Bangkok will take center stage this Friday, October 23, as it hosts an intense regional showdown at 140 pounds. With local pride and continental ambitions on the line, Sirayakorn Chamjaiharn and Sukpasried Ponphita will square off in the Thai capital, with the WBA Asia South super lightweight title at stake. Chamjaiharn will step into the…
“His name is Wilfredo Gómez, and he will become a world champion.” With that headline, journalist Alí Ramos opened his column in Caracas newspaper El Nacional following the bantamweight final at the 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana. He was referring to Wilfredo Gómez, who, at just 17 years old, knocked out Cuba’s Luis…
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis has signed a multi-fight deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom. The two-weight unified king’s new deal covers his next seven fights at the most exciting time in his career to date, with the 29-year-old closing in on his goal of becoming the undisputed champion at 154lbs. The Philadelphia favorite first joined forces…
Matchroom Boxing is delighted to announce today that IBF World Super Welterweight Champion Josh Kelly has signed a new, multi-fight contract extension. ‘Pretty Boy’ Kelly realised his boyhood dream when he defeated Bakhram Murtazaliev by majority decision to capture the title in his native North-East back in January at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena. Then, earlier this…
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The World Boxing Association regrets that the scheduled WBA Featherweight World Championship between Brandon Figueroa and Tomoki Kameda did not take place in Las Vegas. Mr. Figueroa did not make the 126-lb limit at the official weigh-in and, in accordance with WBA rules, lost his championship. We wish him a full recovery following his medical…
Sebastian Fundora retained his WBC super welterweight title with a last-second TKO of Ermal Hadribeaj in Las Vegas. Armando Resendiz and Jaime Enrique Osuna Diaz also won on the cards.
Daniel Dubois stopped Fabio Wardley in the second round to retain his WBO heavyweight title, while Louie O’Doherty and Michael Gomez Jnr fought to a majority draw.
It will be a December to remember as George Liddard challenges for his first World Title on one of boxing’s most prestigious nights when he meets Michel Soro for the IBO World Middleweight Championship at Monte-Carlo Showdown VII on Saturday, December 12 – live worldwide on DAZN. Promoted by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing in partnership…
This Friday, October 16, Club Jorge Newbery will host an action-packed showdown in the super lightweight division as Tomás Fermín Irusta and Dante Colque battle for the vacant WBA Fedelatin Southern Cone super lightweight title at 140 pounds. Irusta enters the fight determined to seize the opportunity and strengthen his standing within the pioneering sanctioning…
This Saturday, October 17, The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada, will host a showdown between two fighters with contrasting approaches to the sweet science. American Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa and seasoned Japanese boxer Tomoki “El Mexicanito” Kameda will square off for the World Boxing Association (WBA) World Featherweight Championship. For Figueroa, this fight represents an…
Matchroom Boxing returns to Australiafor a Trans-Tasman tear-up as undefeated Teremoana Teremoana takes on dangerous Hemi Ahioon Wednesday, November 18 at Pullman Melbourne Albert Park – live on Fox Sports and DAZN’sKayo Sports in Australia. Towering Aussie hero Teremoana has won all 12 of his professional fights to date by way of knockout and has…