Photo: Andrew Maclean/Matchroom IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis defends his crown against unbeaten mandatory challenger Cody Crowley July 13 clash at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, live worldwide on DAZN. Ennis and Crowley came face-to-face for the first time at a launch press conference Friday in Philadelphia – where Ennis fights at home for the first time since November 2018. Cody Crowley: “Listen, this is a real-life Rocky Story. I’ve had my whole, entire life taken from me. I’m ready to die on July 13. He has a man in front of him who is ready to die. I’m serious…the la ..read more

Report/Photo: Boxing Bob Newman It was a small but hearty throng that managed to attend the closing meeting of the 39th annual IBF convention this morning at 9:30 a.m. The size was not surprising given the hard night of partying at the annual awards banquet last night. President Daryl Peoples thanked Jeanette Salazar and her hard-working behind the scenes staff, to the board of directors to the convention goers themselves for a successful gathering this year. It was announced that next year’s 40th convention will return to the birthplace of the IBF in Atlantic City. While nothing is signed y ..read more

After a nearly four-year layoff, former cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (42-5-1, 28 KOs) will return to the ring in a heavyweight bout on June 29 at the Estrel Hotel in Germany. The 39-year-old “Käpt’n” Huck will face 6’6 Evgenios Lazaridis (19-5, 13 KOs). “I am highly motivated to finally get back into the ring and give the fans a great boxing match!,” said Huck. “I want to go back to the top against the best boxers. I want to win the world title and bring it back to Germany.” The post Marco Huck returns June 29 appeared first on fightnews.com ..read more

Report/Photos: Boxing Bob Newman The IBF 39th annual awards banquet was held Thursday night in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the Marriott Grand Ball room. It was a neat and tidy affair as dinner was promptly served, followed by the annual awards which were as follows: Jersey Joe Walcott Award Subriel Matias Female Fighter of the Year Amanda Serrano Fight of the Year IBF– Ginjiro Shigeoka vs. Rene Cuarto Female – Chantelle Cameron vs. Katie Taylor II Intercontinental – Sam Goodman vs. TJ Doheny USBA – Ali Izmailov vs. Charles Foster Most Active Promoter IBF World/World Female/International Matchr ..read more

Photo: Marc Abrams / King’s Promotions Christian Carto 121 vs. Jesus Martinez 120.4 Atif Oberlton 175.4 vs. Juan Barajas 172.2 Nancy Franco 117.4 vs. Bree Howling 119.2 Michaele Nogue 137 vs. Stephanie Han 134.8 David Thomas 144 vs. Muhammad Robinson 143 David Whitmire 146.4 vs. Breydon Glaude 148.6 DeMarcus Layton 150.6 vs. Ibrahim Robinson 148 Venue: Live! Casino Philadelphia 1st Bell: 7 PM ET Promoter: King’s Promotions Stream: BXNGTV.com The post Weights from Philadelphia appeared first on fightnews.com ..read more

Newly elevated WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames will defend his title against Terrell Gausha on June 15 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Gausha, 36, (24-3, 12 KOs), a 2012 U.S. Olympian, won his most recent fights against Brandyn Lynch and KeAndrae Leatherwood, after losing a 12-round unanimous decision to Tim Tszyu in March 2022. Adames-Gausha will be on the PBC undercard of the previously announced twinbill featuring “Tank” Davis against Frank “The Ghost” Martin and David Benavídez versus Oleksandr Gvozdyk. The post WBC middle champ Adames opponent named appeared first on ..read more

Report/Photos: Boxing Bob Newman The morning session of day two of the 39th Annual IBF Convention taking place at the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino in San Juan, Puerto Rico, consisted of the medical seminar with four very interesting talks. Dr. Domenic Coletta, Jr. gave a talk entitled, “Ringside Medicine- The Role Of The Physician.” Coletta gave a brief history of the sport, especially in terms of administration and medical involvement. He then embarked on several bullet points: Profile of a Ringside Physician (usually ER doctors) Medical Testing Review (neurological, EKG ..read more

With WBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev out of commission with a ruptured meniscus, the WBO Championships Committee has ordered the camps of WBO #1 ranked Joshua Buatsi and #3 Anthony Yarde to commence negotiations for an interim title fight. The camps have ten days to negotiate an agreement. If no deal is reached, the committee will order a purse bid with a minimum bid of $300,000. The post WBO orders Buatsi-Yarde interim title clash appeared first on fightnews.com ..read more

Por. Gabriel F. Cordero El WBC y DAZN han anunciado la firma de un importante acuerdo para el boxeo mundial que creará una asociación global. El anuncio ha sido una especial sorpresa para millones de fanáticos en el mundo que podrán convertir a DAZN en la plataforma streaming líder en la transmisión de eventos, series y coberturas de boxeo. El WBC no es solo uno de los cuatro principales organizaciones de boxeo a escala mundial sino que su campeonato “Verde y Oro” es el más importante y reconocido en todo el planeta incluso es el mas activo y dinámico en las redes sociales, plataformas y siti ..read more

Photo: Naoki Fukuda Por Joe Koizumi El recién coronado campeón de peso gallo de la OMB, Yoshiki Takei (9-0, 8 KOs), estableció algunos récords notables tras su coronación este lunes en Japón, de la siguiente manera: Takei es el campeón mundial número 100 producido por clubes de boxeo aquí en Japón (solo aquellos autorizados por la Comisión de Boxeo de Japón) desde que Yoshio Shirai adquirió el cinturón mundial de peso mosca al destronar a Dado Marino en el Estadio de Béisbol Korakuen, Tokio, el 19 de mayo de 1952. Japón ha domina actualmente los cuatro campeonatos mundiales en la categoría de ..read more