF announced that there would be a SECOND Jacobs-Derevyanchenko purse bid August 9.

On June 11, 2018, the IBF ordered #1, Sergiy Derevyanchenko and #3, Daniel Jacobs to begin negotiations for the vacant IBF Middleweight Championship fight. They could not reach an amicable agreement within the time frame set by the IBF. Therefore, the IBF will call for purse bids to be held in these offices on Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 12 Noon. Bids must be submitted at 11:45 AM to be promptly opened at 12 Noon.

At the time of the bid, promoters must remit a check to the IBF in the amount of $ 5,000.00, a non-refundable participation fee. You must also submit at that time a check representing 10% of the total amount of the bid. Within 5 business days following the purse bid procedure, the Winning promoter must forward another check to this office representing 10% of the bid, for a total of 20% of the total amount bid.