Global streaming service and television network PROBOX TV have secured worldwide television rights for the WBO Cruiserweight World title clash between Lawrence Okolie and David Light this coming Saturday, March 25th.
All PROBOX TV subscribers in; USA, Canada, DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), NORDICS (Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark), France, Holland, …
Jose Ramirez has been good for seemingly forever. The 2012 U.S. Olympian made it out of the small town of Avenal, California, all the way to becoming the most iconic fighter of the Central Valley, as he has pulled in huge gates for a decade, with the help of his promoter, Top Rank Inc., and manager, Rick Mirigian.
Ramirez now will be fighting for the first time since getting married and head…
Naoya Inoue’s (24-0) anticipated fight with WBC & WBO super-bantamweight Stephen Fulton (21-0) has been postponed due to injury on behalf of the former undisputed 118lb champion. Inoue, who defeated Paul Butler in December of last year to add the IBF bantamweight title to become undisputed, was due to face the unbeaten Fulton on May 7th in Yokohama, Japan.
Reporting from ESPN’s Mik…
PROBOX TV gets set for another monthly Wednesday night broadcast from Tampa, Florida. The network prides itself on ‘promoting boxing’ rather than specific fighters, a rule that it hopes will give its young stable the experience they need to reach the very top.
Former world champion Chris Algieri, who now works as a commentator and pundit for the network, has had a chance to get a …
(3.20.23) While nothing compares to the pre-fight anticipation of a world title match between two well-known, seasoned fighters, a showcase bout in an up-and-comer’s career can provide every bit of tension and drama to satisfy any fight fan.
Saturday night’s super-welterweight contest between Eric Tudor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Damani Cato-Cain of Oakland, California on th…
It is rare we see two 22-year-old fighters face each other, yet credit to junior middleweights Jesus Ramos Jr., and Joey Spencer who are putting their undefeated record on the line and facing one another. When you look at the two fighters, Ramos Jr., and Spencer they are looking at essentially themselves all over again. The same age, good pedigree, and both were brought up prominently on FOX when …
Antonio “El Gigante” Mireles is ready for prime time. The 6-foot-9, 270-pound heavyweight southpaw will return in a six-round clash against Patrick Mailata on Saturday, March 25, at Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. Mireles-Mailata will open the televised tripleheader headlined by the junior welterweight showdown between Jose Ramirez and Richard “RC” Co…
Olympic Bronze medalist Frazer Clarke (5-0) will now face a new opponent this Saturday in Manchester.
Clark was due to face American Rydell Booker, however Booker withdrew through illness following a serious medical incident this past weekend.
Romanian Bogdan Dinu (20-4) will now jump into the squared circle in Manchester to lock horns with Clarke. The 36 year old Romanian comes off successive def…
When you think of Garry Jonas’ company, ProBoxTV, often you think of evenly contested great fights. No wonder why one of the hidden American gems of the 2020 amateur boxing circuit, Demontaze “Juicy” Duncan will be opening the card on Wednesday, March 22nd, on ProBoxTV.com, as he faces fellow unbeaten fighter Axl Melendez, as both fighters will be putting their undefea…
Latvian light heavyweight Ricards Bolotniks (19-6-1) got the call he was dreading and somewhat expecting two weeks ago.
“This guy man! I don’t understand. He was never straight with me, even the last time we were meant to fight he pulled out two days before. I don’t like to be disrespectful, but I’m not impressed with Craig Richards. Again!”
A fortnight ago Ricards Bo…
“Contracts have been signed, press conference on Thursday I know Lopez won’t be here for the press conference because it’s half way across the world,” said an elated Michael Conlan.
“SSE Arena, Belfast, May 27, Conlan-Lopez or Lopez-Conlan, whatever way you want to say it.”
The 31-year-old Irish star, 18-1 (9) takes on Mexico’s IBF featherweight champion L…
Eddie Hearn expects Conor Benn to return to the ring in June.
The welterweight’s career has been the subject of uncertainty since his fight with Chris Eubank Jr, scheduled for October, was cancelled when it was revealed he had failed a drugs test.
Trace amounts of the fertility drug Clomiphene, which is known to elevate testosterone levels in men, had been found in Benn’s urine.…
Eddie Hearn has revealed his one “regret” in his handling of Conor Benn’s failed drugs test in the days before Benn’s scheduled fight with Chris Eubank Jr.
Trace amounts of the fertility drug Clomiphene, which is known to elevate testosterone levels in men, had been found in Benn’s urine, leading to the British Boxing Board of Control prohibiting the fight and, …
Derrick James is one of the most well-respect trainers in all of boxing having three of the best and most exciting fighters in boxing with Errol Spence Jr., Jermell Charlo, and Anthony Joshua. Now add to it, Frank Martin a vibrant young talent, and you can see why the world is behind James as a voice to listen to in boxing.
Despite being a world-class boxing coach fighting for the biggest pu…
Liverpool super-lightweight contender Robbie Davies has been spending time in a wheelchair and will be in a cast for at least another week after breaking his ankle in a fight with Darragh Foley earlier this month.
