WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder and Polish contender Artur Szpilka continued their fight-week activities Wednesday, staring each other down for the first time at 4 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.
For the first time in boxing history, two heavyweight world title fights will be streamed live on YOUTUBE as SHOWTIME Sports offers this Saturday's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader on the video-sharing site beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
A huge fight week featuring the first two heavyweight world title fights in Brooklyn in 115 years kicked off Tuesday with media workouts at world famous Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn.
On Saturday, January 16, 2016, undefeated WBC Heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) defends his title in a 12-round bout against once-beaten Polish contender, Artur Szpilka (20-1, 15 KOs).
Tony Calcara takes us back to 1999 when Ike Ibeabuchi faced Chris Byrd in a battle of undefeated Heavyweight contenders. Ibeabuchi has been in the news lately as boxing fans wonder if he can resume his ascension to the top of the division after 17 years outside of the ring.
Sports Emmy® Award-Winning Writer Mark Kriegel meets in New York with undefeated WBC World Champion Deontay Wilder, as the American heavyweight champ looks to continue his path to heavyweight history by putting his imprint on the division one step at a time.
Undefeated 2012 U.S. Olympian Dominic "Trouble" Breazeale (16-0, 14 KOs) and hard-hitting southpaw Amir "Hardcore" Mansour (22-1-1, 16 KOs) will meet in a 10-round heavyweight showdown as part of primetime action on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on FOX Saturday, January 23 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
On Friday, December 18, 2015, Bryant Jennings, Luis Ortiz and the rest of the fighters featured on the HBO Boxing After Dark and HBO Latino cards weighed in ahead of their respective matchups on Saturday night from the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY.
Saturday, December 19, 2015, Bryant Jennings takes on Luis Ortiz in a 12-round heavyweight bout fight for the WBA Interim Heavyweight title.
Fighters featured on the December 19 HBO Boxing After Dark and HBO Latino shows at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York share their final thoughts on training camp as fight week kicks off. In the main event of the HBO Boxing After Dark telecast, former heavyweight world title contender Bryant "Bye - Bye" Jennings (19-1, 10 KOs) of Philadelphia, will face the heavy-handed Cuban heavyweight Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz (23-0, 20 KOs) in a 12-round matchup for the WBA Interim Heavyweight World Title.
Tough Polish southpaw Artur Szpilka will make his first public comments since it was announced he was fighting undefeated WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder when he is interviewed on SHOWTIME® during tonight’s ShoBox: The New Generation telecast (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Houston.
Tony Calcara goes back to 1988 for the Heavyweight matchup between Mike Tyson and Tony Tubbs.
Former world title contender Bryant "By-By" Jennings (19-1, 10 KOs) and recently crowned WBA Interim Heavyweight belt holder Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz (23-0, 20 KOs) held an international media conference call yesterday to discuss their upcoming fight.
Less than a week after losing to Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko has publicly announced his intention to take the rematch.
Wladimir Klitschko is no longer the heavyweight world champion. The landscape of boxing has immeasurably changed. Let's look at what might be next for the Ukrainian heavyweight.
