An agreement was recently announced between VADA and BSCG (Banned Substances Control Group), an international leader in supplement testing and certification, team in favor of sport to offer nutritional supplement testing for performance-enhancing substances to all boxers enrolled in VADA. This BSCG “Certificate of Drug-Free Product” is essential for all boxers who want to ensure that the products they consume ...
By Allan Fox: WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman says he would like to see WBC Franchise champion Canelo Alvarez take on Jermall Charlo. But at the same time, Sulaiman states that the Franchise tag that his organization gave to the 29-year-old Canelo is so that he can fight the best opponents to help the sport of boxing grow. Charlo is the ...
¡Finalmente! Bufalo Boxing Promotions, encabezado por el ex campeón mundial de dos divisiones Rosendo “Bufalo” Alvarez, ha anunciado un evento de boxeo en vivo programado para el sábado en el Centro Deportivo Alexis Argüello en Managua, Nicaragua. El evento principal contará con el súper pluma Robin Zamora (15-7, 8 KOs) contra Ramiro Blanco (18-7-3, 10 KOs). Previamente pelearon en octubre pasado con ...
Marcos René Maidana tuvo una excelente conversación con el presidente de la Asociación Mundial de Boxeo (AMB), Gilberto Jesús Mendoza, a través de Instagram Live, en el que habló sobre su carrera, diferentes anécdotas y su intención aún entusiasta de regresar al boxeo y retirarse como campeón. “Chino” habló sobre su pelea contra el kickboxer Acero Cali, que tomará como ...
By Tim Royner: Luke Campbell got the bad news on Wednesday with the WBC reinstating Devin Haney as lightweight champion and ordering him to face Javier Fortuna for the WBC interim lightweight title. It’s got to be tough for Campbell to lose out on a fight for the vacant WBC lightweight title against Fortuna. While it’s nice to be put ...
By Dan Ambrose: Canelo Alvarez still intends on fighting this September, but it won’t be against Gennadiy Golovkin. The IBF middleweight champion Golovkin already has plans to defend his belt against Kamil Szeremeta. Canelo may end up fighting an unknown guy if he can’t sign a quality fighter due to their high purse requests. Saunders still an option for Canelo ...
By Ian Aldous: On May 20th, 2017, Liam Walsh (23-1) walked into the Copperbox Arena in London as one of the most respected World contenders in British boxing. The classy southpaw had long dominated the domestic 130lbs scene with reigns as British and Commonwealth champion; he’d paid his dues and earned his well overdue shot at a World title. He ...
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Artur Beterbiev, the light heavyweight world champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF), reveals that he was interested in a showdown with Oleksandr Usyk, when the Olympic gold medal winner was the unified WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC cruiserweight king. Usyk had his last bout at cruiserweight in the fall of 2018, when he knocked out Tony Bellew. He ...
By Tim Royner: Promoter Frank Warren doesn’t think much of Deontay Wilder’s comments in the aftermath of his crushing defeat at the hands of Tyson Fury last February. Wilder didn’t want to take the high road in a recent interview by giving Fury full credit for his seventh-round knockout victory on February 22. Instead of giving Fury credit, Wilder said ...
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The president of Eye of the Tiger Management (EOTTM), Camille Estephan, is already putting together a plan to present professional boxing as soon as possible. Estephan and Golden Boy Promotions are the co-promoters of former world champion David Lemieux among others. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Estephan was forced to cancel the two cards he had scheduled at Casino de Montréal. “We remain very productive. We ...