Interim middleweight world titleholder Avtandil Khurtsidze was arrested and indicted Wednesday in New York as part of a federal government roundup of 33 people accused of involvement in a New York-based Russian and Georgian crime syndicate allegedly involved in racketeering, robbery and murder-for-hire, among other illicit activity.
Gilberto Jesús Mendoza, president of the World Boxing Association, was a special guest at Wladimir Klitschko’s brand, named Klitschko Code, relaunch. The event took place this Wednesday, June 7th, in Hamburg, Germany. Klitschko made a great presentation in which he highlighted his vision on business and how to merge all ...
Former world champion Brandon Rios hosted a large contingent of media at Ten Goose Boxing Gym in Van Nuys, California Wednesday as he prepares for his ring return this Sunday, June 11 against Mexico’s Aaron Herrera in the main event of a Special Edition of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 ...
Yesterday, former WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion, Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (30-1-1, 26 KOs) and his team hosted an international conference call to discuss his upcoming rematch with Andre “S.O.G.” Ward (31-0, 16 KOs) which will take place June 17 live on HBO Pay Per View®, and live ...
Although former heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko has not expressly said he will exercise his contractual right to an immediate rematch with unified titleholder Anthony Joshua, the camps are proceeding as though the fight is happening, and one of the issues they needed to take care of has been settled.
There has been talk about the possible return of four-time former world champion Juan Manuel Marquez between July and August, but an injury to the left arm has derailed the future Hall of Famer’s comeback. Márquez underwent a medical examination and reportedly has a torn left bicep. The recovery time ...
Adrien Broner and Mikey Garcia recently participated in a media conference call to discuss the news that they would square off against one another with a 140lb weight limit on Saturday, July 29, on Showtime.
A three-division world champion at the age of 23, and one of the youngest four-division world champions in boxing history, Broner remains one of the most accomplished and popular athletes – and perhaps the most polarizing – in the sport today. Broner (33-2, 24 KOs) is unbeaten at or below ...
A purse bid procedure was held at IBF Headquarters on Tuesday to determine who will promote the IBF middleweight eliminator fight between IBF #1 rated Tureano Johnson (USA) and IBF #2 Sergiy Derevyanchenko (Ukraine). There were two bidders, DiBella Entertainment and Golden Boy Promotions. DiBella Entertainment bid $121,000.02 and Golden ...
It was announced Monday that T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will host the September 16 clash between IBF/WBA/WBC middleweight world champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) and former two-division world champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs).
