WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KOs) will take on IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale (27-1, 15 KOs) in a rare middleweight title unification bout on September 1. The fight will take place in Germany at a venue to be named later. Sturm is looking to make the 13th consecutive successful defense of the title he won from Javier Castillejo in 2007. Sturm is … [Read more...]
Floyd Mayweather’s Shelter from the Storm
The much-maligned career of Floyd Mayweather Jr. continues this Saturday at the MGM Grand as he takes on WBA jr. middleweight champion, Miguel Cotto. Saturday, May 5 will mark Mayweather’s second trip up to the jr. middleweight division, his first being his 2007 win over then-WBC champion, Oscar De La Hoya. Win, lose, or draw, less than one month after Mayweather faces … [Read more...]
Anselmo Moreno defends bantamweight title against David De La Mora, April 21
Number one-ranked bantamweight, Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (32-1-1, 11 KOs) will defend his WBA bantamweight championship against former world title challenger, David De La Mora (24-1, 17 KOs) in the opening fight of Showtime World Championship Boxing featuring Abner Mares and Eric Morel’s jr. featherweight title fight at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The broadcast … [Read more...]
WBA Orders Immediate Rematch Between Peterson and Khan
The World Boxing Association (WBA) ordered an immediate rematch between new champion Lamont Peterson and former champion, Amir Khan. Peterson won a controversial split decision over Khan in December to become the unified WBA/IBF jr. welterweight champion. A rematch must take place within 180 days. Khan filed numerous protests following the loss, claiming the ringside … [Read more...]
McCloskey-Prescott in WBA title eliminator in Ireland, Saturday September 10
Paul “Dudey” McCloskey (22-1, 12 KOs) and Breidis “Khanqueror” Prescott (24-2, 19 KOs) will meet at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland on Saturday September 10 in a WBA jr. welterweight title eliminator bout, with a possible second shot at WBA/IBF champion Amir Khan on the line. McCloskey’s last fight and first career loss came to Khan in April. The slightly slick … [Read more...]