NEW YORK – January 12, 2021 – In the long-awaited battle between undefeated rising junior featherweight stars, WBO 122-pound World Champion Angelo Leo meets Stephen “Cool Boy” Fulton Jr., in the main event of the first SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast of 2021 Saturday, January 23 at […]
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NEW YORK (January 8, 2021)–In 2020, Split-T Management continued to reign supreme as the top management company in boxing. With nearly 70 top fighters under contract, the New York based outfit headed by David McWater, continued to produce the best fighters […]
LAS VEGAS (January 6, 2021) — The 2021 Fight of the Year race has officially started, as Miguel Berchelt and Oscar Valdez will face off in one of the most anticipated all-Mexican fistic showdowns in years. Cancun’s Berchelt will defend his […]
Following a ruling from the British Boxing Board of Control, the David Avanesyan vs. Josh Kelly event scheduled to take place on Saturday January 30 has been postponed. In a statement, the BBBofC said: “Following the increase in COVID-19 cases […]
Undefeated WBA Super and Ring Magazine Light-Flyweight World Champion Hiroto Kyoguchi has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. The Japanese star (14-0, 9 KOs), who is managed by Eddy Reynoso, won the IBF 105lbs World Title by outpointing Jose Argumendo […]
Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list, recognising his services to sport over 40 years. A long-term boxing fan, Hearn moved into fight promotion in the late 1980’s, his first promotion being the […]
Former Team GB Heavyweight standout Solomon Dacres has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his highly anticipated professional debut in early 2021. The 6ft 5ins 27-year-old, who is managed by Adam Morallee and Sam Jones […]
Chester, PA (December 28, 2020) – Undefeated bantamweight prospect Dylan Price kicks off the New Year in a headlining role as he rematches veteran Samuel Gutierrez in a six-round bout on Saturday, January 16tth at Elevations Event Center (51 9th Street) […]
(December 28, 2020) — WBC/IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev has been forced to postpone his title defense against Adam Deines — scheduled for Jan. 30 at VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia — after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Beterbiev and Deines were originally scheduled […]
Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez will clash in a unification rematch for the WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine World Super-Flyweight titles on Saturday March 13, live on DAZN in over 200+ countries and territories and presented in association with Zanfer Promotions, […]
David Avanesyan will finally defend his EBU European Welterweight Title against undefeated rising star Josh Kelly in a bitter grudge match on Saturday January 30 at a venue to be confirmed, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S. and more than 200 countries and […]
NEW YORK, NY (DECEMBER 18, 2020)–Split-T Management fighters Charles Conwell and Stephan Shaw kept their perfect resumes intact with big wins on Thursday night at the parking lot of the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California. The fight card was the 3rd installment […]
(December 16, 2020) — The pandemic and an injury kept Artur Beterbiev out of the ring in 2020, but boxing’s most devastating knockout artist has a blank canvas as he prepares to kick off Top Rank on ESPN’s 2021 championship schedule in grand […]
Undefeated Welterweight Rylan Charlton has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. ‘Pint Size Powerhouse’ (6-0-1, 3 KOs) was last seen wiping out the previously unbeaten Benwell prospect Joe Laws in three destructive rounds on the Lewis Ritson vs. […]
LAS VEGAS (December 12, 2020) — The sensational Shakur Stevenson played the role of headliner and shined. Stevenson, the former featherweight world champion, secured a 10-round unanimous decision over veteran Toka Kahn Clary in the junior lightweight main event Saturday from the MGM Grand […]
12 x 3 mins IBF, WBA, WBO & IBO Heavyweight World TitlesANTHONY JOSHUA WKO9 (2:58)v KUBRAT PULEV (Watford, England) (Sofia, Bulgaria) Anthony Joshua dominated and then floored mandatory challenger […]
NEW YORK, NY (DECEMBER 11, 2020)–Saturday night at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, AKA “The Bubble” featherweight prospect Haven Brady Jr. looks to make it two-for-two as he battles Michael Land in a four-round bout. The 18 year-old Brady […]
Two world title fights will be featured on the undercard of the historic Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin – Kamil Szeremeta IBF/IBO World Middleweight Championship. Undefeated super middleweight contenders Ali Akhmedov (16-0, 12 KOs), from Almaty, Kazakhstan and Carlos Góngora (18-0, 13 KOs), from Esmeraldas, Ecuador, will rumble […]
Matchroom and Canelo Promotions are delighted to announce that the WBC World Super-Middleweight title will be on the line when Canelo Alvarez and Callum Smith clash at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday, December 19, live on DAZN in 200+ countries and […]
NEW YORK (December 11th, 2020)–Prized-Prospect David Navarro makes his 2nd ring appearance this Saturday night as the featherweight from Los Angeles takes on 12-fight veteran Jason Vera in a scheduled four-round bout at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Navarro […]
Highly-touted Greek boxer Andreas Katzourakis (5-0, 4 KOs) returns to the ring after nearly a year hiatus on Saturday, December 12th at the Blue Lagoon Hilton in Miami. Katzourakis is set to face 35-fight veteran Brandon Baue in a six round […]
Campbell Hatton, son of Manchester’s two-weight World Champion Ricky Hatton, has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make his professional debut in February 2021. The 19-year-old Manchester City fanatic will kick off life in […]
LAS VEGAS (December 10, 2020) — Shakur Stevenson, former featherweight world champion, is ready to add a second world title to his trophy case. First, he must get past Toka Kahn Clary in Saturday’s 10-round junior lightweight main event from the […]
Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Sport Managing Director: “This is the curtain closer for a difficult 2020, but it doesn’t get any bigger. The unified World Heavyweight Championship between Anthony Joshua and his Mandatory Challenger Kubrat Pulev.” Bob Arum, Top Rank Chairman: […]
Martin Bakole is targeting a rematch with Michael Hunter – the first man to inflict a defeat on him in the pros – should he beat dangerous Russian Sergey Kuzmin this Saturday at The SSE Arena, Wembley, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and Ireland and […]
Kubrat Pulev is supremely confident of derailing plans for the biggest fight in boxing – an all-British Undisputed Heavyweight World Title showdown between IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO ruler Anthony Joshua and undefeated WBC king Tyson Fury. The former World Title challenger (28-1, 14 KOs) arrived in […]