
Chavez Jr. vs. Fonfara: 3 Keys to Victory for JCC Jr.
The return of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will come this Saturday night against Andrzej Fonfara of Poland by way of Chicago.
The return of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will come this Saturday night against Andrzej Fonfara of Poland by way of Chicago.
At an intimate luncheon just blocks away from the Freedom Tower in Lower Manhattan, Ruslan Provodnikov and Lucas Matthysse sat just a few feet apart from each other while answering questions about this Saturday's much anticipated showdown which will air live on HBO from upstate New York.
Ruslan Provodnikov (24-3, 17 KOs) is a come forward slugger who can punch through a brick wall, which is why his upcoming clash with Lucas Matthysse (36-3, 34 KOs) promises to be a fight of the year candidate. That would give Provodnikov his second such honor.
On Saturday night, Peter Quillin (31-0, 22 KOs) will challenge WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee (34-2, 24 KOs) in an attempt to win back the very same belt he vacated last year when he refused to make his mandatory defense against Matt Korobov.
Gabriel Bracero lives a few short blocks away from the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, but he might as well live a world away since that's exactly how far he has traveled to put himself in a position to fight Olympic gold medalist Felix Diaz (16-0, 8 KOs) Saturday night on the undercard of the Danny Garcia-Lamont Peterson main event on NBC as part of the Premier Boxing Champions series.
At an outdoor venue which looks like the ring was perched on the side of a highway in Corona, California, Petr Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KOs) slugged his way to a unanimous decision victory over journeyman Gamaliel Diaz (38-12-3, 17 KOs).
The Sergey Kovalev locomotive steamrolled into Montreal last weekend and pounded away on Jean Pascal en route to an eight-round TKO victory.
WBA, IBF and WBO World light heavyweight Champion Sergey Kovalev weighed in at 174 pounds on Friday afternoon for his light heavyweight championship match against former titlist Jean Pascal.
Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev takes on Jean Pascal live on HBO this Saturday, March 14, 2015. Read on for the three keys to victory for Kovalev.
Al Haymon brought big time boxing back to free television last night and produced a few bumps in the road from both the production end and of course the fights themselves. Some of the bumps even landed on Keith Thurman's (25-0, 21 KOs) forehead.
According to a source familiar with the situation, Miguel Cotto will announce on ESPN tomorrow morning that he will join Andre Ward–among others–and sign a promotional contract with Roc Nation Sports.
On the same day Floyd Mayweather announced he will fight Manny Pacquiao on May 2, undefeated middleweight prospect Jesse Hart (16-0, 13 KOs) was in the gym preparing for his own fight, which he thought would be in his hometown of Philadelphia on April 10.
In front of a packed house at the Paramount Theater in New York's Long Island, hometown hero Cletus Seldin improved to 16-0 with 13 KO's after am impressive fifth round TKO victory over a game but over matched Johnny Garcia on ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights.
Lou DiBella and Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark hosted a luncheon at the famous Junior's Cheesecake in Brooklyn to announce the undercard of the Premier Boxing Champions card to be held on April 11, 2015, airing live on NBC at 8:30pm, EST.
Omar Figueroa Jr. (24-0-1, 18 KOs), the hard hitting former lightweight world champion is making his return to the ring against former two-time world champion, Ricky Burns (37-4-1, 11 KOs) as part of the Premier Boxing Champion series in Hidalgo, Texas. The fight will be airing live on CBS on Saturday afternoon, May 9.