Davies went over on his ankle in horrific fashion and could not continue in the third round of their fight at the Liverpool Arena. The 33-year-old had won his last three but his momentum…
The WBA has ordered their super featherweight world champion Hector Luis Garcia to make a mandatory defense against Lamont Roach Jr. with the fight to take place no later than May 20th, though per the excellent reporting of Jake Donovan of BoxingScene.com, this date is more than likely to get extended.
The bout could very well be for who holds the crown as the best 130 lbs fighter in th…
After months of potential talks, the idea of Conor Benn facing Manny Pacquiao is becoming much closer to reality, at least, according to the head honcho of Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn.
Hearn, who promotes, Conor Benn, has seen Benn sidelined after testing positive for a banned substance, twice prior to his pay-per-view fight with Chris Eubank Jr., in October which saw the whole card cancel…
David Benavidez & Caleb Plant step into the ring this upcoming Saturday, March 25th, in a hotly contested middleweight affair at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas. There is more at stake than just the WBC interim middleweight title, bragging rights amongst the PBC stable, an opportunity to land a big fight down the line, and putting a heated war of words to bed.
Fight week is when pundits, writer…
Katie Taylor has dismissed suggestions she had been avoiding a fight with Chantelle Cameron – her opponent on May 20.
The undisputed lightweight champion, 36, will move to super lightweight to challenge Cameron, the undisputed champion, at Dublin’s 3Arena after injury forced Amanda Serrano to withdraw from their scheduled rematch.
Taylor’s age and the 31-year-old Cameron’s …
PROBOX TV is back this Wednesday with its monthly card from Tampa, Florida titled, Wednesday Night Fights.
The evening’s main event will see undefeated Mexican, Angel ‘El Chocolatito’ Vazquez (12-0) go toe-to-toe with Canadian based Guinean Mohamed ‘El bufalo negro’ Soumaoro (12-1) over ten rounds in the lightweight division, with both me…
Boxxer boss Ben Shalom has reached out to Ringside Charitable Trust in the hope of helping the charity raise vital funds for ex-boxers in need.
The charity, the only one of its kind in the UK, helps fighters who have fallen on hard times and hopes to raise enough money to open up a retirement home for fighters who struggle after the final bell tolls on their careers.
Ringside Charita…
For Jose Valenzuela, better known by his nickname, “Rayo”, and Chris Colbert, the two young veterans of the fight guy will meet at a crossroads, rather early in their careers. Both will be entering off losses, for Valenzuela, he was stopped by Edwin De Los Santos, whereas Colbert lost a 12-round unanimous decision to Hector Luis Garcia, over a year ago.
Now, Colbert will be moving up t…
It has been 20 years since Tom Loeffler joined forces with Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko to form K2 Promotions, the banner under which both brothers won versions of the heavyweight championship. It has been 11 years since Vitali walked away from the sport, and six since Wladimir retired, but now the two Ukrainians are engaged with an opponent far tougher and more dangerous than any they faced in t…
Mercito Gesta has long been a gym veteran, but on Saturday, March 18th, the veteran fighter, recorded the biggest win of his career defeating former world champion and 2012 U.S. Olympian Joseph Diaz Jr., via a split decision, in a ten-round fight that headlined, a DAZN telecast from Long Beach, California.
Afterward, the battle-tested veteran Gesta was eager to cherish the moment, as he came…
It wasn’t the night that the 2012 U.S. Olympian had hoped for as Joseph Diaz Jr., felt he should’ve been awarded a victory over Mercito Gesta, instead he lost a split decision and his third fight in a row.
Diaz Jr., though afterward talked to Elie Seckbach of ESNews as he confided that he felt confused with the outcome, but relied on a message that this was his last fight under c…
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez was supposed to face Gabriel Rosado over the past weekend in Long Beach, California. Still, a mishap saw his bout canceled and his future at the light heavyweight limit of 175 lbs in jeopardy. Ramirez, who is best known for making five world title defenses of the WBO super middleweight world title, which Ramirez won in 2016 over the champion, Arthur Abraham, no…
New Zealand cruiserweight, David Light (20-0), takes the biggest step of his professional career to date on the 25th in Manchester as he faces WBO world cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie (18-0). Light, a former 2014 Commonwealth games silver medalist, is the mandatory challenger for Okolie, who defeated ProbBox's own Brandon Glanton last December to earn his shot as mandatory challenger. Ligh…
Renown Trainer and Manager in British Boxing, Joe Gallagher, has emphasised that any offer that Claressa Shields's promoter (Dmitriy Salita) and manager (Mark Taffett) makes needs to be improved upon before unified female super-welterweight, Natasha Jonas, considers stepping in with Shields. Speculation has been potent recently regarding a contest between three-weight (two undisputed) world champi…
Recently crowned WBA world featherweight champion, Mauricio Lara, has indicated that he will be willing to give a rematch to Leigh Wood (26-3), the former WBA title holder. The pair fought an exciting affair in February, with Lara (26-2-1) sensationally flooring Wood in round seven, almost immediately forcing Wood to be withdrawn by his trainer Ben Davison. Recently, promoter Eddie Hearn indicated…
Rising British Heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley will face American Michael Polite-Coffie on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s clash with Jermaine Franklin at The O2 in London on Saturday April 1, live worldwide on DAZN – as Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams will look to close in on a clash with rival Felix Cash, with ‘Ammo’ meeting River Wilson-Bent before Cash challenge…