Tickets will go on sale T ODAY!!, March 17 at 12:00 p.m. PDT for the World Middleweight Championship showdown between Boxing Superstar GENNADY "GGG" GOLOVKIN and #2 Rated Challenger WILLIE MONROE JR. set for Saturday, May 16 at the Forum.
This past Friday it was announced that Boxcino 2014 Middleweight champion Willie Monroe Jr. has accepted the challenge and will fight WBA/IBO and WBC Interim Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin on May 16 at the Forum in Inglewood,California.
Today we were all thrown for a loop when Gennady Golovkin announced via his official Twitter account that he will be fighting Willie Monroe Jr. (19-1, 6 KOs) on May 16.
After Gennady Golovkin scored his 19th consecutive stoppage victory over Martin Murray this past Saturday, Alex McLeish explores what's next for the fan-favorite Middleweight.
In his first fight since winning ESPN’s Boxcino Middleweight tournament in 2014, Willie Monroe Jr. (18-1, 6 KOs) scored a unanimous decision win over veteran gate keeper Bryan Vera (23-8, 14 KOs) at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.
In anticipation of this year’s Boxcino 2015 tournament, the January 16 edition of ESPN Friday Night Fights will feature Boxcino 2014 middleweight champion Willie “El Mongoose” Monroe Jr. (18-1, 6 KOs) and Boxcino 2014 lightweight champion Petr “El Zar” Petrov (35-4-2, 16 KOs) in co-main events.
On Friday night, January 16, a mouthwatering title fight has been added as the second co-main event of a championship night of boxing at the Turning Stone Resort Casino and live on ESPN's Friday Night Fights.
Petr Petrov and Willie Monroe Jr. won the Boxcino 2014 lightweight and middleweight tournaments respectively.
Middleweights Brandon Adams, Raymond Gatica and Vitalii Kopylenko scored stoppages while while Willie Monroe Jr. scored a 6 round unanimous decision.
