“The American Dream” is now seeking to become a two division world champion. Erislandy Lara (27-3-3, 15 KOs) will fight for the WBA middleweight title on May 1st against Thomas LaManna (30-4-1, 12 KOs) at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. It is part of the Fox PBC Fight Night which begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and precedes the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View … Continue reading Lara moves up to middleweight to face LaManna
Gennady Golovkin will return to the ring on December 18th defending the IBF middleweight title against Kamil Szeremeta and it will take place at the Seminole Hard Rock and Casino in Hollywood Florida. Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs) wanted to have a fight this year and got his request answered. It will be against a fighter in Szeremeta (21-0, 5 KOs) who worked his way up … Continue reading Golovkin fights Szeremeta on December 18th in Florida
VIA PRESS RELEASE Mexico’s rising middleweight star Jaime Munguia (35-0, 28 KOs) will return to the ring to defend his WBO Intercontinental Middleweight Championship against Tureano Johnson (21-2-1, 15 KOs) in a 12-round battle on Friday, October 30 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. The fight will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN. Additional information for this card will be announced shortly. The event will be closed to the public and media. … Continue reading Munguia to face Johnson in his second middleweight bout
VIA PRESS RELEASE Demetrius Andrade hopes to finally get to face bitter rival Billy Joe Saunders when boxing returns. Andrade (29-0, 18 KOs) was due to face Saunders in October 2018 for the Londoner’s WBO crown but the Briton failed a drugs test and subsequently relinquished the title. Andrade would win the vacant belt against Walter Kautondokwa in Boston and has since defended the title with imposing wins … Continue reading Andrade wants to “bust up” Saunders
VIA PRESS RELEASE Demetrius Andrade has laughed off Luke Keeler branding him ‘deluded’ as he prepares to defend his WBO World Middleweight title against the Irishman at the Meridian at Island Gardens in Miami on Thursday January 30, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. Andrade (28-0 17 KOs) puts his strap on the line for the third time having landed become … Continue reading Andrade laughs at Keeler’s comments
The former WBO super welterweight champion wanted to make a statement in his first fight at the middleweight division. On Saturday night, he showed that he could be some trouble to deal with. Jaime Munguia (35-0, 28 KOs) battered Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan (30-4, 21 KOs) at the Alamodome to win the fight by technical knockout as O’Sullivan’s corner threw in the towel at the 2:17 … Continue reading Munguia stops O’Sullivan
Former WBO super welterweight champion Jaime Munguia (34-0) and Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan (30-3) are three days away from being in the squared circle at the Alamodome, and this bout could have some significance in the middleweight division. Munguia is moving up after defending the WBO super welterweight title five times since July 2018. If he is successful in this bout, it could put him in … Continue reading Munguia and Sullivan prepare for battle
After winning a version of the super middleweight title in Madison Square Garden last month, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is getting back in the ring for a big fight at middleweight. It has been announced that Alvarez, who holds the WBC, lineal, Ring Magazine, and WBA “super” titles at middleweight will defend them against IBF champion Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs on Saturday May 4th. It will … Continue reading Canelo-Jacobs set for May 4th
The TD Center was supposed to have a fight between two top rated fighters for a middleweight title on Saturday which many feel would be a very close fight. However, a positive test by one of those fighters forced the main event to be a near blowout instead. Demetrius Andrade scored multiple knockdowns on Walter Kautondokwa en route to a unanimous decision victory to become … Continue reading Andrade coasts to title win
The boxing world received some shocking news a couple of weeks ago as Billy Joe Saunders was tested positive for the performance enhancing drug oxilofrine in his sample that was submitted to VADA last month. At the time, that had put the fight between him and Demetrius Andrade for the WBO middleweight title in jeopardy. Now, that fight has been scrapped. Saunders opted to vacate … Continue reading Saunders vacates WBO title
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